Alphabet associations - I

[subcontrabass]

Guenever

Parry's only opera, still, I think, unperformed. It apparently exists in a German version as well as in English.

I think cloughie got two out of the three, and so has the honour of a B.

[Flay]

Gosh, how it all moves on, and on, ad infinitum (and ad nauseam ) when you miss a day here...

I was still on the V, trying to find how Van Morrison could be the 1970s crooner and at the same time a bridge

But now we're Parrying with Excalibur!

[cloughie]

Parry's only opera, still, I think, unperformed. It apparently exists in a German version as well as in English.

I think cloughie got two out of the three, and so has the honour of a B.

I'll pass if I may, merc got Arthur, my results were was just a little Google poaching!

[mercia]

is there a hiatus ?

B connecting

part of a 1922 Three Choirs commission
opus 119, words by Coleridge
Ross Gorman

[subcontrabass]

is there a hiatus ?

B connecting

part of a 1922 Three Choirs commission
opus 119, words by Coleridge
Ross Gorman

Blue:

Bliss: A Colour Symphony, 3rd movement

Stanford: The Blue Bird, op 119, no 3, words by Mary Coleridge

Ross Gorman was the clarinettist in the first performance of Rhapsody in Blue

[Norfolk Born]

'Blue' movement from Bliss Colour Symphony
Stanford's 'Blue Bird'
Opening solo in first performance of Rhapsody in Blue
EDIT: scb's answer posted while I was checking out Mr. Gorman. I'll settle for the silver medal.

[mercia]

well done one and all, that was quite straightforward wasn't it

SCB is obviously keen to set another

like it or loathe it, I learnt some interesting trivia about the first performance of Rhapsody in Blue there

[subcontrabass]

A C to link

(1) a respected controller of music at the BBC
(2) a musical editor
(3) an Irish bandmaster and composer

[Nick Armstrong]

A C ... (1) a respected controller of music at the BBC

So tempting... soooo tempting...

But no, I'll be good.

[mercia]

So tempting... soooo tempting...

but would that be showing respect ?

[mercia]

(3) an Irish bandmaster and composer

I can offer Patrick Gilmore, Arthur Duff or David Catherwood

are BBC controllers of music different from Radio 3 controllers ? - I suppose they are

[subcontrabass]

I can offer Patrick Gilmore, Arthur Duff or David Catherwood

No. He was better known as a composer and teacher than as a bandmaster.

are BBC controllers of music different from Radio 3 controllers ? - I suppose they are

His appointment predates Radio 3.

[amateur51]

A C to link

(1) a respected controller of music at the BBC
(2) a musical editor
(3) an Irish bandmaster and composer

Campbell?

I was thinking of our own Freddie Campbell for 3)

[subcontrabass]

Campbell?

I was thinking of our own Freddie Campbell for 3)

No. (3) also composed an opera The Pickwick Papers, but he is not chiefly known for this part of his output.

[mercia]

an opera The Pickwick Papers

Charles Wood

(I used to love singing his 'O Thou The Central Orb' when I was a little choirboy )