Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Hic! That supposes we can find it again in the cold light of morning. Seven days to go yet, but it's started very well. I'll try to contribute if anything swims into my limited ken.

I gather the cold grey weather there today could excuse all attempts to benefit from the warming effect of fine wines and spirits.

Am curious to know what area / street you are staying in...

[cloughie]

He was Fürtwängler's Tristan, we're looking for (one of) Karajan's King Marke(s).

A free shot no doubt!
Never knew there were so many Ludwigs around!

[Don Petter]

Am curious to know what area / street you are staying in...

We are in a Timhotel called 'Gare du Nord', but in fact almost over the tracks from Gare de l'Est. We are at the back, so no chance of train spotting , though quieter. In our dotage we like somewhere within walking distance of the Eurostar terminal at GdN. However, over many years, we have stayed in most areas of Paris - Always a joy.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A free shot no doubt!
Never knew there were so many Ludwigs around!

If you prefer, you could go back to Clemens Krauss and look for his Gurnemanz. (It will get you to yet another composer, by the way!)

[Nick Armstrong]

We are in a Timhotel called 'Gare du Nord', but in fact almost over the tracks from Gare de l'Est. We are at the back, so no chance of train spotting , though quieter. In our dotage we like somewhere within walking distance of the Eurostar terminal at GdN. However, over many years, we have stayed in most areas of Paris - Always a joy.

Ooh nice - easy walking distance of the Canal St Martin then. Have you strolled along there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Saint-Martin

I used to love hanging out at the Hôtel du Nord - not a hotel now, in fact, but a very French café/bar: http://www.hoteldunord.org/english.html

... and for anyone susceptible to the charms of early French cinema, the frontage is incredibly potent, having been used as the location for Marcel Carné's film of the same name in 1938 with Louis Jouvet and Arletty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hôtel_du_Nord

Wonderful to wander along the canal early in the morning, in particular, esp if there are some spring mists to give... "atmosphère, atmosphère!!" (as Arletty famously says in the film)

[Don Petter]

I don‘t want to hijack this thread (though it might be more interesting than the goings on in a certain Street), but it’s all Caliban’s fault.

[The free WiFi here is fine if I go and sit on the emergency stairs down the corridor, but in the room it’s like wading through mud.]

We’ve already walked down by the canal this morning – one of our favourite haunts, too.

Also, I’ve spotted a restaurant just down the road which we visited and liked some twenty-five years ago! To be sampled tomorrow night, so watch this space…

[Nick Armstrong]

I don‘t want to hijack this thread (though it might be more interesting than the goings on in a certain Street), but it’s all Caliban’s fault.

We’ve already walked down by the canal this morning – one of our favourite haunts, too.

Also, I’ve spotted a restaurant just down the road which we visited and liked some twenty-five years ago! To be sampled tomorrow night, so watch this space…

Guilty!

So: the remaining L I think is Ludwig Weber who sang King Mark in HvK's 1952 recording.

Maybe I should chuck in an M as Cloughie's gone out

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I don‘t want to hijack this thread

Well, it isn't one of the better ones - far too convoluted. Cloughie's got the M and I'm logging off to watch the last Art Nouveau prog on the i-Player at 9.00-ish: shall I finish off the missing Ludwig?

[Nick Armstrong]

shall I finish off the missing Ludwig?

cross-posted ygad...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So: the remaining L I think is Ludwig Weber who sang King Mark in HvK's 1952 recording.

Ah! No need; Cali's got it.

I had hoped when I started this that there'd be a recording of Fidelio with Mr Weber and Mrs Berry, but things are never that easy!

Yes: Christa Ludwig (Brangäne on Karajan's 1970s Tristan); Ludwig Weber (King Mark in Karajan's 1952 Bayreuth performances) leading us to Ludders van Beethoven (and Carl Weber and Wagner ... and, for all I know, Sigismund von Christa, composer of I'm a Pink Toothbrush, You're Gilligilliossepfefferkatzenovagetzem-vom-Meer).

Let us please Move on!

[Nick Armstrong]

.... leading us to Ludders van Beethoven (and Carl Weber and Wagner ... and, for all I know, Sigismund von Christa, composer of I'm a Pink Toothbrush, You're Gilligilliossepfefferkatzenovagetzem-vom-Meer).

Let us please Move on!

Large glass of brandy and an hour of Art Nouveau for Mr Ferney, Nurse!!!

I was going to dress this up all cryptic-like but then thought, no - let's try some straightfoward questions! I get the impression that there are a lot of new Forum Funsters joining these days, and it would be great if some swelled the ranks here

So try this

What M links Coventry with a Lark and an Atlas?

[Nick Armstrong]

What M links Coventry with a Lark and an Atlas?

Shan't be too long before I totter off... Given the resounding silence, should I leave a clue now, or wait for night owls and early birds to have a go

I'll leave it for now...

[Flay]

I'll leave it for now...

Please do, give us slow ones a chance. I've already been to Coventry Cathedral tonight, looked at some works of Piper, hummed the Coventry Carol, larked around with a Haydn quartet, and looked at the Mappa Mundi (wrong city!).... We learn so much on AA.

Nowhere near the answer though!

[Nick Armstrong]

Please do, give us slow ones a chance. I've already been to Coventry Cathedral tonight, looked at some works of Piper, hummed the Coventry Carol, larked around with a Haydn quartet, and looked at the Mappa Mundi (wrong city!).... We learn so much on AA.

Nowhere near the answer though!

Your first destination was certainly relevant!

[mercia]

Miss Monk wrote a worldly opera (in 3 parts)

............ but I'm not playing ...........