Alphabet associations - I

[Flay]

Miss Monk wrote a wordly opera (in 3 parts)

You're 'aving a lark. I can't see any avian or Midlands connection. Pray explain....

[mercia]

You're 'aving a lark. I can't see any avian or Midlands connection. Pray explain....

what's Miss Monk's first name ?

[Flay]

what's Miss Monk's first name ?

<doh> Of course, Breakfast is on so if Sara's not playing Mahler's Adagietto she's playing The Lark

[Flay]

So it's Meredith Davies who co-conducted with Britten the premiere of The War Requiem at the re-consecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962!

I'm off to work now so it's got to be mercs Next

[Nick Armstrong]

So it's Meredith Davies who co-conducted with Britten the premiere of The War Requiem at the re-consecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962!

I'm off to work now so it's got to be mercs Next

Oh, why aren't you playing, mercia?

It seems there's a danger of morning rush leaving the three parts unspecified even though between you, mercia and Flay plainly have them all:

Meredith Davies conducted the first performance of Britten's 'War Requiem' (I only know that because I shared a staircase at college with MD's son Ben)

George Meredith wrote the poem which inspired 'The Lark Ascending'

Meredith Monk wrote an opera called Atlas.

But sounds like a bit of a mess if mercs isn't playing and Flay's off to work... As must I.

An N from mercia would resolve it all!

[mercia]

fancy having to share a staircase
I must abandon my computer in 40 minutes, but this shouldn't take that long


N

3 (Royal) dolls and a quodlibet "for the annoyance of others"



3 musical works

[Nick Armstrong]

fancy having to share a staircase

Hope this won't turn into a 'boat race' style ding-dong!!

Thanks for the N

Shall cogitate...

[mercia]

sorry, I must go. carry on without me. nanny will look after you (that's a hint)

[cloughie]

sorry, I must go. carry on without me. nanny will look after you (that's a hint)

Was that a suite thing to say?

[Nick Armstrong]

Was that a suite thing to say?

Unlike you to beat about the bush...

Shall I say the word, and my findings... then it's your O (as I took M off your hands last night)?

I can only get two of the works though...

Alternatively please go ahead, Mr C.

[mercia]

I'm temporarily back. which two have we got? or do we have all three? or would we like a clue to the other one?

[Flay]

Unlike you to beat about the bush...

Shall I say the word, and my findings... then it's your O (as I took M off your hands last night)?

I can only get two of the works though...

Alternatively please go ahead, Mr C.

This is all very mysterious (for me anyway)

A new word for me: "quodlibet." It sounds like a nasty animal...

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm temporarily back. which two have we got? or do we have all three? or would we like a clue to the other one?

Well Cloughie plainly had the answer but seems to have gone all coy.

So I have (thanks solely to his and your clues):

Nursery

- Elgar's 'Nursery Suite' which includes 3 movements named after dolls
- Hoddinott's 'Quodlibet on Welsh Nursery Tunes'

Can't get the third.

Flay, a quodlibet according to wiki is "a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner. The term is Latin, meaning "whatever" or literally, "what pleases." "

The most famous I think is in Bach's "Goldberg Variations"

[mercia]

"for the annoyance of others"

that's half of the subtitle of the other piece, the full sentence being
"For the enjoyment of humourous people and for the annoyance of others"
(Hungarian composer)

thumbs up of course for the rest

[Nick Armstrong]

that's half of the subtitle of the other piece, the full sentence being
"For the enjoyment of humourous people and for the annoyance of others"
(Hungarian composer)

Oh - well then it must be Dohnanyi's 'Variations on a Nursery Theme' ... I didn't know he'd added a subtitle... though now I think about it, maybe you've jogged half a memory at the back of my mind...