Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

I think giving a full answer would be merely academic...

very succinctly and pithily encapsulated

shall we move on quickly [after the formalities] to a bouncey B

[rubbernecker]

Tease

O come, come Caliban, I'm sure you spotted the Vaughan Williams Concerto, Britten Cantata (Basle) and Brahms Overture (Breslau) straight away, as I did. No?

[cloughie]

very succinctly and pithily encapsulated

shall we move on quickly [after the formalities] to a bouncey B

I sense nobody wants to Be the clever one!

[rubbernecker]

very succinctly and pithily encapsulated

shall we move on quickly [after the formalities] to a bouncey B

Nice question, Mercs.

I will endeavour to maintain a tiggerish tempo, as requested. But give me a little time...

[Nick Armstrong]

O come, come Caliban, I'm sure you spotted the Vaughan Williams Concerto, Britten Cantata (Basle) and Brahms Overture (Breslau) straight away, as I did. No?

See my wink at #18368 but was dashing out into the beastly mud and oomska.

[rubbernecker]

What B links:

- the opening scene of an opera concerned with gold;
- some lines missing from an aleatoric essay;
- a diminutive baritone from Germany?

[rubbernecker]

See my wink at #18368 but was dashing out into the beastly mud and oomska.

Sans bicyclette? Pourquoi?

[Nick Armstrong]

Sans bicyclette? Pourquoi?

Too wet. I'm a fair(ish) weather cyclist. Driving rain and wind make it too unpleasant/dangerous. Plus got meetings en route home and need to be suited and booted...

[cloughie]

What B links:

- the opening scene of an opera concerned with gold;
- some lines missing from an aleatoric essay;
- a diminutive baritone from Germany?

Anything to do with haircuts?

[rubbernecker]

Too wet. I'm a fair(ish) weather cyclist. Driving rain and wind make it too unpleasant/dangerous. Plus got meetings en route home and need to be suited and booted...

Oh, good, for a moment I thought it might have been stolen like FF's mini...

[rubbernecker]

Anything to do with haircuts?

Sorry, Cloughie, no... Assume you were thinking of the Barber of Seville and Samuel Barber's Two Essays?

However, the essay is of the musical variety. At my junior school they were called compositions.

[mercia]

an opera concerned with gold

by Wagner ?

[rubbernecker]

by Wagner ?

You've probably nibbled on that little red herring enough by now. No, not by Wagner.

[mercia]

a diminutive baritone from Germany?

if that isn't Thomas Q I'm back to square one

was that herring nibbling a clue?

[rubbernecker]

if that isn't Thomas Q I'm back to square one

was that herring nibbling a clue?

No, it wasn't. I was just informing you, without any inference, that it was a red herring.

Quasthoff was another deliberate diversionary tactic.

Now I can only I suggest you clear your mind and go back to square one...