Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

the opening scene of an opera concerned with gold;

Richard Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae? The eponymous heroine is woo'd by Midas.

Of the first scene we learn "Danae, whose father King Pollux is bankrupt and beset by creditors, dreams of a wealthy husband in terms of a golden shower..."

Very woo'd...

Maybe some B is discernable to the fœtid brain of rubbernecker which is not evident to us innocent mortals?

Unless it's bankruptcy ? Seems unlikely...

[rubbernecker]

Richard Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae? The eponymous heroine is woo'd by Midas.

Of the first scene we learn "Danae, whose father King Pollux is bankrupt and beset by creditors, dreams of a wealthy husband in terms of a golden shower..."
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Not Strauss, but right era

Maybe some B is discernable to the fœtid brain of rubbernecker

Fecund, surely?

[Nick Armstrong]

Fecund, surely?

Fecund? Or.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNY376o2XMY

[mercia]

La fanciulla del West opens in a saloon .......... Bar

how tall is Olaf ?

missing bar lines ?

[rubbernecker]

La fanciulla del West opens in a saloon .......... Bar

how tall is Olaf ?

missing bar lines ?

BRAVO, Mercia

For the less enlightened:

The opera is Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, premiered at the Met in 1910. The action centres around a group of miners at the time of the California Gold Rush and the first act takes place in a bar, namely the Polka Saloon.

An aleatoric essay, or composition, one example being Lutoslawski's second symphony, is where the parts are played by the performers ad libitum ie. left to chance. What is missing are the bar lines.

The word Baritone may be abbreviated to its diminutive, Bar. This also happens to be the name of the well-known German baritone, Olaf Bär.

What's the C word to be?

[Nick Armstrong]

the less enlightened:

Count me in.

Twisted question, bar-rilliant solution by mercia, very much the man in form

[mercia]

well erm generous, but I didn't really get into that
I should have struggled a bit further

does Caliban want to set a C?
(otherwise I do have a vague one in mind)

[Nick Armstrong]

does Caliban want to set a C?
(otherwise I do have a vague one in mind)

I would go for it mercia... work and meetings allow me to check in from time to time but not enough for question-setting But thanks for the offer

[mercia]

C

- a fluvial parable
- the cry of a cor anglais
- the last pages of a catalogue

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

C

- a fluvial parable
- the cry of a cor anglais
- the last pages of a catalogue

So:

Britten's Curlew River;
Warlock's The Curlew (scored for Tenor, S4tet, Flute and Bent Horn;

... erm ... ?! Herr Kochel was unwell, so his work was completed by Herr Curlew?

[mercia]

Britten's Curlew River;
Warlock's The Curlew (scored for Tenor, S4tet, Flute and Bent Horn;

a distinctly French catalogue

EDIT - avian
EDIT EDIT - book 7, section 13

I shall reveal in 5 minutes

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

a distinctly French catalogue

EDIT - avian
EDIT EDIT - book 7, section 13

I shall reveal in 5 minutes

Darn it! MESSIAEN! Le Courlis cendre the penultimate piece of the Catalogue d'Oiseaux!

[mercia]

Darn it! MESSIAEN! Le Courlis cendre the penultimate piece of the Catalogue d'Oiseaux!

I didn't have to reveal ............ brilliant

penultimate? in that case I misled, I thought it was the last

deffo a D for you

[Nick Armstrong]

Darn it! MESSIAEN! Le Courlis cendre the penultimate piece of the Catalogue d'Oiseaux!

Nice wrong-footing question

I had no idea there was a curlew in Messiaen's piece! Le courlis = curlew. I shall go to bed tonight less stupid - thanks, mercia and ferney

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I didn't have to reveal ............ brilliant

penultimate? in that case I misled, I thought it was the last

No, you're right: ignore my "penultimate", mate!

deffo a D for you

An unforgettable last song associates with a flipping singer and a composer who never saw his Prise. Which D?