Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

Brimstone and Treacle was a TV play by Dennis Potter with music by Sting and the Police - but no Vs involved.

How about the song "Spread a Little Happiness" ? Composed by Vivian Ellis in 1929 which was in the B&T Sting film

[mercia]

Vivian Ellis

one down, two to go

[Nick Armstrong]

How about the song "Spread a Little Happiness" ? Composed by Vivian Ellis in 1929 which was in the B&T Sting film

I didn't find that! Was in a rush! Lunch now! Sandwich

[Nick Armstrong]

How about the song "Spread a Little Happiness" ? Composed by Vivian Ellis in 1929 which was in the B&T Sting film

Good lord, Chausson's Op. 5 was called "Viviane" ... Is that it? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chausson-Sym.../dp/B001MVAIU8

Can't get the operatic one!

This is one of your trickier puzzles, mercs!

[subcontrabass]

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Can't get the operatic one!

With another variant spelling one finds Jennifer Vyvyan, who sang the role of "Mrs Julian" in the premiere of Britten's Owen Wingrave.

[Nick Armstrong]

With another variant spelling one finds Jennifer Vyvyan, who sang the role of "Mrs Julian" in the premiere of Britten's Owen Wingrave.

Oh well played Sir, I imagine that must be it.

Welcome back scb, you've been busy of late?

[subcontrabass]

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Welcome back scb, you've been busy of late?

Yes. The two weeks intensive work that I anticipated turned into two months work. Now back to normal.

[mercia]

Chausson's Op. 5 was called "Viviane" ... Is that it?

[mercia]

With another variant spelling one finds Jennifer Vyvyan, who sang the role of "Mrs Julian" in the premiere of Britten's Owen Wingrave.

yep, that's it folks

Vivian Ellis, "best known" says wiki for Spread a little happiness
Jennifer Vyvyan - the first Mrs Julian [and much else besides of course]
Viviane, symphonic poem op 5 by Chausson

whose go ???

[Nick Armstrong]

whose go ???

Well Anna cracked it but is not around (I think); I got one but have to go to a meeting at 5...

Maybe scb would like to get his eye back in by rolling a gentle one down the wicket?


PS Very very good puzzle, btw!

[subcontrabass]

Maybe scb would like to get his eye back in by rolling a gentle one down the wicket?

Try this:

This W was established by sets of 9 and 24, and then neglected for about a hundred years. Opus 26 needed a conductor.

[subcontrabass]

Seems to have gone very quiet. Three composers are involved. One wrote 9, one wrote 24, and one wrote a revolutionary Opus 26.

[Nick Armstrong]

Seems to have gone very quiet. Three composers are involved. One wrote 9, one wrote 24, and one wrote a revolutionary Opus 26.

Don't worry, in this nice weather there are long quiet periods. I think last summer the entire thread shut down...

Got various things going on but on a quick shufti, the only idea I had being Waltz, the only Op 26 waltz I could find was Lanner's "The Good Old Days Waltz" - hardly revolutionary....

Back to the drawing board

[amateur51]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS0i9aCGclc

Op. 26? - but without a conductor this time

[Nick Armstrong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS0i9aCGclc

Op. 26? - but without a conductor this time

What an awesome thing! I've never heard it!

Don't think Ravel used opus numbers though...