Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

a-ha! thanks - Keith Jarrett, from Allentown, Penn. with his "extended solo improvised concert format" - Koln/Paris/Vienna/La Scala

sorry, not heard of him, my loss I'm sure

phew! sorry about that - pulling teeth time again

[antongould]

Excellent mercs - form the Q/R .......I'm a little surprised you haven't heard of Jarrett, IMHO a fine classical pianist as well as a jazz man. Also wonderfully temperamental!

[Nick Armstrong]

Excellent mercs - form the Q/R .......I'm a little surprised you haven't heard of Jarrett, IMHO a fine classical pianist as well as a jazz man. Also wonderfully temperamental!

He is indeed! I have CDs of him playing the 24 DSCH preludes and fugues And that Köln concert...

But I'm slow and also watching the Nadal v Djokovich Paris final (Nadal stuttering).... which is the P connection with Mr Jarrett?!

We need a Coleslaw summary I think!

[antongould]

He, like Sam and Nancy, was born in the few small acres that are Pennsylvania - have you the details of the DSCH CD Rumpole - I have a birthday coming up!?

[mercia]

which is the P connection with Mr Jarrett?!

born Allentown, Pennsylvania
Samuel Barber/Vanessa - born West Chester, Pennsylvania
Nancy Galbraith/Internal Combustion - born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

[mercia]

Q

Nottingham with Sills, the first Almaviva and the Met's first Bishop of Blois

[antongould]

Q

Nottingham with Sills, the first Almaviva and the Met's first Bishop of Blois

Louis Quilico who seemed to do all this and more........?

[mercia]

Louis Quilico who seemed to do all this and more........?

you're obviously in keen question-setting mood AG

Nottingham in Roberto Devereux
Count Almaviva in the premiere of Milhaud's La mere coupable
and Bishop of Blois in Massenet's Esclarmonde

[antongould]

An R that links

A Ravel suite
A Grieg suite
Rameau Operas

[Nick Armstrong]

He, like Sam and Nancy, was born in the few small acres that are Pennsylvania - have you the details of the DSCH CD Rumpole - I have a birthday coming up!?

This is the best value from a reliable purveyor I can see http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/pages/p...mpaign=Froogle

It's at £15.99 on Sainsbury's (!) Entertainment site but I've had problems with them - stuff not arriving.

Mercia - thank you for the AL summary

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

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Wouldn't be this would it, anton?

It was your plucky clue wot dunnit!

Ooo, R:

A misty-cal Scottish village loses its head in pieces by (among others) Campra and Purcell. Hop to it and get its soggy Handel.

[Nick Armstrong]

misty-cal

I am feeling a tad foggy today, indeed!

[antongould]

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Wouldn't be this would it, anton?

I've been away for a while - what was the solution to that cryptic R?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Set a week ago this very day, anton (my, how time flies!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq5hV...eature=related
Yes, Rigaudon/Rigadoon a dance conveniently described by the articles Vinty kindly supplied - one involving lots of hops; which, coincidentally, is what it takes to get me dancing!

[antongould]

Thanks for the Jarrett detail my learned friend - Lady G's credit card seemed to stand up to the exercise very well!