Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

That's OK, I'm watching too. I'm glad Italy won. Can Nadal pull out the rabbit?

Floodlit tennis. Whatever next? Harrumph!

Hurrah for the roof - thrilling to watch that live to a conclusion! No rabbit from hats - more like rabbit stew with chorizo. Maybe again on Sunday... I agree about Italy. Trouble is I'm hungry for pizza

[subcontrabass]

Sorry for the delay, I was in a world of my own. Let's have a W that links:

A willow, distractions and the composer of an un-magical labyrinthine sequel

Are the distractions daydreams?

[Flay]

Yes I think they may be...

[subcontrabass]

Yes I think they may be...

So perhaps we have moved from Summer to Winter:

The Winter's Willow, a song by Vaughan Williams

Winter Daydreams, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1

Das Labyrinth, oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen, Schikaneder’s sequel to The Magic Flute, with music by Peter Winter

[Nick Armstrong]

Wow... that looks good scb Been getting nowhere very slowly

Lights out in Caliban's cave.

[Flay]

Lights out in Caliban's cave.

Was it so late, friend, ere you went to bed,
That you do lie so late?

So perhaps we have moved from Summer to Winter:

The Winter's Willow, a song by Vaughan Williams

Winter Daydreams, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1

Das Labyrinth, oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen, Schikaneder’s sequel to The Magic Flute, with music by Peter Winter

MacClough:

Awake, awake!
Ring the alarum-bell. Answer and reason!
Calibo and Northender! Mercia! awake!
Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,
And look on death itself! Up, up, and see
The great goon's image! Mercia! Calibo!
As from your graves rise up, and walk like sprites,
To countenance this wonder! Ring the bell!

Perfection, Subby!

Vot do you Vant to do now?

[Nick Armstrong]

Was it so late, friend, ere you went to bed,
That you do lie so late?

MacClough:

Awake, awake!
Ring the alarum-bell. Answer and reason!
Calibo and Northender! Mercia! awake!
Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,
And look on death itself! Up, up, and see
The great goon's image! Mercia! Calibo!
As from your graves rise up, and walk like sprites,
To countenance this wonder! Ring the bell!

Perfection, Subby!

Pretty immaculate yourself, Flay

Nice parodying. Getting in the Shakespeare mood?

(Did you see that P Steward "MacB" the other night? Dodgy, silly witches but some scenes really worked.)

[Flay]

Getting in the Shakespeare mood?

(Did you see that P Steward "MacB" the other night? Dodgy, silly witches but some scenes really worked.)

No, missed that. But the video recorder is set for tomorrow night.

[subcontrabass]

An X that is Silent, but has links to a Don and Variation 28.

[mercia]

is that a Beethoven variation ?

[subcontrabass]

is that a Beethoven variation ?

The variation in question is not by Beethoven.

[mercia]

a further guess - is it a Bach variation ?

[Northender]

Well...variation 28 does feature crossed hands...

[subcontrabass]

a further guess - is it a Bach variation ?

No. I thought that by mentioning Beethoven you were getting warm.

[Nick Armstrong]

An X that is Silent, but has links to a Don and Variation 28.

X + variations + Don = thoughts of Strauss's Don QuiXote, a.k.a. "Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character" ... but there are only 10 variations.... (X in Latin... )

Any of that anywhere near?