Alphabet associations - I

[Northender]

Thank you....
An 'M', please, to link
A Brit (7)
A Dutchman (9)
A Japanese (7)
A Finn (9 and counting)

DOUBLE EDIT:
The Brit was ennobled during his stint.
The Finn has been in post since 2003.

[mercia]

I think my first look at this I was thinking composers
but I guess we're after conductors or maestros
haven't really got time to research just now

[Resurrection Man]

I also thought maestro but wiki only lists six conductors.

When does a conductor become a maestro anyway ?

[Resurrection Man]

Music director of somewhere or other and the current incumbent is a Finn?

Oramo was Music Director of the CBSO in 1999 and stepped down in 2008 which is 9 years but doesnt really fit with 'and counting'...a Finn

Ozawa was musical director of the San Francisco Symphony from 1969 to 1976 which is 7 years.. a Japanese

Haitink ...I can only find a stint of 10 years and not 9

Sir Mark Elder ?? Sir Charles Davis ?

[Northender]

(And a belated welcome from yours truly )

[Northender]

Music director of somewhere or other and the current incumbent is a Finn?

Oramo was Music Director of the CBSO in 1999 and stepped down in 2008 which is 9 years but doesnt really fit with 'and counting'...a Finn

Ozawa was musical director of the San Francisco Symphony from 1969 to 1976 which is 7 years.. a Japanese

Haitink ...I can only find a stint of 10 years and not 9

Sir Mark Elder ?? Sir Charles Davis ?

Sorry, none of the above. However, one of the two orchestras which you mention is in the same country as M. (Who's Sir Charles Davis, out of interest? )

[Resurrection Man]

Sorry, none of the above. However, one of the two orchestras which you mention is in the same country as M. (Who's Sir Charles Davis, out of interest? )

Colin's brother ?

[mercia]

a-ha! I think we're in America with (Sir) Neville Marriner (1979-1986)

[Northender]

Pray continue......

[mercia]

bother, I shouldn't have interrupted the resurrection

Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner (1979–86), Edo de Waart (1986–95), Eiji Oue (1995–2002), Osmo Vänskä (2003-)
Marriner beknighted 1985

[Northender]

(or depending on your tipple of choice). Correct in all particulars.
Over to you for a 'N'.

[Nick Armstrong]

bother, I shouldn't have interrupted the resurrection

Minnesota Orchestra
Neville Marriner (1979–86), Edo de Waart (1986–95), Eiji Oue (1995–2002), Osmo Vänskä (2003-)
Marriner beknighted 1985

Very good question, v good answer in the early hours!

I should have got that

[mercia]

N

Johanna, Josephine and Friederike get weaving

[Resurrection Man]

I am going to regret this but ...

First Norn · contralto · Johanna Jachmann-Wagner. Second Norn, mezzo-soprano, Josephine Schefsky. Third Norn, soprano, Friederike Grün ... Norns weave the rope of destiny, by Arthur Rackham (1912) ...

[mercia]

I am going to regret this but ...

First Norn · contralto · Johanna Jachmann-Wagner. Second Norn, mezzo-soprano, Josephine Schefsky. Third Norn, soprano, Friederike Grün ... Norns weave the rope of destiny, by Arthur Rackham (1912) ...

don't regret anything rejoice in your quick fingerwork
yep, the three original Norns for the 1876 Gotterdammerung premiere weaving even without Arthur's help I think
looking forward to sinking my teeth into another resurrection question
[though you are allowed to sidestep as I do]