Alphabet associations - I

[rubbernecker]

...or is it to do with Fritz Spiegl?

EDIT: Nah, he was Austrian

[mercia]

how about Max Bruch?

[Norfolk Born]

1 out of 3. You've still got the Englishman and the German to crack. And neither Frity Spiegl nor any footballers are involved.
EDIT Just seen Max Bruch, also correct. (The question was suggested in part by today's CotW. What is the precise connection with Liverpool in all three cases?)

[mercia]

Hugo Rignold?

[Norfolk Born]

Wll done, hercule. All three were conductors of the (Royal) Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Hugo Rignold's previous career had been in the field of jazz and dance bands. Seeing as you got 2 out of 3, can I suggest that you set an 'M' at your convenience, please?

[mercia]

couldn't have got there without Rubber's Liverpool. I guess that's the nature of the game.

[rubbernecker]

couldn't have got there without Rubber's Liverpool. I guess that's the nature of the game.

I hope you're not shirking on setting the next question, Hercule

[mercia]

funny, I always regret reaching the "winning" post

What M connects

- a Woodford tenor
- an 1850's opera
- a reconstructed passion

[Norfolk Born]

I guess that's the nature of the game.

'Like I said, it's a thread of two halves, you know, Brian, but in the end it's the result that counts. Another three points in the bag! And we also done it for Simon, of course, who set the whole thing up at the start of the season.'
(Time for Corrie and a pot of tea!)

[vinteuil]

funny, I always regret reaching the "winning" post

What M connects

- a Woodford tenor
- an 1850's opera
- a reconstructed passion

Mark Padmore, from Woodford
St Mark Passion, reconstructed from other JSB works

now, where's my list of 1850 operas...

[mercia]

Mark Padmore, from Woodford
St Mark Passion, reconstructed from other JSB works

hurrah an iminent question from vinteuil

when was the last vinteuil question Mr Archivist?

[vinteuil]

hurrah an iminent question from vinteuil

when was the last vinteuil question Mr Archivist?

... and I think the opera was from the 1840s?

"The Daughter of St. Mark: A Grand Opera Seria, in Three Acts (1844)" William Balfe

[mercia]

sorry, got to be 1850's

he's not in the title (unfortunately)

very well-known opera

[vinteuil]

sorry, got to be 1850's

he's not in the title (unfortunately)

very famous opera

o well, then it's "Tristan und Isolde", 1856-1859 - King Mark...

I'm having an early night - will dream up an N question for tomorrow....

[mercia]