Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Joseph Legros

[mercia]

so, the orchestra that won the "most democratic workplace" award ??


and who's going to set the full answer out for me so that we can get on to P ?

[amateur51]

(a book everyone must read!)

Is this Michael Gove's idea of lifelong learning?

[Flay]

Is this Michael Gove's idea of lifelong learning?

No, it's mine. A(n) hilarious book!

[Flay]

I think it should be Angle's, but I shall try to dole out the coleslaw:

In March 2007, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra became one of the first winners of the Worldwide Award for the Most Democratic Workplaces sponsored by WorldBlu, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based organization specializing in organizational democracy.

Hermes gave a tortoise-shell Lyre to Orpheus.

L'Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi, where Speranza (which means "hope") guides Orfeo to the gates of Hades and points out the words inscribed on the gate: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here".

Joseph of Monampteuil = Joseph Legros (as above) who perform the role of Orpheus at the premiere of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice in 1774

[Flay]

I must say I'm enjoying this afternoon on R3. Shosty 4th SQ & 1st cello concerto, and now Bruckner 7

[vinteuil]

L'Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi, where Speranza (which means "hope") guides Orfeo to the gates of Hades and points out the words inscribed on the gate: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here".

... from Dante's description of the portal of Hell in Inferno canto III, line 9 -

"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'entrate"

[Nick Armstrong]

... from Dante's description of the portal of Hell in Inferno canto III, line 9 -

"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'entrate"

As I was opining in Piazza Navona only yesterday!

[vinteuil]

"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'entrate"

As I was opining in Piazza Navona only yesterday!

... (except he thought it was "Lasagne with onions, I hope, - look - here it comes!" )

PS hope y're enjoying Rome. Audrey Hepburn's Roman Holiday was on t' tele the other day, making me most envious of yr current sojourn...

[mercia]

In March 2007, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra became one of the first winners of the Worldwide Award for the Most Democratic Workplaces sponsored by WorldBlu, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based organization specializing in organizational democracy.

Hermes gave a tortoise-shell Lyre to Orpheus.

L'Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi, where Speranza (which means "hope") guides Orfeo to the gates of Hades and points out the words inscribed on the gate: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here".

Joseph of Monampteuil = Joseph Legros (as above) who perform the role of Orpheus at the premiere of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice in 1774

very good, the P is yours


La musica and Speranza, roles in L'Orfeo, first performed Mantua
Tortoises from Carnival of the Animals, a slowed down version of the Galop infernal from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld [apparently]

[Flay]

very good, the P is yours


La musica and Speranza, roles in L'Orfeo, first performed Mantua
Tortoises from Carnival of the Animals, a slowed down version of the Galop infernal from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld [apparently]

Well all the comings and goings have tort us lots today! So let's have a P from The Owl and the Pussy Cat, a vice binge, and a certain number 47.

[vinteuil]

number 47

... hmmm - number 49 might've been Passione - but 47? - back to the drawing room...

[amateur51]

No, it's mine. A(n) hilarious book!

I'm delighted to accept your recommendation Flay, it was the imperative nature that brought Brother Gove to mind

[Flay]

... hmmm - number 49 might've been Passione - but 47? - back to the drawing room...

Yes, back you go. Try again. It's all the same to me.

[Anna]

Of course the first thing that springs to mind re the Owl & The Pussycat is beautiful pea green boat but I suspect it may be something to do with Stravinksy's version of it?