Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Bariolage. I've never heard that word before

B-b-b-b-bloody hell! Neither had I.

Interesting here, ain't it?

[Flay]

Interesting here, ain't it?

Yes, but jolly quiet....

[Flay]

Is this John Luther Adams? (He asks darkly)

[Northender]

No - but thanks for making me aware of his existence.
Let's see if the night shift and/or the early risers come up with anything before I proffer a clue or two.
Night all!

[Nick Armstrong]

Darn! Was about to ask if "features in" means in the title... or more substantively "in" the piece (such as a character in an opera)?

[Flay]

That tells me it isn't Dark either.

[Flay]

Perhaps it's Dances?

[mercia]

if Adams had written a Divertimento, I would offer that
if Berkeley had included a Doctor in something, I would offer that

[Northender]

Difficult to know what sort of clue I can give you to chew over...

[mercia]

to chew over...

I think I saw a dinner in Berkeley's opus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xkm7mZHSPI

alternatively the internet tells me Mozart had a dog called Bimps


my computer doesn't like this forum today - very very slow opening pages

[Northender]

Forget the dog, concentrate on dinner.

[Flay]

Maybe there is yet another John Adams?

Le Diner du Lion d'Or

http://archive.org/details/ledinerduliondor00adam

http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15350923W/Le_diner_du_Lion_d'Or

[Northender]

Forget the dog, concentrate on dinner.

The John Adams in question has a Presidential middle name.

[Flay]

So I can stop this sort of research?

JOHN ADAMS >> Best Meal Ever: Bone marrow with grilled bread and tomatoes at Casa Mono in NYC. Weeknight Dinner at Home: Steak or hotdogs and chips. “Who wants to cook and clean all day just to do it again?”

[mercia]

in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Mozart and Salieri, Mozart is invited to dinner and poisoned