Alphabet associations - I

[Northender]

Feel free to ask questions. I don't want to be here alone.

Frei aber einsam?

[Flay]

Frei aber einsam?

Bullseye, and welcome back, Northo!

[Nick Armstrong]

Here I am!

Alas Morpheus got me shortly after that... What a good night's sleep!

Doesn't help me work out how Northo's suggestion links with that puzzle though...

Can't wait for the Reveal!!

[Northender]

Frei aber einsam was Joachim's motto. Brahms contributed a movement to the FAE Sonata. And apparently there's a quotation in Enigma Variation XIII. However, these don't seem to quite match up with the clues.....

[amateur51]

No it doesn't!

Ah Subtlety, thy name is Flay!

[Flay]

Frei aber einsam was Joachim's motto. Brahms contributed a movement to the FAE Sonata. And apparently there's a quotation in Enigma Variation XIII. However, these don't seem to quite match up with the clues.....

FAE is the correct reference. Brahms is the man. So there are two other (vocal) works please...

[mercia]

I can find Brahms's Gesang aus Fingal opus 17 no. 4

but no echoes as yet .....................

[Flay]

Looking at this again, echoes was a little distant in its German translation. Anklänge is the word. Shall I spread the coleslaw on the paté and toast?

As Northo correctly said, the F-A-E Sonata for violin and piano was a collaboration by Schumann, Brahms, and Albert Dietrich written as a bit of fun for Joachim, whose motto was "Frei aber einsam" (free but lonely). Brahms's Scherzo is often heard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-A-E_Sonata

Anklänge (Echoes) - from Six Songs op. 7, no. 3.
Gesang aus Fingal for female voices, 2 horns, and harp, Op.17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln3K2h_h-bk

Would Northo Care to Cut in with a C?

[Flay]

oops, didn't notice mercia's contribution as I was preparing my reply. I was too premature

[mercia]

oops, didn't notice mercia's contribution as I was preparing my reply.

no worries

my google translate says the German for echoes is echos, and doesn't recognise the word Anklange at all

[Northender]

Well, I have had a 'C' on the stocks for (literally) months, but don't wish to impose.....
EDIT:
To be fair to Flay, I found this in my main German>English dictionary:
Die Anklänge an Mozart sind unverkennbar = The echoes of Mozart are unmistakable

[amateur51]

oops, didn't notice mercia's contribution as I was preparing my reply. I was too premature

Premature? Surely you mean ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6rMJ6bCot4

[Northender]

oops, didn't notice mercia's contribution as I was preparing my reply. I was too premature

Re. your edit - sorry, mush, I read your original effusion and have reported it to the appropriate authority

May I set my long pent-up 'C'?

[mercia]

my google translate says the German for echoes is echos, and doesn't recognise the word Anklange at all

......... all I meant by that was that "google translate" is obviously useless

[Flay]

Nice one, Ammy

......... all I meant by that was that "google translate" is obviously useless

No - try clicking on the translation and it gives you alternatives...

I would love to hear your repressed C, Northo....