Alphabet associations - I

[french frank]

I think that's all sewn up, then. I think the English title of the Handel is Jupiter in Argos, and I was going for the Italian Giove in Argo. Yes, it was Apollo's discus that putatively killed Hyacinthus.

Well, I broke the rules, seemingly, on that one. Perhaps BTS or scb can do better?

[subcontrabass]

I think that's all sewn up, then. I think the English title of the Handel is Jupiter in Argos, and I was going for the Italian Giove in Argo. Yes, it was Apollo's discus that putatively killed Hyacinthus.

Well, I broke the rules, seemingly, on that one. Perhaps BTS or scb can do better?

OK. Try this:

What B links Philip Glass, James Penberthy and Alun Hoddinott?

[Don Petter]

That's a relief! Since I don't think I could name a work by any of these (my loss, I'm sure) I'll sit back and watch.

[subcontrabass]

Beach?

Yes. That was quick. All have written operas with the word "Beach" in the title:

Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach

James Penberthy: Ophelia of the Nine Mile Beach

Alun Hoddinott: The Beach of Falesa

Over to you for C.

[BetweenTheStaves]

Carmen

U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha

Tickets are now available for the Mississippi premiere of “Carmen,” a ballet adaptation with a Gulf Coast twist.

United Ballet Association Artistic Director Val Salnikov said his interpretation of the timeless classic features Carmen, the Spanish gypsy girl, imprisoned for embezzling a casino.

[Simon]

Well that'll be a K substituting for the C, which means it's Klutaimnestra! Or Clytemnestra?

[BetweenTheStaves]

Clytemnestra is a two-hour ballet created by Martha Graham in 1958.

John Eaton composed an opera in one act entitled The Cry of Clytemnestra recounting the events leading up to and including Clytemnestra's murder of Agamemnon.

But I cannot claim the prize as Simon did all the leg work.

[Simon]

OK then. (Even though I didn't get the full answer!)

What D is linked by Oscar Wilde, an ancient tribe and Eleanor Rigby?

[vinteuil]

"Dorian Grey"; the Doric order of columns; the Doric organ used as backing for, eg, 'Lucy'...

[Simon]

Really well done vinteuil - I changed it as you were posting, because I thought the last two clues too vague, but you still got there!

The word I was wanting was Dorian - Eleanor Rigby was written in the (modern) Dorian mode, and the Doric column was from the Dorian influence.

Over to you for an E.

[vinteuil]

... what E connects :

- a 17th century French harpsichordist / composer

- a 20th century English composer (whose [non-musical] father was perhaps more famous)

- another 20th century English composer (whose [musical] daughter is perhaps more famous)

?

[subcontrabass]

... what E connects :

- a 17th century French harpsichordist / composer

- a 20th century English composer (whose [non-musical] father was perhaps more famous)

- another 20th century English composer (whose [musical] daughter is perhaps more famous)

?

Elisabeth?

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)

Elisabeth Lutyens (daughter of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens)

Elizabeth Maconchy (mother of Nicola Lefanu)

[vinteuil]

o well done, subcontra! - nary a need for a clue...

lookin' fwd to yr F

[subcontrabass]

o well done, subcontra! - nary a need for a clue...

lookin' fwd to yr F

Being at university with Nicola Lefanu was a slight help.

Try this:

What F links:

(i) an English Composer;

(ii) an American violinist;

(iii) an American conductor with a more famous cousin?

[Simon]

Thanks Hercule, for the expansion. The SA opera did it for me: I confess I've never heard of the ballet. Nor of Martha Graham! :-)