Alphabet associations - I

[hedgehog]

Yawn……goodness, Caliban’s been making alphabet soup again !

People seemed a little jaded with AA, I thought a little nap might be a good thing, pity Anna hasn’t come up with a J yet.

But I have one, so I suggest that Caliban retrieves his Z from the playing field and keeps it for later

on (somewhere after Q, V….. )



Claude’s in this French J, it’s also a fairy’s and a secret!

[mercia]

I'd better answer Z otherwise the headgirl will be complaining - I don't think two questions on the go at once is allowed

Meantime, a small bonus Z linking a diminutive Don Juan, Cleopatra and the Oracle at Delphi...

Karl Michael Ziehrer 1843-1922

Das Orakel zu Delfi - 1872
Cleopatra, oder Durch drei Jahrtausende - 1875
Der kleine Don Juan - 1879

Ziehrer - fierce rival of the Strauss family and proud owner of a 'Schnurrbart' moustache apparently - prolific composer of waltzes, polkas and marches

if my German was good enough I could translate the titles of his other operettas, they look curious

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operettas_by_Ziehrer

[mercia]

Claude’s in this French J, it’s also a fairy’s and a secret!

sounds vaguely horticultural to me, but I don't have green fingers, so someone else will have to have a dig around

[Nick Armstrong]

Karl Michael Ziehrer 1843-1922

Das Orakel zu Delfi - 1872
Cleopatra, oder Durch drei Jahrtausende - 1875
Der kleine Don Juan - 1879

Ziehrer - fierce rival of the Strauss family and proud owner of a 'Schnurrbart' moustache apparently - prolific composer of waltzes, polkas and marches

Quite correct, mercia! Many thanks!

[Nick Armstrong]

Claude’s in this French J, it’s also a fairy’s and a secret!

Is Claude getting a little wet ? And is he there with Maurice and Kaija ?

[Nick Armstrong]

Claude Debussy: Jardins sous la Pluie - one of the piano Estampes
Ravel: Le Jardin Féerique - from Ma Mère L'Oye
Kaija Saariaho: Jardin Secret I & II (1980s)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Is Claude getting a little wet ? And is he there with Maurice and Kaija ?

Ah! Sundays, R4, 2:00pm - one for Bob Flowerdew.

[Alain Maréchal]

Ah! Sundays, R4, 2:00pm - one for Bob Flowerdew.

or in the case of the Saariaho, tended on weekdays during the 5 a 7?

[hedgehog]

Claude Debussy: Jardins sous la Pluie - one of the piano Estampes
Ravel: Le Jardin Féerique - from Ma Mère L'Oye
Kaija Saariaho: Jardin Secret I & II (1980s)

I said "in this J", so singular!

A little more obscure, the song Dans le jardin

http://youtu.be/IRdkFqQGD2Q

But otherwise well dug!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

or in the case of the Saariaho, tended on weekdays during the 5 a 7?

In 1975, definitely teatime with Ronald Binge!

[amateur51]

Ah! Sundays, R4, 2:00pm - one for Bob Flowerdew.

I love Bob, deliciously eccentric ol' hippy that he is. Imagine, in a proper republic we could elect President Flowerdew

[Nick Armstrong]

I said "in this J", so singular!

A little more obscure, the song Dans le jardin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRdkFqQGD2Q

But otherwise well dug!

A punctilious hedgehog!!

Do I have to find a K then....?

[hedgehog]

Do I have to find a K then....?

It's all yours!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I love Bob, deliciously eccentric ol' hippy that he is. Imagine, in a proper republic we could elect President Flowerdew

- I'd love a "Vote Bob!" poster (made out of compostable recycled paper, of course).

[amateur51]

- I'd love a "Vote Bob!" poster (made out of compostable recycled paper, of course).

Of course - a giant sunflower head with Bob's grinning face superimposed at the centre The Flowerpot Man cometh