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[mercia]

have a lovely dinner & concert

the resident gastronomes will doubtless require a full report

[Flay]

I plump for Graham Fitkin and From Yellow to Yellow

Impressive sleuthing, mercs!

[Flay]

But why miniature? Minimalist?

[mercia]

But why miniature?

no idea

[Anna]

But why miniature? Minimalist?

I did look at Fitkin but didn't see what mercia cleverly espied. From Yellow to Tellow appears to be only 2 mins duration - hence miniature? So, it's only the Pictures at an Exhibition to get, plus the librettist - so we're not a lot further forward!!
(Could the Mussorgsky be Kandinski? Has Mrs. Tiggywinkle been taking lessons from Cloughie?)

[Nick Armstrong]

Has Mrs. Tiggywinkle been taking lessons from Cloughie?)

Maybe Mrs Tiggywinkle is Cloughie... Have we ever seen them in the room together...?!



If not... where is Cloughie???

[hedgehog]

I did look at Fitkin but didn't see what mercia cleverly espied. From Yellow to Tellow appears to be only 2 mins duration - hence miniature? So, it's only the Pictures at an Exhibition to get, plus the librettist - so we're not a lot further forward!!
(Could the Mussorgsky be Kandinski? Has Mrs. Tiggywinkle been taking lessons from Cloughie?)

Yes Anna! I have Fitkin's piece at 1:33" and it is described as a miniature in the CD notes.

Double yes to KandinskY!!!

Would someone care to expand on this?

[Flay]

Yes Anna! I have Fitkin's piece at 1:33" and it is described as a miniature in the CD notes.

Double yes to KandinskY!!!

Would someone care to expand on this?

The Yellow Sound

http://modernartconsulting.ru/en/2011/11/wassily-kandinsky-synthesis-of-arts-pictures-at-an-exhibition-by-modest-moussorgsky/

Anna, you are a genius!

[hedgehog]

The Yellow Sound

http://modernartconsulting.ru/en/2011/11/wassily-kandinsky-synthesis-of-arts-pictures-at-an-exhibition-by-modest-moussorgsky/

Anna, you are a genius!

Yes she is! Thanks Flay - just to add the extra bit - Kandinsky wrote The Yellow Sound for Thomas von Hartmann. Alfred Schnittke made a composition on it in 1974 for pantomime, ensemble, soprano and chorus (plus some electronics). It's quite interesting to listen to (again it's on Naxos online).

Added to this Graham Fitkin's very short work for piano Yellow to Yellow.

So it's over to mercia for a ZZZZZZZZZZ...... or perhaps an A tomorrow?

Edit: correction name Hartmann & link to extra info on The Yellow Sound (as opposed to Moussorgsky) http://modernartconsulting.ru/en/201...-yellow-sound/

(I thought it was quite a good puzzle actually )

[mercia]

an excellent puzzle, and if my brain had been in gear I would have noticed all your extra clues

[mercia]

is it me ?


a Z to link

a lucky drinker, a portrait and a stolen bucket


per favore

[hedgehog]

per favore

So we are in Italy - or composers from Italy - Salieri wrote an opera The stolen bucket (La secchia rapita) which I gather, amongst other things,was a parody by Boccherini on the librettos of Metastasio.

I can't find the libretto but it seems to contain a deus ex machina - from Olympia, possibly Zeus ?

Or possibly a link with Count Zinzendorf? (wrote a lot about music performances including this opera in his diaries).

Edit: but if we are in Italy then it would be Jove or Jupiter............oh well, no idea really.

[mercia]

apologies for delay

Salieri wrote an opera The stolen bucket (La secchia rapita)

I wonder if anyone else did too [now that you know the Italian]

[Flay]

I wonder if anyone else did too [now that you know the Italian]

Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli perchance?

[Flay]

Il ritratto (1799)