Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Shostakovich - Op. 119: The Execution of Stepan Razin, cantata after Yevtushenko for bass, mixed chorus and orchestra (1964)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenka_Razin_(Glazunov)

don't know where I got Radin from

Yevtushenko also wrote the poem Babiyy Yar

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

[Flay]

Well done. Stenka (Stepan) Razin.

I was astonished to find that "The Carnival is over" was a crib

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIIvFgNAwO4&noredirect=1

[mercia]

ah, I was misunderstanding thinking that Stepan and Stenka were two different people

great question, much better than my Q. This game is going to be hard work if only us two are playing.

[antongould]

I am here mercs ...willing if not able

[mercia]

I am here mercs ...willing if not able

ah, jolly good

if you were able to think up a T question in the next week or two I would be forever grateful goodness knows who might solve it though, and when

[antongould]

ah, jolly good

if you were able to think up a T question in the next week or two I would be forever grateful goodness knows who might solve it though, and when

I will try sir........

[mercia]

did I say T ? I meant S

[Northender]

ah, I was misunderstanding thinking that Stepan and Stenka were two different people

great question, much better than my Q. This game is going to be hard work if only us two are playing.

I'd love to make up a threesome, but have to confess to being out of my depth amid so much esoterica

[Flay]

I'd love to make up a threesome, but have to confess to being out of my depth amid so much esoterica

You are very welcome here, Northo. I think we are (or at least I am) getting quite oblique on AA. In the past the puzzles were simpler and solved fairly rapidly.

Are we trying too hard?

[antongould]

did I say T ? I meant S

Sugar - I had a T - but it may come in useful......

[antongould]

An S to link

Othello
Rainbow Trout and
An Unskilled Pharmacist

[Nick Armstrong]

You are very welcome here, Northo. I think we are (or at least I am) getting quite oblique on AA. In the past the puzzles were simpler and solved fairly rapidly.

Are we trying too hard?

I think simplicity would be a virtue... Things are rather busy and when one can only look in for 5 minutes here or there, I find the really oblique puzzles prove impossible to grapple with, given the time and brain cells available! Call me a lightweight!

And anton's seems admirably clear... not that for the moment I have a clue as to the solution!

[mercia]

thanks for the question anton - don't know if it falls into northender's esoteric category - I think the Breakfast programme is reaching out to those who think all classical music is esoteric

I shall start thinking

[antongould]

thanks for the question anton - don't know if it falls into northender's esoteric category - I think the Breakfast programme is reaching out to those who think all classical music is esoteric

I shall start thinking

I may be wrong but I think you, Wiki and maybe others will have little trouble.
Lovely, IMHO, piece of Ravel that I had had quite forgotten on Breakfast just now - quite sets you up for the day.......

[Flay]

I may be wrong but I think you, Wiki and maybe others will have little trouble.

The nearest I've got is Scales (trout and La Scala)