Alphabet associations - I

[antongould]

Which D links

5.5 fun
Remember Now Thy Creator and
End to end almost 100?

[mercia]

I can only get the Sterndale Bennett, no idea about the other two

[antongould]

look round the man and you might just get there?

[subcontrabass]

I can only get the Sterndale Bennett, no idea about the other two

Or is it his one time pupil Charles Steggall (who set the same text)?

The first in the list seems to lead to Don Gillis, composer of Symphony 5½, A Symphony for Fun.

[Norfolk Born]

but someone posted (now I cannot remember who) that increasing the number of episodes increased the number of troughs as against the peaks.

Actually, it was me - I'm sorry (pace Peter Sellers), it was I.

[antongould]

Or is it his one time pupil Charles Steggall (who set the same text)?

The first in the list seems to lead to Don Gillis, composer of Symphony 5½, A Symphony for Fun.

Now we are getting somewhere!

[Norfolk Born]

While on the subject of Corrie: I really DON'T like the policy ('tho I understand the reasoning behind it) for having 2 episodes, with a 30-minute gap between them, twice a week, so I record the late-night/early-morning ITV2 repeat and fast forward through the adverts. This evening, this will free up some time for, among other things, watching another episode of the 1964 BBC2 series 'The Great War', which I haven't seen before and which I picked up for the proverbial chanson in a charity shop a few weeks ago.

[Norfolk Born]

OFCA: we were taught "Anewyh"... I have northern family roots and grandparents all watch the Street - but lately in fact I have a work-related reason for keeping abreast of events there

I am very much lacking in inspiration as regards question setting. I have come up with a sorbet to refresh the palate before (perhaps) a heavyweight D

What is the C in common between a Roman stage work ending in a visual love duet, the number 317, and Rita's Kabin?

EDIT: the sorbet image is not a clue

I like to think I would have got that one, but supper and then 'Look East' intervened!

[Norfolk Born]

Actually (can't be bothered to look up who wrote it), that clip, it's not a bad bit of music. Is Fred Elliott Billy Elliott's Dad?

It was written by Eric Spear.

[Norfolk Born]

'Nearly 1000' refers, does it not, to the 'Catalogue Aria' in Don Giovanni?

[Norfolk Born]

Having ruled out Dom Gregory Murray, who did set the text from Ecclesisates, I can offer no further assistance.

[subcontrabass]

'Nearly 1000' refers, does it not, to the 'Catalogue Aria' in Don Giovanni?

The question said "almost 100". Or was that a typo?

[antongould]

Almost 100 is not a typo - Fun Symphony is spot on and Sterndale Bennett is the right road - well not road exactly..........

[Nick Armstrong]

I like to think I would have got that one, but supper and then 'Look East' intervened!

My timing was all wrong! Sorry!

Meantime: 30,000 views for this thread!!! Cheers folks

PS: looks as if I was No 30,000! Do I win an iPad?

[Norfolk Born]

The question said "almost 100". Or was that a typo?

I misread the question.