Alphabet associations - I

[amateur51]

A brace of Ovchinnikovs?

Vyacheslav the film and symphony composer
Vladimir the pianist (he came first in the Leeds and joint second in the Moscow)

You could have roped in the former Lokomotiv Moscow goalie to make up the three-some - teamsaint might have rushed in for a winner

A talented bunch those Ovchinnikovs O well done Caliban

Time for P if you could manage that

[Nick Armstrong]

Time for P if you could manage that

I've had two large coffees since getting up, I've been doing little else!!

Ahem...

As well as his own achievements (which I witnessed at first hand), this P was known for the influence of Alfred and Maurice and a first for Gabriel.

[antongould]

I've had two large coffees since getting up, I've been doing little else!!

Ahem...

As well as his own achievements (which I witnessed at first hand), this P was known for the influence of Alfred and Maurice and a first for Gabriel.

Are Cortot, Ravel and Faure parties to this whizzer?

[Nick Armstrong]

Are Cortot, Ravel and Faure parties to this whizzer?

Apologies for the tardy reply.... just returned from bank holiday frivolity.

You have the three parties... so which is the common Partygoer uniting them?

[cloughie]

Apologies for the tardy reply.... just returned from bank holiday frivolity.

You have the three parties... so which is the common Partygoer uniting them?

I thought of Pavane but drew a blank on Cortot - they did, however, all have strong connections to the Paris Conservatoire.

[Nick Armstrong]

I thought of Pavane but drew a blank on Cortot - they did, however, all have strong connections to the Paris Conservatoire.

True.... the clue in the question was that I have witnessed this P in action - you're after a person

[antongould]

True.... the clue in the question was that I have witnessed this P in action - you're after a person

Perlemuter?

[cloughie]

The only one I can think of is Pierre Monteux.

[Nick Armstrong]

Perlemuter?

One hundred and EIGHTY!! Yes, worked with / was taught by Ravel and Cortot, gave the first performance of Fauré's final (13th) Nocturne...

And I saw him perform with the Yehudi Menuhin school orchestra... (I'm ashamed to say I didn't grasp or appreciate his link with musical history - the friend I was with and I spent quite a lot of time suppressing laughter, because he looked SO old, especially in contrast to the teenagers in the orchestra, that we found it all slightly absurd and feared he might not last to the end of the piece.... What idiots...)

Anton - nest Question please!

[Flay]

(I'm ashamed to say I didn't grasp or appreciate his link with musical history

At least somebody appreciated him...

http://stephenhough.com/writings/selective/vlado-perlemuter.php

"For a man with such impressive musical connections it was refreshing to observe Perlemuter's modesty. Names which could have been dropped with regularity were quietly mentioned only to emphasise a point: "Ravel told me to do this ...". (Hard to argue with that!)"

[antongould]

A Q to link

Turbulence
St Patrick and
Thaw

[cloughie]

A Q to link

Turbulence
St Patrick and
Thaw

Queen

[antongould]

Queen

In this case I feel I must ask for the coleslaw ........

[cloughie]

In this case I feel I must ask for the coleslaw ........

...and then you can lay it on thick when I'm wrong.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-My-Queen/dp/B008NPY47Y/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1369653048&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=turbulence+queen

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Queen-Within-Temptation/dp/B0000942MO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1369653148&sr=1-1&keywords=ice+queen

[antongould]

...and then you can lay it on thick when I'm wrong.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-My-Queen/dp/B008NPY47Y/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1369653048&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=turbulence+queen

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Queen-Wi...ords=ice+queen

As if I would - it was however a singular if sadly incorrect attempt.

You are looking for an opera, a musical piece and a poem not necessarily in that order!!!