Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

vertue, visage, Verniers, voix ?

[hedgehog]

vertue, visage, Verniers, voix ?

None of those mercia, I fear you are beating around the bush

[mercia]

bush

alan ?

[hedgehog]

alan ?

No

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

No

Mesuspects that this is more of a clue than, say, No?

[antongould]

Mesuspects that this is more of a clue than, say, No?

OMG have we gone colour? Remember TV went downhill after that.......

[mercia]

oh, must be something to do with Joe Green I suppose

[hedgehog]

oh, must be something to do with Joe Green I suppose

Indeed!

[mercia]

Vieuxtemps - 3 Fantasias on Themes from Verdi's I Lombardi, Ernani and Luisa Miller
Finnissy - Verdi transcriptions (in two books ? )
Berio studied at Verdi conservatory, Milan
Liszt paraphrases etc. on eight different Verdi works (according to wiki)

[hedgehog]

Vieuxtemps - 3 Fantasias on Themes from Verdi's I Lombardi, Ernani and Luisa Miller
Finnissy - Verdi transcriptions (in two books ? )
Berio studied at Verdi conservatory, Milan
Liszt paraphrases etc. on eight different Verdi works (according to wiki)

Actually Vieuxtemps is the odd man out - I was hovering between pieces called "Fantasias" on Verdi themes or those defined as or called "Transcriptions" ( though Finissy's might well be regarded as fantasies - they are wonderful!) & got a bit mixed up

Berio 'transcribed' Verdi in 8 Romances for tenor & orchestra.

Whatever, as they say...........and whenever you feel so inclined mercia

[antongould]

Are we waiting until Winter for a W?

[mercia]

sorry, I couldn't think of a question
I'm sure you can

[antongould]

sorry, I couldn't think of a question
I'm sure you can

Well maybe ......

A W to connect

Herbert Chappell
Bach 225
Little Dorrit
Joseph Horovitz

[mercia]

an intriguing question

BWV 225 is the motet Singet dem Herrn, but this may well be irrelevant

[antongould]

an intriguing question

BWV 225 is the motet Singet dem Herrn, but this may well be irrelevant

Scarily relevant......