Alphabet associations - I

[amateur51]

Bravo vinteuil - yes Iris is the "I" for the two reasons you state.

I can't see the possible Pinero connection, mercia... Could you explain, just to satisfy my curiosity?

As for the third element: what is a single word for a deep rich red colour? Link it with Iris and you're there

That'll be yer actual Iris Vermillion, innit

[Nick Armstrong]

That'll be yer actual Iris Vermillion, innit

Nice one Amateur - back of the net !

The Pinero answer is far from silly - my knowledge of his work could be encompassed on the back of a non-existent playing card. I take my hat off to you. I could have added a fourth element.

We await a learnèd "J" from M. Vinteuil...

[vinteuil]

what J connects an unexpected meeting, an abduction, and some Greek ruins?

[mercia]

a Mozartian abduction?

[Anna]

a Mozartian abduction?

And maybe La rencontre imprévue (unexpected meeting) by Gluck?

[amateur51]

And maybe La rencontre imprévue (unexpected meeting) by Gluck?

And Demis Roussos (some Greek ruins)?

[mercia]

can't find no Js though

[amateur51]

Are they all musical, vinteuil?

[vinteuil]

Are they all musical, vinteuil?

o yes -
kind of...

[mercia]

wake up mercia

Ruins of Athens - Beethoven

[Anna]

If it's not the Gluck I mentioned then could it be the variation by Haydn? Are we looking for a conductor of the three pieces maybe?

[vinteuil]

it is the Gluck you mentioned, and no, not a conductor.

#6672 was perhaps a clue...

[mercia]

the Beethoven and Mozart both have Turkish marches or Turkish band music which wikipedia calls Janissary music, perhaps the Gluck has too?

[vinteuil]

the Beethoven and Mozart both have Turkish marches or Turkish band music which wikipedia calls Janissary music, perhaps the Gluck has too?

... popping in between the third and fourth courses of lunch to see how we're faring, and - sapristi! - Mercia has it.
Gluck's la Rencontre Imprévue ou les Pèlerins de la Mecque [1764], Mozart's die Entführung aus dem Serail [1782]and Beethoven's die Ruinen von Athen [1811] all feature Janissary Music...

Mercia - maestro, a K please!

[amateur51]

... popping in between the third and fourth courses of lunch to see how we're faring, and - sapristi! - Mercia has it.
Gluck's la Rencontre Imprévue ou les Pèlerins de la Mecque, Mozart's die Entführung aus dem Serail and Beethoven's die Ruinen von Athen all feature Janissary Music...

Mercia - maestro, a K please!

Marvellous mercia! - well done