Alphabet associations - I

[Tapiola]

shame - I thought the Startrek: Voyager Chopin theme fitted in well with an Offenbach Voyage to the Moon and Liszt's Voyages in Italy and France

But clearly it's a barcarollian city you're looking for?

vints, both completely correct and, alas, not so. Though bonus points due

EDIT: Barcarollian, yes.

[Tapiola]

I would imagine that all of you now know the answer to this one. I will shortly be offline, possibly for the rest of the evening, so please do fire ahead with X, Y, Z or indeed A.

(Have just realised by senior moment a few messages back, when I claimed that "X" followed "V" in the alphabet... )

[amateur51]

Very picturesque, Caliban.

So, the question remains ....

Why twinned with Abingdon?

[Nick Armstrong]

Very picturesque, Caliban.

So, the question remains ....

Why twinned with Abingdon?

No idea...!!!

And the other question, Taps's.... Am I missing something, or is everyone being self-effacing? Isn't the answer Venice?

[Tapiola]

Isn't the answer Venice?

Sold to the gentleman in the trilby

Yes, a brace of Barcarolles (Chopin, Offenbach) and piano works by Liszt (RW:Venezia; La Lugubre Gondola I & 2; Am Grabe Richard Wagners; Venezia e Napoli ...).

Your "W", Caliban. (I've never been to Italy )

[Nick Armstrong]

Sold to the gentleman in the trilby

Yes, a brace of Barcarolles (Chopin, Offenbach) and piano works by Liszt (RW:Venezia; La Lugubre Gondola I & 2; Am Grabe Richard Wagners; Venezia e Napoli ...).

Your "W", Caliban. (I've never been to Italy )

As usual, I have a feeling this is too easy but then it may turn out not to be, I no longer know!

A W unites two concertos which are known by their key signatures E and F minor, and two for the same instrument which aren't - one of the latter was by a lad with two other W connections: he was from Woburn Square, London WC.

[Dave2002]

So one is The concerto, for piano, by Richard Addinsell, and Chopin wrote the E (minor) and F minor concertos.
That leaves one concerto by an unknown left, and a place to fill in maybe. I've got another busy day coming up, so not going to say more right now. Maybe Friday will get easier!

[Nick Armstrong]

So one is The concerto, for piano, by Richard Addinsell, and Chopin wrote the E (minor) and F minor concertos.
That leaves one concerto by an unknown left, and a place to fill in maybe. I've got another busy day coming up, so not going to say more right now. Maybe Friday will get easier!

You're two thirds there. Easy now, no? to get the W... ?

[Dave2002]

Piano concerto? Lutaslowski?

[Nick Armstrong]

Piano concerto? Lutaslowski?

Doesn't quite fit, given the answer to the question.

[Dave2002]

Neither does a survivor, I think, given the precise wording of the question, so now stumped.

[Nick Armstrong]

You know you don't have to get all the three elements, in order to give the solution? I sense you have it on the tip of your tongue. Are you scared of the XYZ twilight zone? You can skip to an A question you know

[Dave2002]

There's a Josef Wieniawski who wrote a piano concerto, but it seems that the more famous Henryk didn't, being a violinist.

Re being scared, more likely it's the work I have to do today and tomorrow which holds me back.

I thought it was a requirement for full honours to get all the parts, and i've not done that yet for this one.

[mercia]

if Dave is busy and doesn't want to answer, I'm happy to say Warsaw, but I haven't really looked at the question to see what's left in the way of detail

[Tapiola]

I know this doesn't help, but thought I would chip in with Ligeti's 6th Piano Etude: Automne a Varsovie. The remaining concerto eludes me.

Morning all!