Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

and Vanity Fare - Hitchin' a Ride (I probably should have heard of them )

[Dave2002]

and Vanity Fare - Hitchin' a Ride (I probably should have heard of them )

Looks like you've arrived. Well done! I thought Anton might have rushed in with the pop groups!

Over to you now.

[mercia]

I thought Anton might have rushed in with the pop groups

yes, wish he had
that was definitely a travel question


a W to connect

a seventh sonata, a 1969 - 1976 pop group, and a locomotive light music composer

[Norfolk Born]

Scriabin's 7th piano sonata aka White Mass
White Plains
Edward White's 'Puffing Billy'

[mercia]

Scriabin's 7th piano sonata aka White Mass
White Plains
Edward White's 'Puffing Billy'

very very good, not too taxing I think

your turn, NB

[Norfolk Born]

Thanks. (Memories of Children's Favourites'!)
A 'Y' (if that's OK)
Which 'Y' connects works by Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov and Massenet and the fifth-oldest orchestra in the United States?

[Dave2002]

yes, wish he had
that was definitely a travel question

What's a travel question? Are they something Anton's good at? You generally seem very good at finding out all sorts of arcane things, and I get the feeling your use of search tools is right on most of the time.

[mercia]

What's a travel question?

good question, an oblique reference to Hitchin' a Ride, Pilgrims Progress, "you're on the way", "you've arrived"
ignore me

[Dave2002]

OK - I'll file that away for future reference.

Are we talking about the Cleveland Orchestra for the latest puzzle? Founded 1918 - it seems to be the 5th of the "big five".

[mercia]

my wikipedia says Cincinnati is the fifth oldest

[Norfolk Born]

As does my wikipedia! Anyway, the Cincinnati Symphony will hopefully lead you to the party concerned.

[mercia]

I didn't really mean to answer this, however

on November 28 1919, according to wiki, Eugene Ysaye (as conductor) recorded with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra works by Chabrier, Massenet and Rimsky-Korsakov, namely Marche Joyeuse, Navarraise and Scheherazade.
I don't know how extensive Ysaye's conducting career was.

[Norfolk Born]

His recording career seems to have been limited to the works you've listed and a few chamber/solo pieces (I believe Sony issued a CD in the mid-1990s). Anyway, congratulations are in order, mon brave! Please feel free to give Z a miss if you wish.

[mercia]

I think I've been here before, possibly with the same clues


Z

"once upon a time" Arnold's brother-in-law set Tagore's horticulturalist to music

[mercia]

I think I've been nastily cryptic
Z is a composer, as is Arnold