Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm sure Caliban is a great Philanthropist and mindful of his duty to the poor widders and orphans of Chancery!

Anna I am seasonally touched by your confidence!!! You are close to the truth, as a matter of fact!! All year and ending in some yuletide festivities, we have been supporting this excellent organisation http://www.winstonswish.org.uk/ for bereaved children

I wouldn't say I actually tossed scraps from my plate to them, but in effect and in rather more seemly fashion, some good stuff was provided

I commend Winston's Wish to all ! Terrific people.

Furthermore: happy birthday Flay!

Don - what was the middle N, between Queen of the Night and This aye Nighte? I've lost track...

[Don Petter]

Don - what was the middle N, between Queen of the Night and This aye Nighte? I've lost track...

Caliban,

It did get a bit diffuse and drawn out, but fhg eventually got each one in turn. They were:

Sibelius: Symphonic Poem 'Night Ride and Sunrise'
Mozart: Queen of the Night, from The Magic Flute
Britten: Setting of the Lyke-Wake Dirge in his Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, first line 'This ae nighte, this ae nighte'

And a warning for Norfolk Born, should he go out without them. Here is a verse from 'A Pair O' Nicky Tams', one of the most famous bothy ballads by G.S Morris:

Though unco sweir, I took them aff, the lassie for tae please,
Bit aye my breeks they lirkit up, a' roon aboot my knees.
A wasp gaed crawlin' up my leg, in the middle o' the Psalms,
So niver again will I enter the kirk without my Nicky Tams.

[Anna]

I wouldn't say I actually tossed scraps from my plate to them, but in effect and in rather more seemly fashion, some good stuff

You know, that really made me laugh out loud! You Are Indeed, The Arch Deacon! The remark about some good stuff, now, come on, admit it, they did not deserve that, did they? Bluddy orphans wouldn't know a goose if it bit them on the backside

Edit: I now need to apologise to Caliban and his largesse

[Nick Armstrong]

You know, that really made me laugh out loud! You Are Indeed, The Arch Deacon! The remark about some good stuff, now, come on, admit it, they did not deserve that, did they? Bluddy orphans wouldn't know a goose if it bit them on the backside

Edit: I now need to apologise to Caliban and his largesse

No need, sweet Anna, no need!!! I know you are a big good-hearted tease!!!

I also loved the Nicky-Tam rhyme... "aye my breeks they lirkit up" - something always worth avoiding!

[Norfolk Born]

Caliban,

It did get a bit diffuse and drawn out, but fhg eventually got each one in turn. They were:

Sibelius: Symphonic Poem 'Night Ride and Sunrise'
Mozart: Queen of the Night, from The Magic Flute
Britten: Setting of the Lyke-Wake Dirge in his Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, first line 'This ae nighte, this ae nighte'

And a warning for Norfolk Born, should he go out without them. Here is a verse from 'A Pair O' Nicky Tams', one of the most famous bothy ballads by G.S Morris:

Though unco sweir, I took them aff, the lassie for tae please,
Bit aye my breeks they lirkit up, a' roon aboot my knees.
A wasp gaed crawlin' up my leg, in the middle o' the Psalms,
So niver again will I enter the kirk without my Nicky Tams.

[Nick Armstrong]

Which O can can be said to link

A cultish Hymn writer
Haydn's Soul Music
Tolkein's Breton Lei

?

I am thinking ORFEO

Tolkein translated Sir Orfeo (I have it coupled with his Gawain translation, which is ready for a read this New Year "...at the year's dead end...")

Haydn wrote an opera called 'Orfeo ed Eurydice'

Can't get the hymn writer. I'm thinking it that Monteverdi's Orfeo must be in here but I can't connect it...

[Anna]

No need, sweet Anna, no need!!! I know you are a big good-hearted tease!!!

I might also be A Hard Hearted Anna, so dont me Squire!

[subcontrabass]

I am thinking ORFEO


Can't get the hymn writer. I'm thinking it that Monteverdi's Orfeo must be in here but I can't connect it...

John Cage: Operation: Orfeo - more or less alternate numbers are labelled as "Hymns".

[Nick Armstrong]

John Cage: Operation: Orfeo - more or less alternate numbers are labelled as "Hymns".

Ah!

But why 'cultish'? Because Cage-fanciers are like a sort of cult?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[COLOR="#0000FF"]I am thinking ORFEO

Almost.

Tolkein translated Sir Orfeo (I have it coupled with his Gawain translation, which is ready for a read this New Year "...at the year's dead end...")

Based on a Breton Lai with the same story.

Haydn wrote an opera called 'Orfeo ed Eurydice'

AKA?

Can't get the hymn writer. I'm thinking it that Monteverdi's Orfeo must be in here but I can't connect it...

He is and he isn't. Go back to the source.

[subcontrabass]

Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice (The Soul of the Philosopher, or Orpheus and Euridice)

[Nick Armstrong]

Almost.


Based on a Breton Lai with the same story.


AKA?


He is and he isn't. Go back to the source.

Just plain ORPHEUS?

[Flay]

bloomin' 'eck. Got that hours ago.


Piddled now...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

John Cage: Operation: Orfeo - more or less alternate numbers are labelled as "Hymns".

I didn't know this, subby! Brilliant research, but not the cult in question, which is much older.

Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice (The Soul of the Philosopher, or Orpheus and Euridice)

Precisely (hence Flay's pun earlier).

So, we have Tolkein's Sir Orfeo
Haydn's opera.

... just the first element to straighten out.

[Nick Armstrong]

So, we have Tolkein's Sir Orfeo
Haydn's opera.

... just the first element to straighten out.

I'm confused. You said 'almost' in relation to 'Sir Orfeo'... Is that 'precisely' the answer, then?

And Anna: who's been ignoring you, heartface???