Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ding Dong!

The Westminster Chimes feature in Eric Coates' Westminster: a Meditation from the first London Suite, in Vierne's Carillons de Westminster (the only one of his 24 Pieces du Fantasie that I've ever heard) and as the "signature tune" of the Soccer Stadium in question.

[mercia]

Ding Dong!

The Westminster Chimes feature in Eric Coates' Westminster: a Meditation from the first London Suite, in Vierne's Carillons de Westminster (the only one of his 24 Pieces du Fantasie that I've ever heard) and as the "signature tune" of the Soccer Stadium in question.

very good, thank you very much

permission to exclude X, Y & Z but only if you should so wish

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Y do I always forget there's a "downside" to getting the answer!

A Y to connect:

A composer of The Masks of Orpheus and Twilight of the Gods
A Doctor specialising in probing the BBC
Another composer, offspring of a Gold Braid distiller.

... all clues Musical; answer, too, but possibly only first thing in the morning.

[Nick Armstrong]

Excellent we have not had a question with Fratton Park in for ages!

[Anna]

Excellent we have not had a question with Fratton Park in for ages!

I was trying to work Milton into the answer! (One of the stands is called Milton. I never knew that before) This thread is just so educational!

[subcontrabass]

Y do I always forget there's a "downside" to getting the answer!

A Y to connect:

A composer of The Masks of Orpheus and Twilight of the Gods
A Doctor specialising in probing the BBC
Another composer, offspring of a Gold Braid distiller.

... all clues Musical; answer, too, but possibly only first thing in the morning.

We seem to have travelled to York.

[Anna]

We seem to have travelled to York.

We do? Oh, Dumbledore, you are such a tease!

[subcontrabass]

We do? Oh, Dumbledore, you are such a tease!

Wilfrid Mellers, author of The Masks of Orpheus: Seven Stages in the Story of European Music and Twilight of the Gods: the Beatles in Retrospect, was Professor of Music at York University.

Doctor Who: The Gunpowder Plot concerns a Sontaran Invasion of York.

The father of York Bowen was one of the founders of Bowen & McKechnie, distillers of Gold Braid whisky.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Wilfrid Mellers, author of The Masks of Orpheus: Seven Stages in the Story of European Music and Twilight of the Gods: the Beatles in Retrospect, was Professor of Music at York University.

Doctor Who: The Gunpowder Plot concerns a Sontaran Invasion of York.

The father of York Bowen was one of the founders of Bowen & McKechnie, distillers of Gold Braid whisky.

A hat trick, subby! Well Done: the Z / A is yours.

Incidentally, has anyone ever sampled the products of said distillery? I've only ever encountered the Gold Braid blend researching York Bowen.

[subcontrabass]

A hat trick, subby! Well Done: the Z / A is yours.

Let us try a Z to link Charles II, George II, George III, and three composers.

[subcontrabass]

Incidentally, has anyone ever sampled the products of said distillery? I've only ever encountered the Gold Braid blend researching York Bowen.

I only drink single malts.

[mercia]

Bowen & McKechnie

ceased to trade in 1954 if I've understood Google correctly

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thanks, mercia.

I only drink single malts.

Me, too, subby - well, apart from the occasional double!

[subcontrabass]

ceased to trade in 1954 if I've understood Google correctly

That appears to be their most recent incorporation (i.e. registration as a company). The Gold Braid trademark was registered in USA in 1957 and expired in 1998. Other Google searches suggest that the company ceased operation some time in the 1980s. Stocks of the product still seem to be available here.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Let us try a Z to link Charles II, George II, George III, and three composers.

Zadok? (The Priest of that name):

Set by Henry Lawes for Charles II
by Handel for George II

... and either:
Not set by Boyce for George III (on the grounds that this would be disrespectful to GFH's memory)

or

George Fenton (who arranged Handel's anthem for use in the film The Madness of King George - that well-known sequel ).