Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Whisky is a bit of a mystery, a few years ago I spent Christmas with a lover of it and we sampled a lot of different brands. One, cannot remember name, begins with L perhaps, absolutey so tasted of iodine it was only worthy of checking down the sink I think. Horrible but possibly useful for disinfecting kitchen worktops.

I know I am several pages behind... but I am pretty certain that would have been Laphroaig, Don's second favourite, which is a good deal more iodine-y than Lagavulin. I went through a long phase of loving those but now I prefer something slightly more mellow. I think my favourite these days is Springbank... or for more reasonably-priced regular drinking, Highland Park (Orkney, so a whiff of the marine / iodine flavours of the Islay malts). That said, I haven't had any malts for ages... must think of investing...

[mercia]

An A to link Prokofiev, Tavener and Tippett.

phew, this is hard work !! wikipedia is no help at all

I believe this is poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) as set in

Prokofiev's Five Songs after AA opus 27
Tavener's AA Songs (+ Requiem ??)
Tippett's The Mask of Time

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

phew, this is hard work !! wikipedia is no help at all

I believe this is poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) as set in

Prokofiev's Five Songs after AA opus 27
Tavener's AA Songs (+ Requiem ??)
Tippett's The Mask of Time

I hope you weren't up all night researching, mercia?!

Yes an AA for AA: or one Anna making me think of another.

The B is yours at your leisure, mercia: have fiendish fun.


Laphroig is Rebus' favourite, isn't it? Yes, much closer to Anna's description than Lagavullin. Has anyone read Umberto Eco's Immortal Flame of Queen Leona? He mentions how, after WW2, occupying soldiers introduced young Italians to Whisky, to the horror of their parents, who couldn't understand why their children were drinking kerosine!

[mercia]

I hope I got the relevant works for AA, my googling is somewhat below par



a B to connect

Bartok, Dukas and W M Thackeray

[antongould]

Bluebeard?

[mercia]

Bluebeard?

well done AG

specifically?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I hope I got the relevant works for AA,

Yes: I was thinking of the Requiem for Tavener, but the songs "fit" equally well.

[antongould]

Bartok B's Castle
Dukas Ariadne and B
Thackeray B's Castle ????

[mercia]

Thackeray B's Castle ????

I have The Awful History of Bluebeard but doubtless it features a castle


a carefully-crafted C from AG please

[antongould]

Not much of a C but Lady G has lots of jobs listed.....................

What C connects

Parry
Bax and
Saint Saens?

[Norfolk Born]

Coronation (Anthem, March and March respectively)?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Coronation (Anthem, March and March respectively)?

Ahh! That would explain why I wasn't getting antwhere with Camelot!

[antongould]

Coronation (Anthem, March and March respectively)?

Exactly - very well done

D for you

[subcontrabass]

Exactly - very well done

D for you

Parry also composed a Te Deum for the coronation of George V.

[antongould]

It was Saint Saens that came as a surprise to me!