Alphabet associations - I

[subcontrabass]

As in Concertgebouw? The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra = Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest

But where to now?

The order is chronological. The other two are some distance away.

[Flay]

Of course the Konzerthaus in Berlin was built in stages - but you said not German...

22.04.1776 "Französische Komödienhaus" (French Comedy House) opens
05.12.1786 Reopens as National Theatre after refurbishment
01.08.1787 Renamed the Royal National Theatre
01.01.1802 The new theater building (1800/1801) designed by Karl Gotthard Langhans opens
29.07.1817 The Langhans theatre building is destroyed by a fire
19.11.1817 King Frederick William III of Prussia commissioned the construction of a new theater; Schinkel presents his designs in April 1818
04.07.1818 Laying of the foundation stone
26.05.1821 Opening ceremony of the new theater in the presence of the king
27.11.1826 Berlin premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 in D minor
04.03.1829 Guest performance by the renowned violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini
07.01.1844 Richard Wagner conducts the Berlin premiere of his opera "The Flying Dutchman"
Oct 1919 Renamed State Theatre
22.04.1945 Last concert evening before the Schauspielhaus is destroyed
1979/1984 Rebuilding of the former Schauspielhaus as a concert hall
01.10.1984 The Berlin Symphony Orchestra performs a gala concert on the occasion of the reopening of the Schauspielhaus as Konzerthaus
25.12.1989 Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 including the "Ode to Freedom" with an international orchestra and choir
Jan 1994 The Berlin Symphony Orchestra is officially nominated as the house's own orchestra
May 2003 Opening of the Werner Otto Hall

[subcontrabass]

Of course the Konzerthaus in Berlin was built in stages - but you said not German...

Further east.

[Flay]

as in The State Kremlin Palace??

[Flay]

Or The Kraków Philharmonic concert hall? << It is one of the largest concert halls in Kraków. It consists of a main hall of 693 seats for orchestral performances, and two smaller venues, the Golden Hall and the Blue Hall, for chamber music concerts. >>

I'm going barmy. Time for a cuppa

[subcontrabass]

as in The State Kremlin Palace??

Right city for the second link (but wrong institution).

[Norfolk Born]

Have anybody's crocuses popped up yet?

[subcontrabass]

A thread in "Performance" started at 11.32 today is relevant to K.

[Nick Armstrong]

Further east.

Kirov?

I was thinking that meant Big as opposed to the Mali (small) theatre - remembering my time in Leningrad incorrectly, because of course it's Bolshoi that means Big, not Kirov... which I suspect is therefore wrong.

I'll shut up.

Edit: just seen the latest clue. So right City... But I need a strong coffee.

[Flay]

A thread in "Performance" started at 11.32 today is relevant to K.

Well the first performance of Shostakovich's 4th Symphony was conducted by Kirill (Kyrill) Kondrashin. But I cannot see how this links with the riddle.

[subcontrabass]

Well the first performance of Shostakovich's 4th Symphony was conducted by Kirill (Kyrill) Kondrashin. But I cannot see how this links with the riddle.

Two Ks for the price of one.

He was conductor in turn of the Maly Opera in Leningrad (1936-43), the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow (1943-56), and the Concertgebouw Orchestra (1975-81).


Flay is invited to set us an L.

[amateur51]

Have anybody's crocuses popped up yet?

Snowdrops out near Hull on Boxing Day

[Nick Armstrong]

Kirov?

I was thinking that meant Big as opposed to the Mali (small) theatre - remembering my time in Leningrad incorrectly, because of course it's Bolshoi that means Big, not Kirov...

B@gger, I wasn't far off... but busy barking up the wrong trees...

No change there, then

[Flay]

Oh L, I bloomin' well asked for it! (Although I'm not quite sure how)

An L to link

Swan songs, passion and hope.

[Don Petter]

Oh L, I bloomin' well asked for it! (Although I'm not quite sure how)

An L to link

Swan songs, passion and hope.

Last, Lust and Lost?