Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Which 'R' links:
(a) The beginning of a third Act
(b) A song from a 1965 album
(c) An orchestral piece dropped twice in 4 years
(d) Composers born in Salzburg, Bradford and Cambridge?

I think there's a lot riding on this?

... of the Valkyries
Ticket to ...
... something (or something ... )*
Sleigh Rides by Mozart, Delius and Leroy Anderson.

EDIT: * = Short ... in a Fast Machine (dropped twice from Last Nights of the Proms).

[Norfolk Born]

What kept you?
(You clearly weren't led astray by Cambridge).
An 'S' at your convenience, s'il vous plaît.
I'm giving Wolfgang, rather than his father, the credit for one of the sleigh rides.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And to you, too, Norf. I presume nobody will mind if I leave it 'til the morning? (I can't guarantee that I won't be a little too Szymanowskied in the coming hours!)

All Very Best Wishes!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It gives me great pleasure to introduce Alphabet Associations to the New Year.

An S, at your leisures and pleasures to link:

Paganini and Firebird
Lohengrin
Lutyens' bell ringer

[Nick Armstrong]

And to you, too, Norf. I presume nobody will mind if I leave it 'til the morning? (I can't guarantee that I won't be a little too Szymanowskied in the coming hours!)

All Very Best Wishes!

I personally got rather Graingered.

Cunning R question, nice answer and an S which has sent me to the espresso machine!

Plus ça change....!

[Don Petter]

I'm behind the sofa with Norfolk Born until things ease up a bit.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm behind the sofa with Norfolk Born until things ease up a bit.

The Doctor would not approve!
To avoid extermination, think of "bell ringers" (or one at least) and google accordingly!

[mercia]

I notice that Elisabeth Lutyens wrote something to a text by Salvatore Quasimodo, but goodness knows if that's relevant

[Don Petter]

The Doctor would not approve!
To avoid extermination, think of "bell ringers" (or one at least) and google accordingly!

Quintin Hogg?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I notice that Elisabeth Lutyens wrote something to a text by Salvatore Quasimodo, but goodness knows if that's relevant

"Goodness" had nothing to do with it!
You're practically home, merc!

[Don Petter]

Lohengrin has a Swan ...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Lohengrin has a Swan ...

He does, but not here.

[subcontrabass]

I notice that Elisabeth Lutyens wrote something to a text by Salvatore Quasimodo, but goodness knows if that's relevant

That was a link that I was missing.

The S that I have found is Stradivarius.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The S that I have found is Stradivarius.

Stradivari is involved.

[subcontrabass]

Stradivari is involved.

"Paganini" and "Firebird" are both names of violins by Stradivarius
Lohengrin by Salvatore Sciarrino is recorded on the Stradivarius label
Anthony Quinn played both Quasimodo and Antonius Stradivarius in different films

(for the third link I originally had the fact that C B Lutyens once owned a Stradivarius cello ("Cristiani"), but I could not link that to a bell ringer.)