Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

Stradivari is involved.

I got that link for the first part but for the Lutyens I landed up in India, so I gave up

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"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.)

Astonishing!

It works ...

... but it's not what I have on the card!

The "Firebird" Strad is relevant.

Sciarrino is relevant, but not the CD label.

Go back to mercia for the Lutyens connection.

[Norfolk Born]

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

I wondered who it was...

[Anna]

Go back to mercia for the Lutyens connection.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt!

I think last night with Jools has completely addled my brain

[Nick Armstrong]

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt!

I think last night with Jools has completely addled my brain

[Norfolk Born]

Perhaps Anna had too little Holland with the gin...

[mercia]

I don't know if Salvatore Accardo comes into this (as a performer of Paganini)

[antongould]

And who had a strad called Firebird or some such............

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I don't know if Salvatore Accardo comes into this (as a performer of Paganini)

and as the former "owner" of said Strad.

All the answers have now been mentioned separately. Anyone care to gather them together?

[Norfolk Born]

Lohengrin as saviour? (Whoops! Overtaken by events...)

[Anna]

Perhaps Anna had too little Holland with the gin...

I do think I may need a little Dutch Courage to venture forth into these increasingly elaborate puzzles.

Of course, it could be like that memorable one set by Caliban - where the answer was a letter? So, the answer obviously is S

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Mercia's got two (oh stop sniggering at the back!) and Subby one.

[antongould]

are we saying Salvatore and we always get lovely Ts at mercia's.......

[mercia]

not sure what's left

Salvatore Marchesi translating Lohengrin into Italian?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

are we saying Salvatore

Salvatore Sciarrino (composer of Lohengrin ... other than wossizname)
Salvatore Accardo (owner of the "Firebird" Strad and recorder of Paganini's complete oeuvre for Violin)
Salvatore Quasimodo (poet used by Elisabeth Lutyens in her And Suddenly it's Evening.

and we always get lovely Ts at mercia's.......