Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Care to mention who wrote it?

can't remember, and I've lost it now

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

can't remember, and I've lost it now

Story of my life!

[Norfolk Born]

Loius Andriessen wrote the Dirck Sweelinck piece.

[Anna]

Just had a look at this, thought it be something connected with film titles perhaps? Something rings a bell, dimly. Edit: Norfy just beat me, I was thinking Peter Greenaway films

[Norfolk Born]

..and M is for Man, Music, Mozart as part of a Musical Alphabet?

[Norfolk Born]

..and a 'Vermeer Pictures' concert suite from 'Writing for Vermeer'.

[Flay]

I've been trying to ignore this as I have lots to do - namely my tax returns (annual torment )

It's all in here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Andriessen

[Norfolk Born]

..that page is strangely familiar...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Sorry for the delay: there's a convention of Gas vans all along the street - apparently a thousand homes without gas because something's been blown over!

Any road up (and ours probably will be, soon!):

Yes, Louis Andriessen for all the reasons Norf mentioned: a B from your bonnet at your leisure, please.

(PS to Anna for mentioning Peter Greenaway!)

[Norfolk Born]

'Twas on a Tuesday morning the gas man came to call' - hope you're soon back on supply.
What 'B' links: a conductor who found fame under the limes; a violinist (and future conductor) who, when he joined the BBC SO, was its youngest member; and a film score by a French-born composer who died in the USA?

[amateur51]

'Twas on a Tuesday morning the gas man came to call' - hope you're soon back on supply.
What 'B' links: a conductor who found fame under the limes; a violinist (and future conductor) who, when he joined the BBC SO, was its youngest member; and a film score by a French-born composer who died in the USA?

'under the limes' = unter den Linden in Berlin = Berlin State opera I assume?

[mercia]

a violinist (and future conductor) who, when he joined the BBC SO, was its youngest member

Harry Blech ?

[Norfolk Born]

Harry Blech is correct for Part 2.
And yes, we are Unter den Linden for Part 1.

[Anna]

Just bumping this up, as I have to go now. We have Harry Blech and Leo Blech, correct? Nothing to do with Harry Lime and are looking for a French composer also called Blech? Just want to be clear (in case I become inspired later on this evening, which is unlikely, given what I is cooking)

[antongould]

Just bumping this up, as I have to go now. We have Harry Blech and Leo Blech, correct? Nothing to do with Harry Lime and are looking for a French composer also called Blech? Just want to be clear (in case I become inspired later on this evening, which is unlikely, given what I is cooking)

My thoughts entirely but struggling with a French Blech...............................