Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Snork, matter in hand, rude. Oh come on, oh, blokes ............ I despair, honestly, there is more than that. I am so disappointed I even thought some of you liked women.

Innocent, yfaith! I had no ulterior intentions in uttering that phrase m'lady! Cross my heart...

Rumpole can you use your classics to identify this Latin Bangle that isn't a Hazy Shade of Winter!!?

My classics are a charade, a legal fiction, alas! We need our dear vinsanto for that task. However I will cogitate. (Can I say that, Anna?? )

[antongould]

Cogitation is all I ask...........

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

something was described as soapy, is that Lux Aeterna (1982)?

Yes! (I have 1984, for some reason).

So, to summarize:

William Mathias (1934-92), composer of
The Servants, and opera to libretto by Iris Murdoch
Lux Aeterna for soloits, choir and orchestra
Zodiac Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp

... oh, and founder of the St Asaph Festival of Music (hence "festive" in clue), the city in whose Cathedral grounds he is buried.

Another very good, unjustly neglected composer (not even on Naxos!), excellent teacher - and a really nice bloke, too!


Mercia; you got the lion's share of the answers (with Ammie getting the Trio and another work by Mathias): care to Nrich us with the next puzzle?

[mercia]

ammie got the whole lot as far as I'm concerned
I must retire forthwith
let's have a long-overdue ammie question

[Nick Armstrong]

Yes! (I have 1984, for some reason).

So, to summarize:

William Mathias (1934-92), composer of
The Servants, and opera to libretto by Iris Murdoch
Lux Aeterna for soloits, choir and orchestra
Zodiac Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp

... oh, and founder of the St Asaph Festival of Music (hence "festive" in clue), the city in whose Cathedral grounds he is buried.

Another very good, unjustly neglected composer (not even on Naxos!), excellent teacher - and a really nice bloke, too!


Mercia; you got the lion's share of the answers (with Ammie getting the Trio and another work by Mathias): care to Nrich us with the next puzzle?

Can I stop cogitating now?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yes; it would be appropriate to follow Mathias with one of his compatriots. (I did try to steer Anna towards the right way with the Bangles, but she was having none of it!)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

(I did try to steer Anna towards the right way with the Bangles, but she was having none of it!)

Somehow that just doesn't sound the way I intended!

[Nick Armstrong]

Somehow that just doesn't sound the way I intended!

You'll get a slap, fhg, you'll get a slap!!

By the way I don't understand the bangles - classical connection...

[Nick Armstrong]

let's have a long-overdue ammie question

Come on, you amateur you!!

[amateur51]

Most kind, I'm sure

What N was a quarter of a tribute to Salzburg’s famous scion, might be seen racing up & down the motorways of Western Europe and wrote a famous song in dim light?

[antongould]

It would be better Ams if you showed up earlier with a question to stop mercia and I getting into trouble on the Breakfast thread - do try!!!!!

[amateur51]

It would be better Ams if you showed up earlier with a question to stop mercia and I getting into trouble on the Breakfast thread - do try!!!!!

Ber-limey anton - I see what you mean H e a v y

[Nick Armstrong]

It would be better Ams if you showed up earlier with a question to stop mercia and I getting into trouble on the Breakfast thread - do try!!!!!

*hastens to Breakfast thread to gawp*....

[Nick Armstrong]

What N was a quarter of a tribute to Salzburg’s famous scion, might be seen racing up & down the motorways of Western Europe and wrote a famous song in dim light?

Ooh cars, I thought But your wording sounds cryptic: why just motorways and why just Western Europe..

You tease us, Monsieur l'Amateur, you tease us

[amateur51]

Ooh cars, I thought But your wording sounds cryptic: why just motorways and why just Western Europe..

You tease us, Monsieur l'Amateur, you tease us

Your interpretation leads you astray, Lestrade. You are being too clever, not something of which I have had occasion to accuse you before

[slips out of character] For 'motorways', include autobahnen and other local variants. For Western Europe include the entire EU and probably beyond