Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

... and Wan Tan? (Didn't quite get the veg medley!)

I think that's No. 44 on the menu, Won Ton?

[amateur51]

Alas, not.

I was thinking on the lines:

Tan Dun: A World Symphony for the Millennium
the Gei Tan, a sort of Chinese planetarium
Tansy Davies (various works for large orchestra: Wild Card, Tilting, Rift, Streamline)

... and Wan Tan? (Didn't quite get the veg medley!)

Good enterprising suggestions, ferney but not on the card, I'm sorry!

[Nick Armstrong]

Of course I threw off my shoes and paddled, it was like a Summer's day (or what passes for a Summer's Day in Wales) and when I had the 99 with a flake I remembered your description of how you used to eat one ..... and giggled! And, excuse me, The Mumbles is not a faded resort, nor is Craswell!

Edit: I am looking at the new puzzle, honestly!

I meant faded in the sense of out-of-season! Even the most breathless and sparkling of spas can look melancholy in winter.

I'm touched you had a giggle at my '99' technique

As regards the vegetable medley, if it's not a macedoine or a mirepoix, I'm all at sea...

If it's Tan, how does that fit with the veggie theme I wonder.... And what about Melvyn and his amazing performing Tan at the fortepiano??

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Good enterprising suggestions, ferney but not on the card, I'm sorry!

D'you know; I'm almost glad! As soon as I'd posted I realized I'd have to research Musical Us!

[mercia]

any chance of a clue (-ette), please?

[amateur51]

any chance of a clue (-ette), please?

Well there is a clu-ette in the misspelling in d)

And the medley of veggies were all-the-rage layered on a restaurant plate in the '80s

Otherwise, think of the young man in the square with his carrier bags .... then you'll be there

[Anna]

All I have come up with is Villa-Lobos Alegria na Horta, Joy in the Vegetable Garden, which put me in mind of Marie Lloyd who sits among the cauliflowers and peas! No, for the moment, I am lost on this.
Edit: Flash of inspiration: Timbale!

[mercia]

Well there is a clu-ette in the misspelling in d)

well, yes I saw that. Villa-Lobos and Santoro wrote peace symphonies, or should we translate peace into another language, I wonder

[amateur51]

All I have come up with is Villa-Lobos Alegria na Horta, Joy in the Vegetable Garden, which put me in mind of Marie Lloyd who sits among the cauliflowers and peas! No, for the moment, I am lost on this.
Edit: Flash of inspiration: Timbale!

You're in the right area with timbale, Anna - keep going - a t... of vegetables, Modom?

[mercia]

think of the young man in the square with his carrier bags

sounds like those protests in 1989 with that tank

[amateur51]

well, yes I saw that. Villa-Lobos and Santoro wrote peace symphonies, or should we translate peace into another language, I wonder

No you're looking for a composer who wrote a piece called Peace for grand orchestra ... in 1993

[amateur51]

sounds like those protests in 1989 with that tank

bravo mercia - and where was that tank???

[Anna]

You're in the right area with timbale, Anna - keep going - a t... of vegetables, Modom?

Timbale, some overpriced grated courgettes, layered with some overpriced grated brocolli? £6.50 as a side? No, sorry, not sure I can progress with this as to classical music, but if I have provided a clue to others ....

[mercia]

oh, you know, doodah square

[amateur51]

oh, you know, doodah square

dat's ma boy!