Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not according to the composer who called the work in question "a drama for listening".

Correction: should be "a tragedy for listening".

[mercia]

"a drama for listening".

I can't find that quote, are we talking Mahler 1?
is Owen Wingrave the Piper connection?

EDIT - apparently Luigi Nono called something "a tragedy of listening" or "a tragedy about listening"

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I can't find that quote, are we talking Mahler 1?

No.

is Owen Wingrave the Piper connection?

No. To stop furniture from wobbling you'd need a ....

EDIT - apparently Luigi Nono called something "a tragedy of listening" or "a tragedy about listening"

Indeed he did. Now, if you can only find the name of the "something" ...

[mercia]

To stop furniture from wobbling you'd need a ....

screw (turn of the)

(I was thinking of the possibly wobbly sets in the 1970's TV Owen Wingrave)

[mercia]

the name of the "something" ...

Prometeo

I think I'm homing in on a wet Italian city

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

screw (turn of the)

(I was thinking of the possibly wobbly sets in the 1970's TV Owen Wingrave)

Prometeo

Yes, yes: Nono!

I think I'm homing in on a wet Italian city

Oh Good!

[subcontrabass]

Prometeo

I think I'm homing in on a wet Italian city

add Stravinsky's Canticum Sacrum ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis and you get there.

[mercia]

my knowledge of Greek mythology is virtually non-existent but I believe Prometheus was a Titan

so glad you popped up at that moment subcontra
if you say the V word I'd be more than grateful if you set the next question

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

my knowledge of Greek mythology is virtually non-existent but I believe Prometheus was a Titan

if you say the V word I'd be more than grateful if you set the next question

Ooh; don't be shy! You've done all the hard work!

[mercia]

not really shyness, laziness about thinking of a new question

that was fun - thanks for all the clues - I would really like subc. to take over

[subcontrabass]

not really shyness, laziness about thinking of a new question

that was fun - thanks for all the clues - I would really like subc. to take over

All three works previously listed were first performed in Venice. I will work on a 'W'.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

All three works previously listed were first performed in Venice.

Britten's Turn of the Screw
Stravinsky's Canticum Sacrum
Nono's Prometeo - Tragedia dell'ascolto (with libretto by twice Mayor of Venice, Massimo Cacciari).

We Wait your W With ... something good beginning with W, subby!

[subcontrabass]

A W to link:

(a) an English composer who worked in Scotland;
(b) a conductor;
(c) a bishop and hymn writer.

[antongould]

Wordsworth?

[subcontrabass]

Wordsworth?

Details?