Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

a Venetian Flute Concerto

Goldfinch ?

[cloughie]

Indeed, and without your hint about the Finnish piece being recent, the penny wouldn't've dropped! (I don't know the Surinach, and had never heard of him previously - but the Lindberg is a very enjoyable and approachable work: a sort of musical James MacMillan to plagiarize Beecham .)

What G is the common originator of

Exercise to refresh the spirits
E major - C major
a Venetian Flute Concerto

Thinking totally outside the box, and inside the Glass, pour the spirits into your Venetian flute and down a third.

[Nick Armstrong]

Spelling error corrected, in case anyone thought it was a clue!

*deletes posting enquiring if the misspelling was a clue, just before clicking 'reply'*

There's a Vivaldi flute concerto called The Goldfinch (Il Gardellino)... anything to do with anything?

EDIT: cross-posted with mercia!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Goldfinch ?

... and Cali.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thinking totally outside the box, and inside the Glass, pour the spirits into your Venetian flute and down a third.

No; the G is not a composer.

[Anna]

No; the G is not a composer.

So, is it a musician? Like, James Galway (well, obviously not him! but a name, or a place?)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So, is it a musician? Like, James Galway (well, obviously not him!)

No: mercs and cali got the third element - the first is featured elsewhere on these Boards.

[Anna]

No: mercs and cali got the third element - the first is featured elsewhere on these Boards.

Memo to self: Pay attention at the back! There is a James Cohn variations for wind called - Goldfinch variations for wind! Think it's recorders. No, actually, I am totally lost.

[mercia]

Exercise to refresh the spirits

Goldberg Variations - that's a quote that I can't find at the moment

EDIT

"Keyboard exercise, consisting of an ARIA with diverse variations for harpsichord with two manuals. Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshment of their spirits, by Johann Sebastian Bach, composer for the royal court of Poland and the Electoral court of Saxony, Kapellmeister and Director of Choral Music in Leipzig. Nuremberg, Balthasar Schmid, publisher."

off the title page ??

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Goldberg Variations - that's a quote that I can't find at the moment

EDIT

"Keyboard exercise, consisting of an ARIA with diverse variations for harpsichord with two manuals. Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshment of their spirits, by Johann Sebastian Bach, composer for the royal court of Poland and the Electoral court of Saxony, Kapellmeister and Director of Choral Music in Leipzig. Nuremberg, Balthasar Schmid, publisher."

off the title page ??

- just one more to find (and the "theme" should be clear by now?)

[Nick Armstrong]

- just one more to find (and the "theme" should be clear by now?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgN50uAp4pg

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgN50uAp4pg

And Three!!!

Gold medals shared between mercs and Cali:

Bach's [I]Goldberg Variations[/I]
Barry's [I]Goldfinger[/I] Theme
Vivaldi's [I]Goldfinch Concerto[/I] in D.

Hover to Hyou!

[cloughie]

So, is it a musician? Like, James Galway (well, obviously not him! but a name, or a place?)

Maybe not JG but what was his flute made from?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Maybe not JG but what was his flute made from?

Bonus points to that man!

[Anna]

Maybe not JG but what was his flute made from?

Gold?