Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

(did you listen to the very good Music Matters special about him?)

Yes, and I thought I'd saved it, but can't find it now! - hoping for a repeat.

H-Hour for you

Which H was famous for his fear of heights and a shower of other work, though he'd probably prefer to be remembered for heights without a hitch.

[Nick Armstrong]

Yes, and I thought I'd saved it, but can't find it now! - hoping for a repeat.

Have a look in your inbox, fhg

Which H was famous for his fear of heights and a shower of other work, though he'd probably prefer to be remembered for heights without a hitch.

Can it be as easy as Bernard Hermann... who scored Vertigo, Psycho with the shower scene, and ... Ah! his opera, 'Wuthering Heights'

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Have a look in your inbox, fhg

Can it be as easy as Bernard Hermann... who scored Vertigo, Psycho with the shower scene, and ... Ah! his opera, 'Wuthering Heights'

'Fraid so! - I bet you picked up the "hitch" reference, too?

I have to hand it to you!

[Nick Armstrong]

An I to link a) Santa Chiara church in Naples, b) Fountain Court in the Temple, London and c) San Marie by a lagoon?

I did get the Hitch reference

[subcontrabass]

An I to link a) Santa Chiara church in Naples, b) Fountain Court in the Temple, London and c) San Marie by a lagoon?

John Ireland:

songs include:

"Santa Chiara"

"Tryst (in Fountain Court)"

"Bells of San Marie"

[Nick Armstrong]

John Ireland

Now why would that be, scb?

[subcontrabass]

Now why would that be, scb?

See the edited version.

[Nick Armstrong]

See the edited version.

OK. J yours.*

(*Attempting scb-esque economy with words... )

[subcontrabass]

J:

Hercules regrets a watery star.

[Nick Armstrong]

J:

Hercules regrets a watery star.

QED

[subcontrabass]

QED

My first degree was in Mathematics, where succinctness is seen as a great virtue.

[Nick Armstrong]

My first degree was in Mathematics, where succinctness is seen as a great virtue.

Indeed.

(Overwhelming temptation to quote from Twelfth Night: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" )

[rubbernecker]

My first degree was in Mathematics, where succinctness is seen as a great virtue.

I always find it a most welcome counterbalance to the more effusive outpourings of some who frequent these boards, scb

[rubbernecker]

J a watery star.

Would this star belong to the constellation Pisces, Aquarius or Cancer, or am I swimming up the wrong way?

[subcontrabass]

Would this star belong to the constellation Pisces, Aquarius or Cancer, or am I swimming up the wrong way?

Definitely swimming in the wrong direction.