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  • Anna

    OK, this is very topical!

    An R common to the following:
    Probably not in The Gold Cup today; Dancing Sailors but also Remembrance; Tony's nickname is nightmare baroque to some.

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    • Anna

      It would be a great Relief if someone had a try at this!
      An alternative element could be: She's down in the dumps - give her these!

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      • Flay
        Full Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 5795

        Originally posted by Anna View Post
        It would be a great Relief if someone had a try at this!
        An alternative element could be: She's down in the dumps - give her these!
        Poor Anna. Perhaps everyone has been spellbound listening to the Baroque nightmare on R3 today

        Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.


        [Edit - to be fair it hasn't all been bad ]
        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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        • Anna

          Originally posted by Flay View Post
          Poor Anna. Perhaps everyone has been spellbound listening to the Baroque nightmare on R3 today
          And ..... And ..... what's that all about then? Does anyone know?
          Originally posted by Flay View Post
          ..... while I am skiing next week.
          Mrs. Flay lets you go on the piste by yourself?

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          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
            Gone fishin'
            • Sep 2011
            • 30163

            Originally posted by Anna View Post
            OK, this is very topical!

            An R common to the following:
            Probably not in The Gold Cup today; Dancing Sailors but also Remembrance; Tony's nickname is nightmare baroque to some.
            Sorry! I've only just got back in. "Very topical" suggests Comic Relief - and "Dancing Sailors" might suggest the Morecambe & Wise sketch based on "There is nothing like a dame" performed by the newsreaders of the day - but it could also just refer to a hornpipe. Not sure about "remembrance" ("Rosemary"?), nor which "Tony". Vivaldi was the Red Priest?

            Any of this any use?
            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              Aah! I doubt that Red Rum was in any earthly Gold Cups today!

              "Remembrance" = "Red Letter Day".

              "Dancing Sailors"?
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                Originally posted by Anna View Post
                She's down in the dumps - give her these!
                Red wine/rum/roses?
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26539

                  Originally posted by Anna View Post
                  OK, this is very topical!

                  An R common to the following:
                  Probably not in The Gold Cup today; Dancing Sailors but also Remembrance; Tony's nickname is nightmare baroque to some.
                  It was so unfair, I had some work to do this afternoon Friday too

                  I think the middle bit is about poppies - Red for remembrance and also from a work by Glière which was unknown to me until about 45 seconds ago but is a classic bit of Anna Knowledge!!

                  http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/w/1...-The-Red-Poppy
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • Anna

                    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                    Sorry! I've only just got back in. "Very topical" suggests Comic Relief - and "Dancing Sailors" might suggest the Morecambe & Wise sketch based on "There is nothing like a dame" performed by the newsreaders of the day - but it could also just refer to a hornpipe. Not sure about "remembrance" ("Rosemary"?), nor which "Tony". Vivaldi was the Red Priest? Any of this any use?
                    well done ferney, one of those is spot on! It's Red Nose day today and one answer is Red Priest, Vivaldi's nickname and is also the name of the ensemble whom some consider to play baroque in a nighmare fashion.
                    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                    Red wine/rum/roses?
                    The last additional one I posted is Red Roses. The horse reference is a film score and Remembrance is a ballet involving sailors but also something we do on a certain day of the year.

                    Edit, cross posted. Cali has identified the ballet The Red Poppy by Gliere which, of course, is best known for Dance of the Sailors

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26539

                      Originally posted by Anna View Post
                      Remembrance is a ballet involving sailors but also something we do on a certain day of the year.
                      Cross-posted !
                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • Flay
                        Full Member
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 5795

                        Originally posted by Anna View Post
                        well done ferney, one of those is spot on! It's Red Nose day today and one answer is Red Priest, Vivaldi's nickname and is also the name of the ensemble whom come consider to play baroque in a nighmare fashion.

                        The last additional one I posted is Red Roses. The horse reference is a film score and Remembrance is a ballet involving sailors but also something we do on a certain day of the year.
                        You've left me Red faced!

                        I was chasing Rainbows

                        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26539

                          Originally posted by Anna View Post
                          the ballet The Red Poppy by Gliere which, of course, is best known for ....[/COLOR]


                          Am I the only one who'd never heard of it?
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post


                            Am I the only one who'd never heard of it?
                            I'd heard of The Red Pony Suite, but I don't think I've ever heard it (and had forgotten all about it until you mentioned it ) and didn't know about the frolicsome seamen.

                            I have a Q if nobody objects to bouncing around the alphabet.
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • Anna

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                              Am I the only one who'd never heard of it?
                              More than likely!! The Sailors Dance is world famous, I think you would know it if you heard it!
                              Just the film score (from a book) to get, (American composer and author) Come on Cali, are you a man or a mouse?
                              Edit: Disregard this post!!!
                              Last edited by Guest; 15-03-13, 17:04. Reason: things moved on quickly!

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                              • Anna

                                Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                                I'd heard of The Red Pony Suite, but I don't think I've ever heard it (and had forgotten all about it until you mentioned it ) and didn't know about the frolicsome seamen.

                                I have a Q if nobody objects to bouncing around the alphabet.
                                Sorry, you were all talking at once! Yes, The Red Pony by Copland, film score. The book was by John Steinbeck. So well done ferney and it doesn't matter if we mix the alphabet up!

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