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« Reply #3345 on: 12:11:04, 24-12-2007 » |
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Sorry, IGI! Close, but not close enough!
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« Reply #3346 on: 12:18:00, 24-12-2007 » |
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Mmmm, so are we looking for a carol he wrote? Or could it be something from Gawain, which is set at Christmas?
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« Reply #3347 on: 12:20:33, 24-12-2007 » |
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Neither, I'm afraid! The Mancini and Fry should point you in the right general direction. (I knew it was too easy difficult ...  ) |
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« Reply #3348 on: 12:28:58, 24-12-2007 » |
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All I get when searching Birtwistle and Santa is Santa Claus Parades, but it doesn't seem clear whether this is actually a composiition by HB (not listed in his works list on UE). Confused!!
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« Reply #3349 on: 12:33:09, 24-12-2007 » |
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All I get when searching Birtwistle and Santa is Santa Claus Parades, but it doesn't seem clear whether this is actually a composiition by HB (not listed in his works list on UE). Confused!!
Er, it's not one that I know of!  (Well, that -- as we all know -- means precious little ...  ) You might like to try the English variant? |
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« Reply #3350 on: 12:35:04, 24-12-2007 » |
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Aha! Father Christmas is a character in Down by the Greenwood Side. Don't know it at all...any good? Text by Michael Nyman, I see.
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« Reply #3351 on: 12:40:10, 24-12-2007 » |
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Britten did "St Nicholas" didn't he? - the one with something about boys in a barrell?
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« Reply #3352 on: 12:44:37, 24-12-2007 » |
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That's the one, IGI! It's ages since I heard it (from an old tape), and I've never seen it. I live in hope ... Anyway, congratulations!  So we have: Birtwistle – Down by the Greenwood Side (Father Christmas) Fry – Santa Claus (Christmas Symphony) Mancini – Santa Claus (soundtrack) Pfitzner – Das ChristelfleinOne of the characters in the Pfitzner is Knecht Ruprecht, who -- as this, er, charming picture shows -- is one of Santa's/Nikolaus's helpers:  And, of course, these days Birtwistle himself looks not unlike Father Christmas.  Yes, Tommo, I might have added the Britten if we'd got really stuck, notwithstanding my aversion to most of his music ... |
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« Reply #3353 on: 12:46:45, 24-12-2007 » |
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Thanks, opi. I don't think I know any of Pfitzner's music at all, even Palestrina.
Time to try something a bit different. We haven’t had an acrostic puzzle for a while. For each of the ten composers listed, find a Christmas or winter-related composition. The initial letters of these ten will make a further composition by one of the composers already here! Your ten composers are (in strict alphabetical order):
Berlin
Berlioz
Delius
Handel
Holst
Philip Lane
Menotti
Rutter
Tchaikovsky
Vaughan Williams
Off to tackle Sainsbury's now...wish me luck.
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« Reply #3354 on: 12:54:22, 24-12-2007 » |
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Off to tackle Sainsbury's now...wish me luck.
Good luck, IGI!  (Looking at that list, I might just beetle off to Sainsbury's myself ...) |
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« Reply #3355 on: 13:35:43, 24-12-2007 » |
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I survived!
Back to the puzzle, I should have mentioned that the mystery work you can make from the initial letters of the ten compositions is made up of two words (4,6).
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« Reply #3356 on: 13:43:53, 24-12-2007 » |
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Berlioz - l'enfance du Christ?
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« Reply #3357 on: 13:45:28, 24-12-2007 » |
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Berlioz - l'enfance du Christ?
Yes, Tommo. As I'm leaving out definite/indefinite articles, this counts as an E! |
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« Reply #3358 on: 13:58:56, 24-12-2007 » |
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Berlin White Christmas (!!!) Delius Sleighride Handel Messiah Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors Rutter where to begin?!! Shepherd's Pie Carol? Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Vaughan Williams Hodie I'll come back to Philip Lane later |
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« Reply #3359 on: 14:01:50, 24-12-2007 » |
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Berlin White Christmas (!!!) Delius Sleighride Handel Messiah Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors Rutter where to begin?!! Shepherd's Pie Carol? Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Vaughan Williams Hodie I'll come back to Philip Lane later Very good, rm; six correct!! White Christmas - Berlin L’ Enfance du Christ - Berlioz Sleigh Ride - Delius Messiah - Handel In the Bleak Midwinter - Holst Philip Lane Amahl and the Night Visitors - Menotti Rutter Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky Vaughan Williams |
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