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« Reply #4815 on: 09:34:42, 07-08-2008 » |
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« Reply #4816 on: 09:54:45, 07-08-2008 » |
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So, three operas, none of which have been named in the correct answers so far, and none of them are by Saint-Saëns. That might narrow it down quite a bit... can I take a punt on Leonore for the Beethoven? (Only because L tends to be more versatile than F!)
And let's also try:
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Golden Cockerel
Rossini - Semiramide
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« Reply #4817 on: 09:59:00, 07-08-2008 » |
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No joy there, Ruth, although you have identified two of the three operatic composers. Beethoven Bluegrass Variations - Butler Undine - Henze Hebrides - Mendelssohn Rameau Rimsky-Korsakov Rossini Saint-Saëns Schubert Sibelius I note that Undine is back at Covent Garden next season, by the way. I really enjoyed it last time I saw it. Crumbs! We've crept over 100,000 views over night!  |
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« Reply #4818 on: 11:12:33, 07-08-2008 » |
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Well, one sensible strategy seems to be to try to guess the 10-letter work. So far, we have B, U and H. How about Rimsky's Dubinushka?
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« Reply #4819 on: 11:47:54, 07-08-2008 » |
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Well, one sensible strategy seems to be to try to guess the 10-letter work. So far, we have B, U and H. How about Rimsky's Dubinushka?
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« Reply #4820 on: 14:15:32, 07-08-2008 » |
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Well, one sensible strategy seems to be to try to guess the 10-letter work. So far, we have B, U and H. How about Rimsky's Dubinushka?
That's the only one I found also. I don't know what it has to do with a dog in a janitor's outfit, however. ... Bluegrass Variations - Butler Undine - Henze Hebrides - Mendelssohn ... Africa - Saint-Saëns " Unvollendete Sinfonie" - Schubert Kullervo - Sibelius |
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« Reply #4821 on: 15:56:41, 07-08-2008 » |
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The Saint-Saëns and Schubert are both correct, turfers. Apologies about the Hong-Kong Phooey reference - Hong Kong Phooey, a Hanna-Barbera character, is the secret alter ego of Penry, a police station janitor. In the opening credits, the narrater wondered who the alter ego was, "Could it be Penry, the mild-mannered janitor?" to which the dog replied...."Could be!" which was my roundabout way of indicating to martle that Dubinushka was an idea worth pursuing! Beethoven Bluegrass Variations - Butler Undine - Henze Hebrides - Mendelssohn Rameau Rimsky-Korsakov Rossini Africa - Saint-Saëns Unvollendete/Unfinished Symphony - Schubert Sibelius |
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« Reply #4822 on: 16:37:34, 07-08-2008 » |
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Ok! Here's a stab:
Diabelli Variations (Beethoven)
Undine (Henze)
Bluegrass Variations (Butler)
Indes Galantes (Rameau)
Nacken (Sibelius)
Unfinished Symphony (Schubert)
Silken Ladder (Rossini)
Hebrides Overture (Mendelssohn)
Kashchey the Deathless (Rimsky)
Africa (Saint Saens)
Dubinushka - Rimskers
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« Reply #4823 on: 16:42:29, 07-08-2008 » |
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 Very good, martle. I had a very different line-up, but yours is equally valid and also includes Kashchey the Deathless which appears at the Proms this season. Les Indes Galantes is making an appearance at the Barbican next season - Bill Christie conducting - I know more than one member here will be attending! I had: Dardanus - Rameau Unfinished Symphony (Unvollendete) - Schubert Bluegrass Variations - Butler Italian Girl in Algiers - Rossini Night Ride and Sunrise – Sibelius Undine - Henze Snow Maiden – Rimsky-Korsakov Hebrides – Mendelssohn König Stephan (King Stephen) – Beethoven Africa – Saint-Saëns Dubinushka is just the sort of thing for the Last Night - short, but a catchy tune. |
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« Reply #4824 on: 16:49:36, 07-08-2008 » |
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« Reply #4825 on: 21:48:07, 07-08-2008 » |
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Same format as before, but now the clues are alphabetized according to title rather than according to composer. Biber Ravel Carter Barrett Reich Cardew Brahms 8 works. 1 choral work. 2 unaccompanied or self-accompanied non-keyboard solo works. 2 duos. 2 operas. 1 work of indeterminate genre. (perhaps a choral work?) |
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« Reply #4826 on: 22:17:07, 07-08-2008 » |
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An introductory series of random stabs in the arras:
Biber - Alessandro in Pietra
Ravel - L'Enfant et les Sortileges
Carter - Figment IV
Barrett - Interference
Reich - Nagoya Marimbas
Cardew - Treatise
Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann
And the missing work would be Richard Barrett's Chamber Opera Evan Fit (a sort of Welsh William Tell)
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« Reply #4827 on: 22:39:08, 07-08-2008 » |
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An interesting selection...how about
Biber – Rosary Sonatas
Ravel - L'Enfant et les sortilèges
Carter - What next?
Barrett – interference
Reich - The Cave
Cardew - Treatise
Brahms – Liebeslieder-Walzer
for another stab?
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« Reply #4828 on: 23:28:11, 07-08-2008 » |
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IGI - the work titles will be alphabetical order, when you leave them in the order listed. That was meant to make things easier/more forced.
GG - No, it's not A Fine TV by Heinrich Biber.
I won't comment further on guesses that don't include the eighth, acrostically derived, work. Sorry!
Letter gaps, in no particular order: two two four five six six -- more of a clue than one might at first think.
By now I think the work will reveal itself w/out further clues. Good night all!
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« Reply #4829 on: 23:38:54, 07-08-2008 » |
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IGI - the work titles will be alphabetical order, when you leave them in the order listed. That was meant to make things easier/more forced.
Sorry, I misunderstood - I thought they were in the order the letters appeared in the mystery composition. In which case, is it Tzigane by Ravel? Biber – Alessandro in Pietra Ravel - L' Enfant et les sortilèges Carter - Gra Barrett – interference Reich - New York Counterpoint Cardew - Treatise Brahms – Zigeunerlieder |
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