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« Reply #885 on: 19:03:15, 14-03-2007 » |
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Well done - the correct 'hidden' piece, John,  but the compositions were, mostly, slightly more mainstream: Thaïs - Massenet Ariodante - Handel Pan and Echo - Sibelius Idomeneo - Mozart Oberto - Verdi Lohengrin – Wagner Academic Festival Overture - Brahms |
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« Reply #886 on: 19:23:14, 14-03-2007 » |
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A more conventional quartet to connect:
Debussy
Elgar
Warlock
Henze
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« Reply #887 on: 21:02:30, 14-03-2007 » |
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I'm not usually in on this quiz (except as a viewer) but I managed to do one over at For3, and now I think I've cracked this:
Debussy: Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Elgar: O Wild West Wind
Warlock: The Wind from the West
Henze: Ode an der Westwind
Blow me down! Is that it?
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« Reply #888 on: 21:11:20, 14-03-2007 » |
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Well spotted, Martin!  The Debussy's been on my mind recently (as you may know from the quiz elsewhere  ) and I was intrigued that there were so many pieces which linked in with it. There'a also a MacDowell song 'The West Wind Croons in the Cedar Trees'. |
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« Reply #889 on: 07:03:50, 15-03-2007 » |
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A new acrostic to solve - seven works by seven composers, the first letter of each will lead to an eighth work by one of the composers (only one opera in the list this time! ) Donizetti Dvorak Janacek Mendelssohn Poulenc Ravel Tchaikovsky |
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« Reply #890 on: 16:48:38, 15-03-2007 » |
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(only one opera in the list this time! ) Using that clue I thought Janacek for opera, and looked for a non-opera piece by Donizetti and took it from there: Makropoulos Affair - Janacek Il Sospiro - Donizetti Rapsodie Espangol - Ravel Octet for Strings - Mendelssohn In Nature's Realm - Dvorak Romeo and Juliet Overture - Tchaikovsky Suite Francaise - Poulenc MIROIRS - Ravel John W |
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« Reply #891 on: 18:40:34, 15-03-2007 » |
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A brilliant connection, John...but not the right one, sadly!  The opera is Donizetti's...there are a couple of symphonies lurking too. |
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« Reply #892 on: 19:56:16, 15-03-2007 » |
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Well, for the symphonies I've avoided Dvorak's 9th as I don't know if you would refer to it as From The New World or New World. I'm sure you would have gone for the former, more correct, but anyway I went for Manfred and Scottish, and looked for a seven word with M and S which brought up some very unlikely things but here goes: Tzigane - Dvorak Elegie - Poulenc Manfred - Tchaikovsky Parisina - Donizetti Entre Cloches - Ravel Scottish - Mendelssohn Taras Bulba - Janacek TEMPEST - Tchaikovsky I think I've only ever heard the symphonies  John W [/quote] |
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« Reply #893 on: 20:26:36, 15-03-2007 » |
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The Janacek is correct, John. No, not Dvorak's 9th, but not the 'Scottish' or 'Manfred', so what does that leave...? |
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« Reply #894 on: 15:16:37, 16-03-2007 » |
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Apart from the Donizetti opera, all the others are orchestral pieces, including a couple linked to a particular time of day. |
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« Reply #895 on: 19:38:38, 18-03-2007 » |
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I think I might have to reveal this one if nobody gets it soon!
Donizetti
Dvorak
Janacek
Mendelssohn
Poulenc
Ravel
Tchaikovsky
Clues - the Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky are symphonies, the Donizetti an opera. All others are orchestral pieces, two of them linked to the same time of day.
The first letters of each work rearranged will give an eighth work by one of the above composers.
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« Reply #896 on: 20:02:30, 18-03-2007 » |
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Grande Inquisitor, This is too difficult for me, but I am trying.
Ravel has an opera Spanish hour.
Janacek is Taras Bulba
Dvorak has a Noon time witch symphonic poem.
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« Reply #897 on: 20:05:51, 18-03-2007 » |
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Yes, Taras Bulba is the Janacek piece, but the Ravel isn't operatic...but it is Spanish in flavour. Donizetti Dvorak Taras Bulba - Janacek Mendelssohn Poulenc Ravel Tchaikovsky |
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« Reply #898 on: 20:19:19, 18-03-2007 » |
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Then Ravel has to be Alborada del gracioso orchestral version
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« Reply #899 on: 20:22:56, 18-03-2007 » |
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Yes, indeed! That's one of the morning pieces...
Donizetti
Dvorak
Taras Bulba - Janacek
Mendelssohn
Poulenc
Alborada del gracioso - Ravel
Tchaikovsky
Getting the symphonies would also help...
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