PRIZE CROSSWORD NO. 346
The first correct solution of our crossword picked at random will win a copy of The Oxford Companion to Music. A runnerup will win Who Knew? Answers to Questions about Classical Music (see www.oup.co.uk). Send answers to: BBC Music Magazine, Crossword 346/May, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 14 May 2019 (solution in Aug 2020 issue).
ACROSS
1 Dances: has to bring in a prohibition by the Queen (9) 6 Trucks returned with piano to prepare for concert? (3,2) 9 Section of orchestra runs into painful experiences (7)
10 Pop group getting expression of surprise amongst busy people (3,4)
11 French composer, I guess, will accept primacy of Ravel (5) 12 Older instruments playing older music, nothing less (9) 14 English composer, heading for Strasbourg, boarding
French plane (6)
16/18 Blind harpist getting uncommonly cultural with organ – oho! (8,8)
20 Amuse tenor after arrangement of Verdi (6)
23 Rends lute in pieces in the final outcome (3,6)
24 Unison passage – expression of annoyance with it returning (5) 26 One bass in very angry tirade, using tremolo? (7)
27 A lot of people enthralled by Massenet hero recalled loudness? (7)
28 Piano that is taken to church for musical item (5)
29 Dance (13?) ceases so I should be upset (9)
DOWN
1 Operetta providing name for ship, possibly (1,1,1,8)
2 Feature of ballet studio almost banned (5)
3 Offline, apparently, to chamber group (7)
4 Live? Live, but overlooking a group of players (6)
5 Composer is busily wasting year at work with end of overture (8) 6 Remarkable power in scale
I played (7)
7 New York opera house with a French piece for opening? (5,4) 8 Ballet step almost completed (3) 13 Host with chic set, dancing this? (29?) (11)
15 Redesign of most of building acoustics initially ending in failure, projecting no sound (9)
17 Monteux’s pain? (8)
19 Run? Musical stage work emptied theatre (7)
21 Sings, being very keen on sources of new English songs (7) 22 Recording venue boss is obsequious, primarily (6) 25 Satisfied, after upset, with very good musical speeds (5) 26 Famous person against one piano (3)