Crossword and Quiz

Crossword set by Paul Henderson

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 350/Sept, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 3 Sept 2020 (solution in Dec 2020 issue).

ACROSS

9/7d/25a British composer, one choosing to adopt certain freer working (5,6,7)

10 Rough music? Do work with variation amongst a couple (9) 11 Russian pianist, increasingly wealthy around start of tour (7) 12 New idea but lacking in new audience enthusiasm (7)

13 The way things are for a rock group (6,3)

15 New York opera house’s accommodating source of exotic encounters (5)

16 Little angels recalled in one piece by Bizet (7)

17 Easy-to-read articles in

French about origins of grandeur in Berlioz (7)

19 Student in school appearing as rock singer (5)

21 Use artist freely to produce range of notes (9)

23 UK music beginning to recover in a little burst (7)

25 See 9 across

26 English musical prodigy set out notes (9)

27 British singer embraced by parade leader (5)

DOWN

1 Stage works originating in Pesaro, possibly (6)

2 Toccatas playing with disconnected notes (8) 3 Armenian composer with a couple of Russians in a unit, possibly (10)

4 Blemish in overtures of Suppé, Cherubini and Rossini (4)

5 Bass looped around in dances (4,6)

6 Some assistance with a grand opera (4)

7 See 9 across

8 French keyboard player: ‘A spinet I played’ (8)

14 Britten role promoted: allowed five notes in place of four (10) 15 Working magic with faint choral work? (10)

16 Violinist and composer producing later composer (8) 18 Composer lifted restraint, kept nice easy rhythm at the outset (8)

20 Stand to perform, getting up on tour (6)

22 Some respectful ears appreciated elevated

Czech symphony (6)

24 Piano linked to excellent tempo (4)

25 American composer turning up in concerts, so far (4)