Crossword and Quiz

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 340, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 27 Nov 2019 (solution in Feb 2020 issue).

ACROSS

8 Musician finally appearing in space (performance space) (5) 9 I perform – me, with ENO, possibly – in Mozart opera (8) 10 Slow guitar not half evident in Country (7)

11 Dismissed performers over union things, initially (4,3)

13 Article about soprano revitalises struggling Turnage opera (3,6,6)

14 A new set with one contralto imitating the heavenly choir? (7)

17 Error with a skill shown in backing singer (7)

19 Beach Boys hit, alias frolic with grin, possibly (10,5)

23 Sort him out, providing percussion effect (3-4)

24 New idea – skipping bar

– gets enthusiastic audience response (7)

25 Hollywood composer first on podium after growth, we hear (8)

26 Timid fellow needing inspiration to pen end of concerto (5)

DOWN

1 Stage performer represented in recent ballad (6-6)

2 Composer with finale to overture brewing, possibly (8) 3 A bass going to European country in King and I in

Japanese staging? (6)

4 Russian composer, as it happens, mostly accommodating activity (6)

5 Study things that will definitely succeed in recitals (8) 6 French composer’s confusion with English when embraced by Scotsman (8)

7 Various notes about right for singers (6)

12 Opera by 2: he’s past fiddling with genre (3,9)

15 Like Wittgenstein’s commissions, deposited with worker (4-4)

16 Creating list of songs to play, perhaps, I can tour abroad (8)

18 Stop to increase the volume? (4,2,2)

20 Leg, say, linked to outsized dances (6)