The BBC Music Magazine PRIZE CROSSWORD NO. 357

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 357/March, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 18 March 2021 (solution in June issue).

ACROSS

1/23 English composer rips trombones to shreds (6,7)

4 Cashiers dancing with Hollywood dancing star (8)

10 Play guitar in the midst of various trumpets (5)

11 Rock group, American, with more hits possibly (9)

12 Unpleasant sound from dance venue beside road (7)

13 Fool brought in gift - a wind instrument (7)

14 Second piano receiving support at a cost? (5)

16 Story recalled musical getting performed after intervention by Queen (9)

18 Someone from King’s College, say, that is holding line in singing style (9)

19 Silent one appears in tense part of opera (5)

21 I zip about in stage of journey to see Wagner’s birthplace (7)

23 See 1 across

25 Country dance adding nothing to description of Vespers? (9)

27 Stop reducing part of auditorium (5) 28 Broadcast was mostly varied for radio channels (8)

29 Optimistic about sources of old traditions, as seen in folk music (6)

DOWN

1 Stops regarding groups of players (7)

2 Composer surprisingly best in concealing hesitation over note (9) 3 Gounod hero more upset about start of opera (5)

5 That woman appearing in Iolanthe repeatedly (3)

6 Opposed various artists touring East then North (9)

7 Soprano starts to lambast Irish government over Irish venue (5) 8 Improve piano, avoiding change? A lot of assistance needed in that (7) 9 Recording captures Daniel Craig initially taking to the floor? (3-7) 13 Dance for Figaro, say, requiring a quartet? (6-4)

15 Tango specialist beginning to organise lines in town square (9) 17 Dreadful scena isn’t endless (9) 18 Keyboard instrument in arrangement of Alceste (7)

20 Score involves working with keys (7)

22 Like music while driving? It’s popular with caution, mostly (2-3) 24 A selection of some Stockhausen played sadly (5)

26 Current ensemble’s leader is a star player (3)

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