The BBC Music Magazine PRIZE CROSSWORD NO. 385

The first correct solution of our crossword picked at random will win a copy of

The Oxford Companion to Music.a runner-up will win Who Knew? Answers to Questions about Classical Music (see oup.co.uk). Send answers to: BBC Music Magazine, Crossword 385/May 2023, PO Box 501, Leicester, LE94 0AA to arrive by 16 May 2023 (solution in Aug 2023 issue).

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1 Like Haitink, developing under the conducting hierarchy, primarily (5) 2 Ukrainian lute orchestra appearing on middle of mural (7)

3 Feature of Arabia, including local resident with English dance (9) 4 Moving quickly to Northern school of music (10)

5 A few limits to solo, maybe (4)

6 Most of attack is very musical (5) 7 Damage to material that is regressive in supplementary players (7)

8 We run to take in opening of unusual hotel involving large theatre organ (9) 13 Varese piece revised by generalist? (10)

14 Piano girl getting $1000 (4,5)

15 Does Spanish dances, following indifferent officers (9)

17 Walton collaborator to pose nicely? (7)

19 New development, dropping one pair of notes, getting great reception (7) 21 Perfect plan: Leonora No. 1 (5) 23 Subject of variations those people initially appreciated (5)

24 Remains to capture start of

Clara Schumann’s motif (4) 1 Rather crude, using only tenors in sound? (7)

5 Singer in garden has to fight with racket (7)

9 Not murder to play military instrument (5,4)

10 Spare player, perhaps, in short is very good (5)

11 Upset about cracking man’s old instrument (8)

12 I understand one is behind student composer from Hungary (6) 14 English bass in Broadway musical mostly good?

Refuse to accept that (9)

15 Kreisler, say, getting lead role in Mascagni opera (5)

16 Mean to include one jazz great (5) 18 Music-lover in the slips? Poor and eager, possibly (9)

20 Energy supplied by a lot of dense Brian symphony (6)

22 Music, say, with Spain and France leading performance that’s a created thing (8)

25 Contemporary singer partly made legendary (5)

26 Televise opening of concert in broadcast, being choosy (9) 27 Operatic femme fatale called back about line (7)

28 South America and North America welcoming an opera heroine (7)