BBC Music Magazine July 2016

Across

7 Composer – male and revelling in success (7)

8 Piano keys – US composer has installed gold one (7)

10 Semi-staging, perhaps – the act is arranged about right (9)

11 Recalled some developmental centre in Boulez piece (5)

12 Perfect suggestion leading to closure of Hall? (5)

13 Claim too much regarding redefined taste (9)

15 Various crude semitones restricting a vocal or orchestral piece (8,2,5)

19 Lurk, with storm brewing, to see cellist (5,4)

21 Popular genre I’d identified as allegro (5)

23/3 Early music ensemble: incite altos to dance (5,6)

25 Strange bit of music penned by Dowland fan playing guitar? (9)

26 Keep eye on possible source of lyrics in Old English (7)

27 Fellow hurries to catch edge of heavy Gaelic drum (7)

Down

1 Stick a Schubert piece in this place (6)

2 Is unable to recast line as melodic lines (10)

3 See 23 Across

4 Number in poorly-selling recording (a favourite) offering little profit (8)

5 English composer involved in handover (4)

6 English baritone’s intent is appearing around morning (8)

7 Composer and cellist start to wave at family members (front of stalls) (7)

9 Soprano and alto a draw for French composer (5)

14 Half admire adapted Rossini opera (10)

16 STage performances – endless racket – tune is mangled (8)

17 Party getting presto agitato? It’s on the threshold (8)

18 Scoundrel upset attempt to get a new name for concert hall (7)

19 Liszt tone-poem discovered among cantatas, sonatas (5)

20 Early music expert’s times attending Scottish church (6)

22 Former debut of your church music label (6)

24 Wagner role amongst Ravel’s aversions (4)