| BEECHAM | Sir Thomas -; conductor who founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Malcolm Sargent (7) |
| THOMASBEECHAM | Co-founder, with Malcolm Sargent, of the London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| HENRYWOOD | English conductor who founded the London Promenade Concerts (5,4) |
| ASHFORD | Kent town where Sir Malcolm Sargent and Bob Holness were both born (7) |
| HAITINK | Violinist who was the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1967-79 and musical director of Glyndebourne 1978-88 (7) |
| NEVILLE | British conductor who founded the Academy of St. Martin-in-theFields (7,8) |
| BRASHER | Chris, former Olympic steeplechase winner who co-founded the London Marathon in 1981 (7) |
| ORBISON | Singer who toured in the form of a hologram with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 29 years after his death (7) |
| SIRADRIANBOULT | Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra for most of the 1950s |
| TABLEAU | Fillet for the orchestra - with Vichy water! (7) |
| BANDEAU | Fillet for the orchestra - with Vichy water! (7) |
| ABANDON | Leave an orchestra with no backer (7) |
| CONDUCT | Direct an orchestra with a baton (7) |
| NEWYORK | This city's Philharmonic orchestra commissioned Dvorak to write his ninth symphony (3,4) |
| GAMELAN | Indonesian orchestra with a variety of percussion instruments |
| MARRINER | Sir Neville, British conductor who founded the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (8) |
| PAULPOGBA | Papa's Got A Brand New Bag after interruption by posh, London Philharmonic Orchestra player |
| WOOD | Henry ?, conductor who founded the Promenade Concerts in London (4) |
| GARDINER | Sir John Eliot -; conductor who founded the Monteverdi Choir (8) |
| HENRY | & 21D Conductor who founded the Promenade Concerts in London (5,4) |
