What does the cryptic crossword clue "‘It’s played in confidence’ – Les Taylor (7)" mean?

The wordplay uses a hidden word. A hidden answer ‘in’ ‘confiden CE LES TA ylor’. The instruiment is featured in the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta of Béla Bartók, and, prominently, in the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker . The answer is CELESTA.

‘It’s played in confidence’ – Les Taylor (7)

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