orchestra
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He built Bayreuth’s Festspielhaus with a concealed orchestra and darkened auditorium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The Symphony No. 3, from 1944, is mostly dark but also features what seems a game of catch between sections of a divided orchestra in the middle movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Cattini toured with Cliff Richard and Roy Orbison, and performed on television with the Top Of the Pops orchestra.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
More than two centuries later, the orchestra continues to be a potent reminder of power to the people, a community of exquisitely trained artists marching to a beat, staying in tune and on message.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
“We’ve talked about this at lunch, Grace. Multiple times. Jade has orchestra camp in New Jersey next week, then she’s visiting her dad in California. She doesn’t get back till August.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Following the success of the documentaries, Fenton created a show - The Blue Planet in Concert - which has been performed by leading orchestras in venues around the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The first was something he shared with all conductors of major American orchestras in the early 2020s: coping with the Covid-19 pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
And when you’re talking about third places, it’s worth remembering we’ve systematically defunded after-school programs, orchestras, art programs, senior centers.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Gospel choirs, country musicians, jazz ensembles, mariachi groups, Indigenous performers, military bands and local community orchestras share stages throughout the city.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The more complicated adventures undertaken by composers with notation, orchestras, opera singers, conductors, musicological analysis and the rest are still vital parts of music’s main body, but they are not in truth its central purpose.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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