orchestral

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Its cinematic score, combining more modern, western orchestral styles with traditional Japanese instruments, was widely praised.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

It later ramps up at the chorus as an orchestral band packs a punch.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

An unseen chorus acts like another orchestral element, echoing the singers and amplifying the music’s insidious power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Indeed, Wilson went even further out with “Adult/Child,” for which he commissioned orchestral arrangements by Dick Reynolds, who’d worked in the ’50s with Wilson’s beloved Four Freshmen.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Dvorak’s other notable student, organist and composer Harry Rowe Shelley, may not have heeded the call as conscientiously, certainly not if his orchestral works Souvenir de Baden-Baden and The Crusaders are anything to go by.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall