first performance

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For their first performance, the principles wore their own costumes, and a "scratch" orchestra was formed of local musicians.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Do you remember your very first performance as Subtronics?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

The first performance, then, became a staging in Magdeburg, Germany, last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

"Whatever brother goes first sets the rules and the boundaries because the second take that I do, I'm marrying to that first performance."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Would survivors and relatives of the Lakota Sioux Indians butchered at the Wounded Knee Massacre, which took place just three years before the symphony’s first performance, have recognised its melodies as theirs?

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall