symphony orchestra
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour put a symphony orchestra on stage alongside the actors in a savage satire which dramatised the plight of Soviet dissidents locked away in mental hospitals.
From BBC
It’s a grand work operating on the largest scale, with a symphony orchestra, choirs and odes to saints rendered in many languages.
It supports nine full-time professional symphony orchestras and nearly as many concert halls.
From Los Angeles Times
In symphony orchestras, the lone tuba is relegated to the back row, and the player’s face is sometimes obscured by the bell.
To that end, Sinatra became the first major singer to regularly perform popular music in formal concert settings backed by a full symphony orchestra.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.