orchestral

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The Berliner Philharmoniker and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the latter under the baton of Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel, no stranger to Scotland thanks to his work with the El Sistema orchestral education programme.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 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

The 15-minute orchestral piece has inspired seven different choreographies, but is most widely associated with the version created by Bejart, which remains the best known.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

That night, Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino will also debut a new orchestral piece featuring lyrics by Amanda Gorman, the youngest presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

However, because of the instrument's history, older orchestral parts may be in any conceivable transposition, even changing transpositions in the middle of the piece.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones