orchestral

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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

The uneasy orchestral writing acts as a collective, disturbed subconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

Phil conductor opened his farewell season with Ellen Reid’s “Earth Between Oceans,” a joint commission bridging his two orchestral families.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 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