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orchestra

[awr-kuh-struh] / ˈɔr kə strə /
NOUN
symphony
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Timo Kurkikangas’s sound design could use some tweaks—the spoken text was sometimes tinny or drowned out by the orchestra.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

As creative director, former music director Esa-Pekka Salonen will spend six weeks a season helping envision what a 21st century symphony orchestra might look like.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Noltemy puts it to the fact that Handler and the orchestra simply got caught up in her energy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

This Music May Contain Hope fuses old-school jazz with an orchestra, blues, big band and soul, reflecting what Raye told the BBC last year.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

She would have a whole symphony orchestra and conduct all of her music herself.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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