orchestra
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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
The second program doubled down with the premiere of David Lang’s “the wealth of nations,” a 75-minute oratorio for orchestra, chorus and two soloists, here the inimitable mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and bass-baritone Davóne Tines.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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
For three long hours the orchestra played, the dancers danced, and Penelope sewed as if her life depended on it.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing orchestra
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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