orchestra
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At the San Francisco Opera, a fight with the orchestra over compensation resulted in the cancellation of four stage performances and a free public concert last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The Traitors theme is "one of the biggest pieces of music I've ever written", he says, recorded with a full orchestra and overdubbed with dozens of electronic elements to create a heightened, hyperreal atmosphere.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
With a roster of A-list session warriors, including drummers Matt Chamberlain and Jay Bellerose, their backing band and orchestra lend a grandeur to the LP that finally matched their aesthetic ambitions and gothic lore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
And the first marked Carnegie’s opening concert of the season—the fourth time this orchestra was afforded that honor since 1955, when it first appeared at the hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
She has orchestra friends and newspaper friends and neighborhood friends she’s known her entire life.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Following the success of the documentaries, Fenton created a show - The Blue Planet in Concert - which has been performed by leading orchestras in venues around the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The first was something he shared with all conductors of major American orchestras in the early 2020s: coping with the Covid-19 pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
And when you’re talking about third places, it’s worth remembering we’ve systematically defunded after-school programs, orchestras, art programs, senior centers.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Gospel choirs, country musicians, jazz ensembles, mariachi groups, Indigenous performers, military bands and local community orchestras share stages throughout the city.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The more complicated adventures undertaken by composers with notation, orchestras, opera singers, conductors, musicological analysis and the rest are still vital parts of music’s main body, but they are not in truth its central purpose.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Music - Introductory
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