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orchestra

[awr-kuh-struh] / ˈɔr kə strə /
NOUN
symphony
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The “Ring” is largely a chamber drama with a cosmic orchestra and some of the most difficult and beautiful vocal music ever written.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Salonen offers a steady, familiar hand, although neither Harding nor Handler are strangers to this orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Symphony No. 3, from 1944, is mostly dark but also features what seems a game of catch between sections of a divided orchestra in the middle movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Cattini toured with Cliff Richard and Roy Orbison, and performed on television with the Top Of the Pops orchestra.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

With the chairs in the orchestra pit, our auditorium seats over six hundred, and there are people packed into the aisles, and rows of standees at the back.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

This led to the proliferation of the regional theater movement, said Eustis, as well as that of symphony orchestras and ballet companies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

But one of the applicants was the son of someone in one of the Munich orchestras, so, for the sake of fairness, the Philharmonic decided to make the first round of auditions blind.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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