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symphony orchestra

NOUN
large orchestra
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No recording at all exists of L.A.’s, although Subotnick’s inventive uses of electronic music with a standard symphony orchestra went on to have considerable influence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 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

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour put a symphony orchestra on stage alongside the actors in a savage satire which dramatised the plight of Soviet dissidents locked away in mental hospitals.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

It’s a grand work operating on the largest scale, with a symphony orchestra, choirs and odes to saints rendered in many languages.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

Sitting with my feet on the soiled canvas I felt as though I had wandered into the percussion section of a symphony orchestra.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison



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