“The orchestra,” Mr. da Silva said, pointing to his recorder, “is I.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ms. Albright finally shuts it down, and everyone streams out of the auditorium, grabbing backpacks on the way—but Simon, Nick, and Abby wait in a cluster near the orchestra pit. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It is now one of the standard pieces in every orchestra’s repertoire, an out-and-out modern classic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Many of Wolfgang’s childhood compositions, such as the first seven of his concertos for piano and orchestra, are largely arrangements of works by other composers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it was your orchestra, or the men's. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My feet dangle over the orchestra pit, and her legs are in my lap. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

"You've been sent to the orchestra, yes? Well. Join your very lucky sisters. Music has saved your life today." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The orchestra room was far from the science wing, where Mr. Wrigley was slowly progressing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since there are over six hundred students in the school, the overflow has to sit on folding chairs in the orchestra pit. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The orchestra claimed that Conant’s “shortness of breath was overhearable” in her performance of the famous trombone solo in Mozart’s Requiem, even though the guest conductor of those performances had singled out Conant for praise. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I go to class and play in an orchestra concert. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Violinists from the orchestra shook my hand warmly, but my thoughts ran only to how I had, in anger, entertained the Serpent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think anybody was expecting him to play violin in nobody’s orchestra anytime, but listening to him didn’t make your ears bleed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

To participate, then, in the pomp of the orchestra, in the full scintillation thereof, was in the highest degree thrilling. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Technically, Mozart’s approach was similar to Haydn’s - the same orchestra, the same chords, the same architecture - but he had the melodic gift of a god. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Also, when lunch was over, he went to orchestra without saying good-bye to me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The audition was held in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, since the orchestra’s cultural center was still under construction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then he suddenly wondered what it would be like to lead the orchestra and to color the whole world himself. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How can any of you ever expect to play in a professional orchestra if you cannot keep time on a lullaby? Now again!” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if the sound sprang up at the rising of his hand, just as the music of a great orchestra seems to leap under the bâton of the conductor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sitting with my feet on the soiled canvas I felt as though I had wandered into the percussion section of a symphony orchestra. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also matters because by fixing the first impression at the heart of the audition—by judging purely on the basis of ability—orchestras now hire better musicians, and better musicians mean better music. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This dress is black, because black is the best thing for such occasions: a simple, sober black dress, like those of the women who play cellos in symphony orchestras. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As if, inside Werner’s head, an infinitesimal orchestra has stirred to life. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

For many people this would have been their first experience of a live orchestra playing what was, in all but name, classical music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

An orchestra played minuets in a corner, and servants slipped through the gathered nobles in a dance of their own as they refilled and cleared plates and cups and silverware. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I suggested to Mrs. Rigley that maybe I could just play tambourine in the orchestra or something. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The orchestra continued to play the same march until the last Kommando had passed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s actually our first time doing the play with the orchestra, and just hearing them practice makes it seem that much more real. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Herrmann’s orchestra imitates a swing band’s jazzy rhythms and brassy sound. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“And I just have this sinking feeling it’s all going to fall apart, now that we finally have the orchestra and the sets. Like, sorry, but the sets should have been done a week ago.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As the orchestra played a light, airy tune, they marched eight abreast out onto the track. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Parties on sinking ships, the icy water bubbling around the waists of the orchestra as they sawed out a last brave chorus of “Auld Lang Syne.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Richard Strauss conducted the enormous orchestra in the debut of his Olympic Hymn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Maybe, in some small-town orchestra somewhere. But I'm realizing that my life isn't going to be anything like I thought. Nothing like I thought." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For a whole orchestra—how did you write that? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So what I did was, I went over and bought two orchestra seats for I Know My Love. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The chamber filled with the sound of a full orchestra. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

To Welles’s left, the orchestra sat on chairs facing Herrmann, who was ready to conduct when Welles cued music. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Public subsidy allowed formats that had become financially unviable - such as the nineteenth-century symphony orchestra - to prosper somewhat artificially in the twentieth century, justified by the preservation of heritage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She gave up her post by the orchestra room and took up a new waiting spot outside the faculty lounge, her handbag clutched across her abdomen like a shield. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And as these new rules were put in place around the country, an extraordinary thing happened: orchestras began to hire women. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Props are missing and people wander around partially in costume, and the various Creekwood music prodigies are in the orchestra pit running through the overture. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The orchestra claimed that she was unreliable and unprofessional. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the middle of orchestra, she had, according to the freshmen vice principal, broken the teacher’s bow over her knee and thrown the pieces in the teacher’s face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Although a large group of people who play classical music together is often called a symphony, the more accurate term for the group is orchestra. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The next song that comes on is the orchestra arrangement of Beauty and the Beast, and it’s mainly piano and strings. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Down front, a high school orchestra played rousing music by John Philip Sousa. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They ate lunch together, sitting on the stage with their legs dangling in the orchestra pit. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The man, Joseph Stewart, long-legged at six foot five, decided to leap from the first row across the orchestra pit to the stage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bronze weapons are an orchestra of destruction and bloodshed, and the screams of the warriors are her choir. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t hire a black man for the orchestras or anything like that in those days and he scuffled around and slept in flophouses. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whitman. He’s new, and he’s in orchestra. And taking Latin.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the Grand Coulee Club and the Silver Dollar, small orchestras played dance tunes for taxi dancers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This brings everybody into the hall, and for the first time I see several of the other women from my orchestra at Auschwitz. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A momentary hush; the orchestra leader varies his rhythm obligingly for her and there is a burst of chatter as the erroneous news goes around that she is Gilda Gray's understudy from the "Follies." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As was the custom, the orchestra cut off the song they were playing and went into “Till We Meet Again.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing Jesus really would've liked would be the guy that plays the kettle drums in the orchestra. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In its brief, the orchestra argued, “The plaintiff does not possess the necessary physical strength to be a leader of the trombone section.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The amplitude of a sound is a particular number, usually measured in decibels, but dynamics are relative; an orchestra playing fortissimo sounds much louder than a single violin playing fortissimo. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The lights went down and the orchestra began to play as the curtains opened. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

At the climax of its monumental opening chorus, with two adult choirs and a double-sized orchestra already in full sway, Bach introduces a new, majestically slower tune on top of the entire structure. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The scenes were even more dramatic with the orchestra playing right in front of us. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Auditions for major orchestras were sometimes held in the conductor’s dressing room, or in his hotel room if he was passing through town. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper, who had followed the penguins up the stairs, stopped when he saw that it led to the orchestra pit. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a lousy orchestra. All out of tune,” Roger Morris grumbled in his journal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But then another round of battles began that would last another five years—because the orchestra refused to pay her on par with her male colleagues. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Another thing is that they had all chosen to be in orchestra, while Ellie and Charlotte had chosen chorus. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The orchestra shifted abruptly from the light march tune it had been playing to another swelling rendition of the “Deutschlandlied.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mayhem reigned until Director-General Davis signaled the orchestra to begin playing the introductory “Columbian March.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We practiced the splits, and bending backward, the high-stepping strut, and I saw myself a sequined princess leading orchestras across a football field, the idol of cheering fans. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scraps of a waltz played by a large orchestra drifted down to the travelers on the grass, and scraps of conversation too, from the people who were walking to and fro. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The strains of an orchestra wafted up to us, a slow allemande. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would have a whole symphony orchestra and conduct all of her music herself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I play the cello, and I conduct an orchestra for teens called Rhythm NYC.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Catherine's so good...Who's doing costumes this year...Are we having a full orchestra..." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Music from an unseen orchestra was barely audible over the gabble of conversation. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We were served formally, and she apologized for having no orchestra to play for us but said she’d sing as a substitute. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long the orchestra started to play again. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When the orchestra finished, we sat together on the bench and watched the sky darken slowly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The musicians, with strange orchestras of bells, large horns, harps, viols, zithers and organs, were playing as the people ate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whit took a pause, inhaled and lifted her arms as if she was conducting an orchestra, and started again with the count. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We danced as long as the orchestra played. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly sees him in his middle school PE uniform, and then in his orchestra suit at the funerals, and now, looking like a man. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He walked in the nervous night past the high school and past the skating rink—a floor with a big tent over it, and a mechanical orchestra clanging away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No reason to be right on top of the orchestra.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He even said he played oboe, and was switching from orchestra to band. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

First the orchestra performed, then the chorus, then us. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And, in honor of the occasion, Chroma the Great led his orchestra in a stirring display of patriotic colors. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, there were no women in the brass section of the orchestra, because everyone “knew” that women could not play the horn as well as men. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

While each instrument is limited in range to fewer than two octaves, all together, from bass bars to soprano glockenspiel, the ensemble covers six octaves, creating an entire orchestra! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The orchestra played military marches near the camp entrance. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The royal orchestra marches in with stringed misens and violins and cellos, and the first waltz of the evening begins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On the same stage where Fischer and Spassky had fought it out for two months, an orchestra now played, but the music was a pleasant potpourri from The Tales of Hoffmann and La Traviata. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For one moment, I am upstairs, dancing with Izio before the open window in a dark apartment while the orchestra plays. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Like the difference between hearing random noises versus hearing an orchestra,” I said. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Everyone sing!” he shouted, raising his hands like an orchestra conductor, gesturing with my lute like a baton. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This position in the orchestra, but putative, conceived as a feint to draw me away from my fellows so that rogues might throw me in chains—this phantasm might now be conjured to solidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In its “theatorium” they listened to an orchestra playing at that very moment in New York. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The orchestra arrives, and I await them by the door of the rehearsal room as they load in their instruments and hang their hats. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Before the advent of blind auditions, the percentage of women in major symphony orchestras in the United States was less than 5 percent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"The orchestra would be incomplete without the viola. It is the soul of the orchestra. You may not always be able to discern its sound, but you always know when it is missing." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From a distant radio I heard the desolating music of a dance orchestra. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we leave, when shall I be allowed again to play in an orchestra?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The fact that there are now women playing for symphony orchestras is not a trivial change. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She performed as a soloist with many of the nation’s leading orchestras and became immensely popular with radio audiences, appearing regularly on The Bell Telephone Hour, a classical program broadcast weekly over the NBC network. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The nearest thing to it Harry had ever heard was the ghost orchestra at Nearly Headless Nick’s deathday party, who had all been playing the musical saw. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her dad swung her ponytail like he was conducting an orchestra. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I liked the orchestra best,” my sister answered. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone’s arm was coming out from under a bed, moving like they were conducting a symphony orchestra. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tremble, circular, orchestra—the list went on and on. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a march on your community orchestra's program, but the group doesn't have quite enough trombone players for a nice big march-type sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Frozen and shrinking, I stand stunned onstage until the orchestra has finished the piece, Marschner coming to my aid and playing the melody I should be singing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It sounded like an entire junkyard orchestra, because everybody’s plate was different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, people are going to fill a theater to hear an orchestra play my music. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

If one fellow in an orchestra was playing out of tune, or playing at a different tempo, the whole piece would naturally be ruined. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When people forget their instruments, Mr. Wren usually makes them sit quietly off to the side and watch the orchestra rehearse. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But with all my knowledge and scepticism, I have never been able to argue with a one-hundred-piece symphony orchestra, full colour, three dimensions, and I being in and part of those incredible parlours. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father, an orchestra violinist, had spoken out against the Germans, which had caused her family's arrest. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We listened to a band and an orchestra. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Culture isn’t just symphony orchestras, movies about dead British royalty, and hard-bound books. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suggested that Joe think of a well-rowed race as a symphony, and himself as just one player in the orchestra. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then to the accompaniment of the synthetic orchestra the First Solidarity Hymn was sung. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

To them its assault on the senses was startlingly fresh, as if someone had uninvented the symphony orchestra and started again from scratch. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I was kind of hoping to see the biggest artificial orchestra in the whole world.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They sing arias, recitatives, choruses supported by an orchestra. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was like my father’s first symphony orchestra. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The gamelan orchestras of southeast Asia, for example, have an aesthetic preference for the "lively and full" sounds that come from instruments playing near, not on, the same pitch. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

With delight, our orchestra played our first concert after the restitution of meat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Music from a full orchestra welled out of the Victrola. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They capped off their tour of New York that evening with a trip to Loew’s State Theatre, where Duke Ellington and his orchestra were finishing up a weeklong engagement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Congratulations on making the orchestra; I saw your name on the announcement board. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Probably not. But he could hire someone to play it for him. Heck, he could hire a whole orchestra....” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Only the bass fiddles rested as the entire orchestra washed the forest in color. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I did, the towering computers around me began to emit a cacophony of sound, like a grand orchestra tuning up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A massive orchestra—the Berlin Philharmonic merged with the national orchestra and supplemented by half a dozen military bands-—launched into Wagner’s Huldigungsmarsch, the March of Homage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand like an orchestra conductor, and when he lowered it, Chester chirped on the downbeat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shouts and grunts and the sounds of machines, and oddly, an orchestra playing somewhere inside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rises from his seat and moves down the aisle, stopping to pace thoughtfully in front of the orchestra pit by the footlights. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons, before orchestra practice, I bring a sweater and a small square of old canvas tarp, in case I want to sit on the ground. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of having a distracting orchestra pit in front of the stage, he instructed his designers to hide the musicians underneath it and had their sound waft up into the auditorium. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Bernard Herrmann’s orchestra begins to play the Mercury’s theme song, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I would like,” said I, tying a knot at my ankle, “to play violin in an orchestra. Symphonies of Arne and Sammartini.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I listen to the orchestra above my head until I hear a commotion down by the pond. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Also in Detroit, Palmer’s agents, operating without warrants, had arrested every diner in a foreign restaurant and had imprisoned an entire orchestra. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then I was aware again of the sounds of the orchestra far below. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The movie is loud, a full orchestra playing while Anna and the king of Siam twirl around and around a wide, shiny floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This hallway is mainly 8th grade, but it also has the music rooms. We have band, orchestra, and chorus. Would you like to see the music rooms?” the secretary asks, sounding bored. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The moment aroused a whole orchestra of rich emotions among the British—pride, patriotism, nostalgia for the lost past of the war and derring do, hope for a rejuvenated future. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Papa has some private students but only plays in the orchestra if someone's sick. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I played it later, I discovered it was orchestra stuff for ballroom dancing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orchestra warms up again, and chatter rises in the auditorium as the sophomores and juniors file into the seats. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

As the orchestra went into a second salsa tune, Lupita noticed that Rafael gazed over her shoulders at the other couples around them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

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. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chong, whom I secretly nicknamed Old Chong, was very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of an invisible orchestra. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haydn took the Mannheim-style orchestra and the idea of proportion and balance, and went one crucial step further. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Likewise, even though we know that in early seventh-century China ‘orchestras’ of instruments played together, what they played is guesswork. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Up at six-thirty, breakfast by seven, private study time for three hours in the morning and in the afternoon, and orchestra rehearsal before dinner. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded to the orchestra, which lurched into a kind of wheezing carnival music. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lupita squatted in the bushes until she heard the orchestra start up again. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

With less than a minute to go, Herrmann's orchestra launches into a dramatic finale, marking the end of the radio play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He used to play country fiddle at square dances and was twenty-two before he heard an orchestra. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the United States, orchestra musicians began to organize themselves politically. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To the side, behind the barbed wire, a small group of women plays in some kind of orchestra. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Chester picked out the different melodies and chirped them along with the orchestra. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy from Warsaw who played the violin in the Buna orchestra . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I slipped my arm down to her waist, I felt her tremble, but still she kept staring in the direction of the orchestra. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

William Withers, the orchestra leader, stands between Booth and the stage door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Constitution Hall was the largest and finest auditorium in Washington, home to the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington Opera Company, and host to distinguished visiting orchestras and concert artists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She also played the cello in orchestra and at all the school talent shows. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Taken all together, the moving planets made a “harmony of the spheres,” and the heavens are a beautiful mathematical orchestra. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’d never played with more than a handful of musicians before, so the first few days in orchestra were chaotic. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the orchestra and the press left town, the lights went out again. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And what did orchestras do when confronted with their prejudice? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The orchestra was playing one of Francie’s favorite songs, “Some Sunday Morning.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A full symphony orchestra was swelling out of the radio; their eldest sister Gwen was slicing onions and singing; their mother was bent broad-beamed and red-faced over an oven. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warming up was a little orchestra, made up of just an accordion, a battered trombone, and a musical saw that Horace played with a bow. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Most music for large instrumental groups such as bands or orchestras is contrapuntal at least some of the time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...there’s so much underground here, so many layers, it’s overwhelming. Like standing in the middle of an orchestra and trying to concentrate on a single instrument. I’m going deaf.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It is one of the undisputed masterpieces of all music for the violin, comprising an astonishing sixty-four continuous variations on a single theme, creating the impression of an orchestra of sound from one single instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender was standing in the hallway outside the band room, chatting with Mr. Broadwater, the orchestra teacher. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She and her parents all harbored the conviction that someday she would play in a major orchestra, in New York or Los Angeles perhaps, or even in Berlin or Vienna. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was no instruction for string instruments at Truman anymore, and therefore no orchestra. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived--no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They heard live music played by an orchestra in New York and transmitted to the fair by long-distance telephone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I overheard references to daunting GPAs, too, and to horseback riding championships and symphony orchestras. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the orchestra, instead of merely providing the musical backing for the characters to sing to, was able to express or hint at the meaning of the stage action, even in passages without singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some, like Erich Korngold, leapt enthusiastically into this new, populist role with skill and seriousness, widening the scope and capability of the film orchestra in the process. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The New York Philharmonic orchestra performed the soundtrack live on stage, while the movie played on a huge screen above them. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suppose that back before the advent of screens, you and I had been on a committee charged with addressing the terrible problem of discrimination against women in major symphony orchestras. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had gone to parties, played charades, competed in poetry readings, joined a chorus and orchestra. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You both have to stay right in position and wait for the orchestra to start playing again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then the orchestra played excerpts from Dvorak's New World Symphony and I kept hearing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" resounding through its dominant theme—my mother's and grandfather's favorite spiritual. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milton had been third clarinet in the Southeastern High School orchestra. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I meditated upon them when I made my way out before the orchestra, before the silent multitude of Boston’s finest citizens. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

William Withers, the orchestra director, immediately stops the show’s music and instructs the band to play “Hail to the Chief.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A dance orchestra came in on the radio, but he did not want to listen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The space is enormous, as big as a concert hall, and a live orchestra is sitting in the pit right below. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Albert says I can join the orchestra!" he says. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To the delight of the crowd, the conductor led his orchestra in “Hail to the Chief,” the traditional musical accompaniment to the entrance of the president. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the sound of his orchestra is filling the room. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was one special house that got all the good orchestras. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her dad swung her ponytail like he was conducting an orchestra. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to write musicals and conduct Broadway orchestras. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But large choruses, soloists and orchestra were bread and butter to Bach in his Passions, Handel in his oratorios, Mozart in his Requiem and Haydn in his grand choral works. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m just the orchestra conductor, making sure everybody’s in the right place at the right time.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It is the wisdom of the orchestra: the old woman who says almost nothing, except the one thing needed. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Create an orchestra with half of the class playing and the other half responding. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

That summer, she applied for eleven openings for various orchestra jobs throughout Europe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

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. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In my hard bunk in the orchestra barracks, I always used to put the case under my ankles so my father's viola would sleep in peace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the past thirty years, since screens became commonplace, the number of women in the top U.S. orchestras has increased fivefold. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The orchestra conductor said he felt Booth’s hot breath as the assassin pushed past him and struck at him with the knife. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening an audience of nearly a thousand people turned out for the concert in Savannah’s new Municipal Auditorium, whites sitting in the boxes and dress circle, blacks in segregated orchestra or gallery seats. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Upon entering, she was not directed toward either the orchestra or the central staircase leading to the balcony. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the dances, Dad would sit by himself against a wall, as far away from the orchestra as possible, and work on papers he had brought along in a brief case. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the second room a guy holding an orchestra baton is facing the wall opposite the door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We let the dramatic orchestra music fill the awkward silence for us. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Through him, a few of the orchestra played at small dances held by officers and Tories, or accompanied suppers with chamber music. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The recorded songs of the humpback whale, filled with tensions and resolutions, ambiguities and allusions, incomplete, can be listened to as a part of music, like an isolated section of an orchestra. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me to ask why Papa finally stopped playing in the orchestra. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He studied music as a graduate student, performed professionally with orchestras and ensembles, composed music, and conducted. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he couldn’t play it just as it was written without a whole orchestra to back him up, but he was magnificent, all things considered. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm tingling and restless, excited to rehearse and perform with a real, professional orchestra. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But polyrhythm conceived from scratch by a composer, written down on the page, imposed on the Western symphony orchestra, player by player, was an utterly novel concept. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He invented an orchestra for the occasion, a combination of instruments never before gathered under one roof. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some weeks previous, Mr. Sharpe had told my friend Private G—g that I was in demand to play with the orchestra gathered for the diversion of the officers and the consolation of the besieged. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Bernard Herrmann, the Mercury Theatre’s orchestra leader, composed and conducted the musical score. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He truly transformed our little part-time orchestra to a nationally recognized company with several recordings.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But hiding on the staircase, Luke suddenly felt like the radio was as loud as an entire orchestra, like the smell of baking bread could fill three counties. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she admired the ritual, envying the Levys the pleasure they took in one another’s company, wishing her cousins lived nearby so she could have an orchestra of her own. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

It sounded like he was waiting for a full string orchestra to come in, something out of The Sound of Music. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Consequently, after a hasty meeting with her mother, the principal, and the aggrieved orchestra teacher, she had been suspended from school for three days. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you should play a more prominent part in the orchestra.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But even if he was just a young kid he had made up all these beautiful pieces for the piano and for the violin and for a band or orchestra too. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lots of kids did this, which meant everyone clanged when they walked through the hallways at school, like a jingle orchestra. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

This Jean Shepherd Show theme song had been recorded by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops orchestra, and the equestrian feel to the piece made Bobby feel good the instant he heard it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The next race is about to begin, gentlemen,” Mr. Whitby guffawed, punctuating the statement with a jab of his cigar, in a flourish as enthusiastic as an orchestra conductor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It cheered when the exposition orchestra played “Home Sweet Home,” a song that never failed to reduce grown men and women to tears, especially the newest arrivals to the city. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To conduct the orchestra she would wear either a real man’s evening suit or else a red dress spangled with rhinestones. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

You just have to sit and listen to the orchestra rehearse. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder at the fate there of Mr. Turner, whether he is fled; and whether Sip of the orchestra was removed with the Army and the Tories. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then the conductor’s baton stopped moving and the orchestra fell silent. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For listeners whose greatest passion is the music of the 19th century, the instruments of the standard symphony orchestra are all you need. In a Forest of Instruments, Signs of Evolution 2010-09-03T17:20:00Z

Barker led the Opera House orchestra in a sparkling account of Aaron Copland’s score; he was perhaps as high on the sheer freedom of the rhythms and the dancing as we were. A sparkling start to American Ballet Theatre’s D.C. engagement 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

He would also spend a great amount of time abroad conducting other orchestras, much like the real Dudamel does. 'Mozart in the Jungle': What it gets right and wrong about classical music 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

Beyond that excision, the piece aims for a simple thing: to treat the piano like an orchestra, and the orchestra like a piano. Composing for the piano in black and white 2010-06-03T22:05:00Z

“And it will be good for the orchestra.” One of the World’s Great Maestros Is Suddenly a Free Agent 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z

The way these songs are embedded in Ms. Wolfe’s agitated, heaving orchestra, they seem like alternative coping mechanisms for the oppressed. Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

The core of this 42-minute work, scored for orchestra, chorus, children’s chorus and soprano soloist, is a setting of passages from the Jewish hymn of praise that is recited while mourning the dead. Not Just ‘West Side Story’: Celebrating Bernstein’s Symphonies 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

Apart from one stiff dance number, Tazewell Thompson’s direction was unfailingly potent and insightful; Stewart Robertson, the conductor, drew outstanding playing from the orchestra. Music Review: Mozart, Puccini, Handel and Copland at Glimmerglass 2010-08-09T22:43:00Z

Zimmer’s cue begins with high wispy figures, and then the organ and orchestra begin to roar, in harmonies that waver between major and minor. Composing for Hollywood 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

The problem was the condescension of colleagues — of certain male conductors and of the male managers and directors of orchestras and cultural institutions. A Conductor’s Battle With a Classical Music Gender Barrier 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

Judith LeClair, the principal bassoonist, was wonderful at the start and throughout, but this was a tour de force for the whole orchestra and Mr. Gilbert. Review: The New York Philharmonic Offers Works by Modern Masters 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

The concert, which will feature Elfman performing alongside an orchestra and chorus to the stop-motion animated movie, will take place at the Bowl on Oct. Danny Elfman bringing 'Nightmare Before Christmas' to Hollywood Bowl for Halloween 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

The finale walked a knife-edge between paranoia and celebration: Without stinting depth of tone, the orchestra made shrill hysteria seem perpetually around the corner. Review: David Robertson Leads the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

Presenting music written by orchestra members is also a powerful gesture of good will toward players who sometimes felt alienated by Mr. Schwarz. Critic?s Notebook: Ludovic Morlot Stands Out at the Seattle Symphony 2012-01-28T00:08:01Z

The 1989 Disney movie will be screened in full, and the performers will sing along, accompanied by an orchestra. ‘The Little Mermaid’ to Be Performed Live in Los Angeles 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

“Whenever you are watching a movie there is a whole orchestra’s worth of things happening in your brain,” said Jeffrey Zacks, a professor of psychology and brain science at Washington University. After ‘Parasite,’ Are Subtitles Still a One-Inch Barrier for Americans? 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gilbert, who, it was just announced, will step aside as music director of the New York Philharmonic in the summer of 2017, drew a richly detailed and shapely performance from the great Met orchestra. ‘Don Giovanni’ at the Met Opera and in Two Other Stagings 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

Since then, she has performed with some of the world's leading orchestras. 3 arrested in UK for stealing Stradivarius violin 2010-12-23T20:25:45Z

Bertrand de Billy leads the orchestra in a sumptuous performance that pivots from a robust start to ethereal accompaniment under Cendrillon’s forlorn opening monologue. Review: The Stepchild of Cinderella Operas Finally Makes It to the Met 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Now Lincoln Center and the Philharmonic are returning to Sinatra to raise money to renovate the orchestra’s home, which was recently renamed David Geffen Hall. Sinatra Sounds for Geffen Hall Gala 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

The orchestra does the heavy lifting in advancing the drama, including during many stretches of spoken dialogue, accompanied by a few solo instruments or a florid piano, or, at times, skittish symphonic bursts. Review: Leon Botstein Dusts Off a Surreal 1930s Opera 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

A New York Times story published last week revealed that the Metropolitan Opera has only three Black managing directors on its 45-member board, and just two Black members of its 90-person orchestra. Opera Foundation Removes Trustee Over Offensive Comments 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

In music, you never notice that quality anywhere more than in the orchestra. Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z

He added: "Commentators sometimes forget that every theatre, gallery, museum, orchestra, dance company is also a business led by clever, ambitious women and men." New chair of Arts Council England warns against cuts to culture budgets 2013-03-19T23:00:02Z

That evening, the orchestra gave the most fully realized, most sonically shattering, most overtly passionate Mahler performance it has yet played with Dudamel. Gustavo Dudamel 'very happy' with decision to stay in L.A. 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

The complex way the instruments interact in his compositions created drama for listeners who made the effort to understand them, but it made them difficult for orchestras to learn. Composer, Pulitzer winner Carter dies in NY at 103 2012-11-06T02:07:08Z

And some orchestras are forging closer teaching relationships with conservatories and music schools. Cultivating a More Youthful Orchestra 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

But this is the first full-length recording that documents his approach to the orchestra, which encompasses Boulez-influenced harmony and Mingus-style propulsion. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2019 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

But it’s one thing to conduct in a concert hall, and quite another to lead a ballet orchestra. The Genius of ‘The Nutcracker’? It’s the Sugar Plum Fairy 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

The 90-minute work for large symphony orchestra, baritone solo, chorus and children’s voices was completed in 2002 on the occasion of the bicentenary of Berlioz’s birth. Music Review: A Celebration of Orchestral Excellence at Spring for Music 2014-05-06T09:39:39Z

We experienced the obsessive nature of orchestra musicians and felt their physical pain, self-doubt and, once in a while, supreme confidence. Music: Playing With the Orchestra in Baltimore 2012-07-13T16:19:48Z

For the first half of the Santa Rosa Symphony program I sat in the middle of the orchestra section. Critic’s Notebook: Weill Hall at Sonoma State University 2012-10-02T22:15:15Z

The orchestra has become known for interesting work. The Seattle Symphony Looks Inward for Its Next Maestro: Thomas Dausgaard 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

The orchestra’s leading solo talent will be featured in concerts on Dec. 2 and 3. Opera, Ballet and More Treats for Fall: Global Arts Guide 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Having fun and enjoying yourself used to be part of what orchestras were about. Perspective | As a classical music critic, I used to think the ‘Star Wars’ score was beneath me. I was wrong. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Next year finds Bronfman touring the world again and finding time for recitals, appearances with symphony orchestras and chamber music projects. Well-traveled pianist Yefim Bronfman to return to Seattle 2012-12-06T22:14:14Z

Khpolwak said she hopes more international performances are on the horizon for the orchestra. Afghan orchestra puts women's rights center stage at Davos 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

He never used the baton, but manipulated the orchestra by means of his two hands simultaneously, the left indicating phrasing or, in much contemporary music, counterrhythm. Pierre Boulez, French Composer, Dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

She had never heard an orchestra before, and was amazed by the power and drama of the score. A Conductor on a Mission to Help Ukraine 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

For a presentation by a symphony orchestra, more music and less drama is a defensible decision. New York Philharmonic Stages ‘Show Boat’ 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

The orchestra will convene for three weeks in the summer and consist of musicians from ages 16 to 19. Carnegie Hall to Establish National Youth Orchestra in 2013 2012-01-11T21:00:13Z

In 1982 he set up underwriting to place composers in residence with American orchestras, where, in theory, they would offer advice on contemporary programming and promote the work of living composers. John Duffy, a Composer Who Gave His Peers a Platform, Dies at 89 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

The message from the administration seemed clear: There are other ways to present a summer festival, even one mostly hewing to the Mostly Mozart template, without maintaining a resident orchestra. Critic’s Notebook: Mostly Mozart Opens With Louis Langrée and Lawrence Brownlee 2012-08-01T21:47:28Z

“A gay and low-down blues,” Hughes directs, as if from the orchestra pit, in “the mood” of his piece. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Since board members are charged with raising funds, among other things, these defections seem sure to entail a considerable financial loss for the orchestra. Critic’s Notebook: No Decisions Yet on Minnesota Ensemble’s Conductor 2014-03-31T21:43:57Z

I found my eye drifting from the screen to the orchestra, so richly scored and physical are these ballets from a white-hot moment of Stravinsky’s career. The Ups and Downs of Europe’s Most Interesting Opera Festival 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z

There is, for example, the exemplary youth orchestra training program El Sistema in Venezuela. Critic's Notebook: Balcony Seats Can Help Economic Inequalities in Arts 2011-12-29T18:00:01Z

The first-rate orchestra, drawn from the Seattle Symphony, is led by Stephen Stubbs, as is a chorus of the same size. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

One of the headliners of the New York Philharmonic’s fall gala last month was Leonard Bernstein, leading his old orchestra in the overture to “Candide.” With No Tickets to Sell, Arts Groups Appeal to Donors to Survive 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

Within the orchestra they provided blasts of explosive punctuation that drove the arrangements like whiplashes. Music Review: Jon Hendricks and Jimmy Heath at Rose Hall - Review 2011-09-25T22:00:26Z

The conductor Simone Young shaped enormous peaks and valleys of sound in the orchestra. Review: Opera Stars Take On an Omicron-Battered Vienna 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

The orchestra performed beautifully throughout the evening, with transparent textures, a buoyant pulse and expressive phrasing. Music Review: Tradition Made Nimble, Marked by Buoyant Pulse 2010-12-23T21:42:26Z

As the applause continued, the Italian maestro Muti signaled each section of the orchestra to rise. Riccardo Muti, CSO take New York by storm with 3-hour 'Otello' 2011-04-16T13:47:00Z

Though the chorus is in the orchestra pit, the solo singers share the stage with Mr. Morris’s dancers; and here problems arise. Dance Review: Mark Morris Stages ‘Acis and Galatea’ 2014-04-28T21:20:19Z

To some extent, public support is in its DNA: The orchestra, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary, was founded during the Great Depression as a Works Progress Administration endeavor. Pennies From Utah Revive a Symphony 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

This massive summer music festival brings some of the leading classical orchestras around the world to London. Irish Music in Malaysia and a Film Festival in Melbourne: Global Arts Guide 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

An orchestra assembles around her, but her ornery, sweet-and-sour voice defuses any possibility of pomp. Billie Eilish’s Kiss-Off, and 14 More New Songs 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

He performed worldwide, but not always with the finest orchestras or in the most prestigious halls, a situation that the arrest only intensified. Eugene Fodor, Violin Virtuoso, Dies at 60 2011-03-02T16:04:21Z

With no words and barely a pause, a Lamborghini going from zero to 60 in the blink of an eye, the orchestra launched into the galloping grandeur of Szymanowski’s Concert Overture. A Conductor Considers Her Future 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

Mr. McCarthy, also 30, is a composer in Brooklyn of works for chamber orchestra and piano, including a piece that premiered at Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp in November 2017. Bethany Hill, Mitchell McCarthy 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z

The music offers substantial challenges for nearly every section of the orchestra; Morlot never allowed the solo lines to be swallowed up in the dense orchestration. Seattle Symphony debuts David Lang’s new work in a program of hero and anti-hero 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

The enveloping power of the choral sound, fortified by the opulent orchestra, was overwhelming. Music Review: Verdi, Nuanced and Empowered 2011-04-17T22:57:15Z

Eventually I will be looking to become music director of an orchestra. Meet Stilian Kirov, SSO’s new associate conductor 2013-08-22T20:57:18Z

But the Pelletier was considered too big for the mission of the orchestra and not acoustically rewarding. ArtsBeat Blog: A Name for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra's New Hall 2011-09-07T18:33:39Z

After studies at Harvard and Curtis Institute, he was mentored at the Berkshire Music Festival by famed Russian conductor Serge Koussevitsky and became a popular conductor of leading world orchestras. Seattle festival celebrates the many facets of Bernstein and his music 2010-04-07T22:17:00Z

Otherwise, apart from David Alan Grier's smooth, crackling Sporting Life, this is a deflation of an epic work, marred by keyboard-heavy arrangements for a smaller orchestra, and a plot reduced to melodrama. Cue the 2012 Tony Awards, and a stripped-down Broadway season 2012-06-11T19:11:41Z

As one for the Eucharist in the end, orchestra and soloist enter into the spirit of unequivocal joy with something resembling a Scottish jig for celestial deities. The global implications for a Scottish piano concerto based on the Rosary 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

And every day in Europe and America we are shrinking orchestras, shrinking budgets. 'Crouching Tiger' composer Tan Dun will give L.A. Phil a martial-arts workout 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Zhang’s current contract extends through the 2027-28 season, at which point hers will be, at 12 years, the longest music directorship in the orchestra’s history. Turning 100, the New Jersey Symphony Sticks to Home 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

When the orchestra broke into passages of overlapping lines, it was hard to hear what was going on in the muddle of sound. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Memorial Day Concert 2013-05-28T20:23:42Z

The relentless patter of Verdi’s vocal writing against a full, busy orchestra presents distinctive challenges. Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Liuzzi and the orchestra went on to play beautifully throughout the Haydn and Bruckner. Review: Bruckner Rises and Stalls in Hands of Two Conductors 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

When I peered over to see the orchestra pit, its floor was speckled with snowflakes like confetti. ArtsBeat: The Nutcracker Chronicles: Dreaming of Snow 2010-12-23T12:00:37Z

The setting and production remove all the fabric from the operatic safety net, with the orchestra as the first and most important property to go. Suzan Hanson brings immediacy, authenticity to Long Beach Opera's 'La Voix Humaine' 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

The conductor, Susanna Mälkki, led the orchestra most memorably in passages of eeriness and tenderness, as in the nocturnal glow of the prelude to the graveyard scene in the final act. Review: A ‘Rake’ Takes a Treasured Spot in the Opera Season 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

It features an orchestra of four traditional Chinese instruments playing with musicians playing 11 traditional Western instruments. Spoleto Festival USA unveils lineup for new season 2012-01-01T05:03:08Z

The same cannot be said about Corea’s “Spain,” one of the most popular and singable tunes in modern jazz, which he and the orchestra offered as an encore. Chick Corea and Seattle Symphony meld jazz and classical music with a dazzling performance 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

The album is the first collaboration between the influential band, which found international fame in the 1960s with songs that captured California’s fun-loving beach culture, and a full orchestra. Beach Boys hits get a classical spin in orchestral collaboration 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Soon afterward, she presented chamber and full orchestra versions of the suite. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

As a conductor, he typically mixes something from the familiar repertory with his own work, so the decision to venture an all-Adams program represents still another vote of confidence in the orchestra’s ability. Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

He says the time off will ensure he's ready to return to the orchestra and New York's Metropolitan Opera this fall. Boston symphony conductor to miss summer concerts 2010-06-14T17:18:00Z

The seven bows were given back, and sent on their way back to Budapest, on Tuesday after the orchestra showed its documentation and paid a total of $525 in fines and fees, Mr. Englert said. Budapest Orchestra Has Bows Seized Over Ivory Concerns 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Yet from Tuesday to Saturday, over five largely sold-out nights at Carnegie Hall, he and his orchestra presented nothing more innovative than a Beethoven cycle — a strong, often breathtaking, ultimately frustrating one at that. Review: A Beethoven Cycle From Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

At this annual celebration she invites a host of musical guests to provide an interactive introduction to the orchestra, including those who play French horn, flute, sousaphone, violin, trumpet and more. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 27-Feb. 2 2012-01-26T22:42:16Z

In case you've missed it, the New York Symphony is the fictional orchestra in the television series "Mozart in the Jungle." L.A. Phil, Dudamel dive into the 'Mozart in the Jungle' act at the Bowl 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

Will ACE put pressure on the BBC to bring its orchestras more in line with the conditions and pressures of the commercial players? The cuts axe was a salami slicer after all - but it's only a stay of execution 2011-03-30T17:32:32Z

"The orchestra also wanted some Spanish music," he says. At SSO, Jesús López-Cobos to lead Spanish-influenced program 2012-05-31T20:19:05Z

Local 802 represents the orchestra, and the guild represents the chorus, singers, stage managers and assistant directors. Unions Say City Opera Offer Would Gut Chorus and Orchestra 2011-07-11T22:00:32Z

Iván Fischer’s endlessly magnificent orchestra arrives in town for two programs, consisting entirely of Beethoven, a composer whom the conductor interprets willfully, at times. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

A lyrical dialogue unfolded between orchestra and solo violin, whose melodic lines were expressively performed here by Daniel Andai. Music Review: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas at Alice Tully 2010-05-12T21:31:00Z

It suddenly became glaringly odd that there were virtually no disabled musicians in any of the orchestras or groups I played with anywhere in the world. One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra 2012-06-27T18:31:01Z

The most serious accident involved cast member Christopher Tierney, who plunged more than 20 feet into the orchestra pit when a safety rope snapped. Spidey sense 2011-01-05T09:39:41Z

And it’s interesting because there’s always going to be those moments, but you just don’t see many modern black composers play live instruments that have access to a 30-piece orchestra. LISTEN: “Marvel’s Luke Cage” and “Westworld” composers break down their shows’ signature sounds 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Throughout, Kahane and the orchestra were alert and agile, concluding with a striking string glissando. A surprising L.A. Chamber Orchestra concert features two Wolfgangs' music — and a rare clarinet 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

The orchestra recorded all of his Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings soundtracks, and Shore knows the players well, writing to their strengths. The Hobbit soundtrack: making the music of Middle-earth 2012-12-17T12:53:08Z

The marriage didn’t survive, but Mikhail remains with the orchestra and lives in Squirrel Hill. From Russia to Pittsburgh with classical music 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Much of that will have to await a larger article before the orchestra’s appearance at Carnegie Hall on March 29. ArtsBeat: In Hall or Lobby, Toronto Symphony's Festival Offers Intriguing Sounds 2011-03-04T15:28:26Z

One point of this kind of evening is to draw new audiences to orchestra concerts, and the full house showed that it succeeded. “Firebird” at Wolf Trap proves long on statement, short on puppets 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

But next up for her, if reopening this fall goes as planned, will be a concert at the company’s Lincoln Center home with its full orchestra in October. Its Musicians Are Out of Work, but the Met Is Streaming 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

He has been in the orchestra since he was 14 and now sits at the maestro's left elbow. Proms 9, 10, 12 ,13: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Cadogan Hall Proms; Falstaff – review 2012-07-28T23:06:25Z

Unlike musical theater, opera typically includes a live orchestra playing in time with the singers. Think opera is just for hoity-toity rich people? Not so! Here’s a beginner’s guide to this grand art form. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Christian Tetzlaff joined the orchestra for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1, which followed the Schnittke on the first half of the program. Work by Schnittke and Haydn at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

He had never been to the city, nor had he worked with its orchestra. Matthias Pintscher, Evocative Composer, to Lead Kansas City Symphony 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

On Monday, the fallout continued, with the Verbier Festival in Switzerland saying it had asked for and accepted the resignation of Mr. Gergiev as music director of the festival’s orchestra. Valery Gergiev, a Putin Ally, Fired as Chief Conductor in Munich 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

In another continuing trend, orchestras, ensembles and even concert halls are issuing recordings of live performances on their own labels. Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

He then led the orchestra in a deftly cut version of this movement. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z

Nicknamed the St. Petersburg of the East, Harbin was home to a thriving Jewish community that helped build a rich cultural scene, including China’s first symphony orchestra, made up of mostly Russian musicians. In China, Rejuvenating a Classical Music Heritage Linked to a Jewish Community 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

She first took him the idea of directing a film about an international competition for female orchestra conductors after hearing a report about it on NPR. How 3 Women Broke Through as Filmmakers 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z

The trumpet soloist sings a song with the orchestra rather than against it, and the allusions to previously existing musics are seamlessly connected with the idiom that Neuwirth's own music creates. A guide to Olga Neuwirth's music 2012-08-07T13:53:21Z

For a man who spent so many years maintaining a large orchestra that could play back the tones he heard in his head, Ellington seems to find the most solace alone. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

He has another directorship in Moscow, conducts all over Europe and is the only conductor on this list to have significant experience with American orchestras. Meet the New Generation Leading Berlin’s Classical Scene 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

Officials in Toulouse, where Mr. Sokhiev has served as music director of the orchestra since 2008, said they were saddened by his decision. Pressed About Putin, Russian Conductor Quits Bolshoi and French Posts 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

They film glossy Americana-tinged videos, produce records, arrange music for orchestras, provide musicians to play said music and just recently made their first music-centric full-length film. Can Music Collectives Fill the Gap Between Labels and DIY ? 2013-04-12T15:49:11Z

During the break, I wondered if the clean, bright acoustics of the Philharmonic’s new hall were partly to blame for the orchestra’s showing in the Shostakovich. Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

She released hit records with Mr. Goodman’s orchestra, like a rendition of “There’ll Be Some Changes Made,” which became one of the most popular songs in the country. Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z

Before the encore, unfortunately, the night — presented by Washington Performing Arts — felt as routine and sometimes messy as some NSO subscription concerts, despite the warmer, richer, licorice-colored sound of the orchestra. How the Budapest Festival Orchestra elevated a so-so evening 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

“But if the orchestras are mediocre, there is nothing to be done. Further rehearsals are useless.” Georges Prêtre, French conductor who recorded with Maria Callas, dies at 92 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Mr. Curbelo’s influence on Latin music grew after his orchestra disbanded in 1959 and he founded Alpha Artists, a booking agency for Latin music performers. José Curbelo, Manager for Leading Latin Music Acts, Dies at 96 2012-09-22T02:27:40Z

Mr. Schwarz led the orchestra in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, reversing the order of the four movements. All-Star Orchestra Records Series for WNET 2012-08-31T21:48:03Z

And Mr. Mariotti drew hushed gentle and transparent playing from the inspired Met orchestra. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

It will continue to offer its children’s performances at Gould Hall, and will maintain an association with the New York Pops, an orchestra that performs at Carnegie Hall. ArtsBeat: A New Home for New York Theater Ballet 2014-05-09T20:32:26Z

In the afternoon orchestra members went off for coaching sessions and master classes with Sistema and conservatory musicians. Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic Hailed in Caracas 2012-02-14T23:33:58Z

The Chicago orchestra experimented with different strategies to jolt the work’s audience once again. Music Review: Schoenberg?s ?Pierrot Lunaire? by Chicago Symphony 2012-02-26T21:30:51Z

On Friday the orchestra sounded phenomenal, and finally Mr. Welser-Möst impressed me as a major musician. Music Review: Cleveland Orchestra Performs Berg?s ?Lulu? Suite 2010-05-23T21:25:00Z

But he had severe problems coordinating between orchestra and soloists. Singers vs. director in La Scala 'Walkuere' 2010-12-12T11:01:00Z

Accompanied by a live orchestra and choir, this troupe blends vaudeville flash and flair with tutus and point shoes. Dance Listings for Oct. 10-16 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

“No matter how we spin it, we are not an orchestra,” he said. The San Francisco Symphony Plunges Into a New World 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

He also played in orchestras under Andre Kostelanetz and Percy Faith and performed in another that accompanied George Gershwin on a concert tour as a pianist. Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99 2010-08-02T16:28:00Z

Up to that point in the program the orchestra, led by the violinist Pinchas Zukerman, played as it often does: as a well-oiled machine, warm of tone but cool of heart, a bit detached. Music Review: Pinchas Zukerman Leads Philharmonic in Bach and Mozart 2012-06-07T21:47:01Z

That is the highest level of public support among the 21 biggest orchestras in the nation, which average 2.7 percent the year before, according to the League of American Orchestras. Pennies From Utah Revive a Symphony 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Why, “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony,” with the orchestra playing live to the screened cartoons. Classical & Opera Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

It was important to both composers that the opera be composed for a conventional orchestra. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

It features an orchestra of four traditional Chinese instruments blended with Western instruments. Spoleto Festival celebrates Philip Glass' 75th 2012-05-19T17:37:08Z

After intermission, orchestra and conductor returned as if awakened for a big, alert, meaty reading of the Sibelius Second Symphony. Jarvi’s insouciance gets results from the NSO 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Fidgety stirrings in the violin hovered over plush orchestra chords, until those chords splintered into clusters of piercing high tones. Review: The New York Philharmonic Plays a Piece Inspired by Night 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

Do they insist that the city support the orchestra with underwriting or subsidies of things like venue? Can the symphony be saved? 2011-08-29T20:30:00Z

Other episodes turned frantic, with dizzying outbursts from the violin — trying to escape, it seemed, an ominous, enveloping orchestra. Review: The New York Philharmonic Plays a Piece Inspired by Night 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

With the company’s orchestra seeking a future — and its footing — after Mr. Levine’s fall, this period may well prove crucial. Review: A Rising Star Takes Her Turn, as the Met Turns the Page on Levine 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

The orchestra’s own encore, an arrangement of “Londonderry Air” by the Australian maverick Percy Grainger, backed this up, the strings unleashing a saturated intensity that belied the melody’s familiar lilt. Review | Melbourne Orchestra brings sense of several places to Kennedy Center 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

On Saturday night, the orchestra’s Beethoven and Copland had insatiable vigor and clear intent. Multi-Story Orchestra Turns a Parking Garage Into a Concert Hall 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

Recorded on the vibraphone by Robert Klieger, a percussionist in the orchestra, the song is an ancient melody known as the Seikilos epitaph. ArtsBeat: The Sounds of the Vibraphone Summon Audiences in Miami 2011-01-28T22:42:28Z

And he had grown increasingly frustrated by what he described in an interview as a strained relationship with the orchestra’s managers, accusing the administration of repeatedly trying to silence and intimidate him. Seattle Maestro Resigns by Email and Says He Felt ‘Not Safe’ 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

In a rehearsal room, the orchestra is practicing with intensity, the conductor asking individuals to repeat passages to get the phrasing precise. Gaza music school shines in 'Arabs Got Talent' spotlight 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

One eager young man in the back of the orchestra shouted out that his goal was to be a talk-show host and wanted to know if he could have a job. John Oliver and Seth Meyers: Looser but Less Pointed Onstage 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z

For orchestras visiting New York standard operating procedure is to bring a program of blockbusters meant to show off the players’ power and agility, and the firmness of the conductor’s control. Music Review: St. Louis Symphony Led by David Robertson at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-11T22:03:42Z

Mr. Gilbert, was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan; his father, now retired, was a violinist in the orchestra, and his mother still plays in the violin section. Gilbert to Head Juilliard?s Conducting Program 2011-01-12T22:57:38Z

When asked whether the orchestras he played in at that age in Venezuela were as good, he looks at me like I'm crazy. For Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema remains a source of joy and hope 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

With its mandolin and clarinet accents, musical director Paul Sportelli’s 10-piece orchestra is largely up to the task of buoying the large cast. ‘Fiddler’ at Arena: A match

The loan settlement took two to three years to complete, orchestra treasurer Arthur Weiss said. Detroit Symphony resolves bank loans tied to venue 2012-05-31T06:31:05Z

He and the orchestra’s creditors must still approve the plan. Philadelphia Orchestra Submits Plan to Bankruptcy Court 2012-05-24T22:29:59Z

Hence the helpful but tantalizingly brief Beethoven samples offered as part of preconcert remarks by the New York Philharmonic String Quartet, a marvelous ensemble newly formed by principal players from the orchestra. Review: John Adams Wrestles the Ghosts of His Musical Fathers 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

It’s absolutely beautiful and shows up in the melody, in the interplay between violin and orchestra.” Superstar violinist Hilary Hahn returns to Seattle April 25, 27 2013-04-17T21:16:57Z

The lucky audience on Wednesday gave everyone involved a cheering ovation, especially Mr. Gilbert and the orchestra, for bringing such an imaginative opera production to the Philharmonic. Music Review: An Impish Creature That Won?t Be Fenced In 2011-06-23T22:21:40Z

Deborah Borda, the executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has long insisted that orchestras of the future will need to more closely align their artistic activities with a social mission. Orchestras in Albany, Rochester and Buffalo Stay Nimble 2014-04-30T12:32:12Z

“I played her some melodies and told her it was an oratorio for one voice and a symphonic orchestra,” Mr. Legrand, 85, recently said in a phone interview from his country home near Paris. Natalie Dessay Finishes What Barbra Streisand Started 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

It's always a nightmare for an orchestra when a soloist cancels at the last minute. Symphony, soloist shine in short-notice program change 2012-06-08T17:52:03Z

But its biggest growth was online: the orchestra said the audience for its Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts grew to 300,000 viewers. ArtsBeat: Detroit Symphony Hails Its Healthier Finances 2013-12-11T21:20:21Z

Lieberman and the players introduced the Brahms with a demonstration of how certain passages were transformed from quartet to string orchestra — a fascinating musical exercise to hear. Review: American String Project is the 'Glee' of the classical realm 2011-05-13T20:09:14Z

That night was to be followed by a new dawn for Ellington's late-period creativity, and the worldwide appeal of his orchestra. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z

As she puts it, they create “a symphony for a broken orchestra.” Building Back Better — One Community at a Time 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

And which of the big international orchestras will grace the Royal Albert Hall, the world's weirdest but best-loved concert venue, this summer? My fantasy Proms lineup 2010-04-07T15:26:00Z

But the orchestra played it with focus and polish. Review: The Philharmonic Tries Out Another Temporary Home 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jones was far from a novice when he started the orchestra, initially as a rehearsal band of his peers, jazz musicians who were also first-call session players in New York. For the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Just This Once, Every Night Is Monday Night 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

The audience broke into a long, welcoming ovation as the beaming Mr. Hvorostovsky blew kisses to his fans and the orchestra. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

The piece calls for a massive orchestra — in Salzburg, the Vienna Philharmonic, filling the pit of the Felsenreitschule theater and also flanking its stage with a battery of percussion. An Opera Screams for Human Dignity 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

This work places every section in the orchestra on display. Seattle Symphony’s festive concert opens a season with much to commemorate 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

Under his direction, the orchestra took its first international tour in 1966 and about fifteen years later became the first symphony west of the Mississsippi to perform year-round. Former Utah Symphony leader, 90, is dead 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

Some 80-90% of the film has music – it's a crucial element for Jackson – and he listens to every note Shore and the orchestra record. The Hobbit soundtrack: making the music of Middle-earth 2012-12-17T12:53:08Z

But once a year, for its annual gala, the organization taps a few recent winners of its competitions and presents them as soloists with an orchestra. Review: 56 Years Presenting the Best of Young Artists 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Mark Elder and the orchestra, meanwhile, perform extracts and early sketches, some of which did not make it into the finished cycle. Die Walk?re/The Madness of an Extraordinary Plan - review 2011-07-17T15:28:14Z

“It is really fair to say that in the 178-year history of the Philharmonic, this is the single biggest crisis,” Deborah Borda, the orchestra’s president and chief executive, said in an interview. New York Philharmonic Cancels the Rest of Its Season 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

The program leads off what the orchestra calls a “Home” festival, the Philharmonic said Monday. NY Philharmonic back at Geffen Hall Oct 7 after renovation 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

The orchestra offered a taut, energetic performance of the brooding work, deftly conveying the contrast between the stormy elements and the gracious minuet that unexpectedly surfaces, rendered with genteel precision. Work by Schnittke and Haydn at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Blues vocalist-guitarist Whitney Mongé kicked off the Essential Series in October, performing with the orchestra on the new online streaming platform Seattle Symphony Live. Indie folk-pop band Ivan & Alyosha to perform with Seattle Symphony 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

The city's orchestra said the owners of the local professional football and basketball teams had each promised to donate $750,000 to help the financially ailing orchestra survive. ArtsBeat: Indianapolis Orchestra Scores Donations From Team Owners 2012-12-18T21:15:34Z

His predecessor, Simon Rattle, transformed and updated the orchestra’s repertoire; so far, it doesn’t look like Mr. Petrenko is interested in doing the same. Musicians Love the Conductor Kirill Petrenko. It Shows. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

Glover's introduction alerted listeners to the propriety of turning over this last concert to just the orchestra, without soloists or unusual repertory. Music of the Baroque left them shouting in the aisles 2011-05-24T16:14:47Z

Seattle Symphony Music Director Thomas Dausgaard has abruptly stepped down from his post, midway through his third season at the top of Seattle’s flagship orchestra. Seattle Symphony Music Director Thomas Dausgaard abruptly steps down 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s orchestra often visits some of those schools when touring the country. At 30, What Does Jazz at Lincoln Center Mean? 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

Several performers watched him rehearse from the orchestra seats of the Longacre Theater and applauded after he finished “One of the Great Ones.” Chazz Palminteri Is Singing. Sonny Would Tell You to Listen. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

"Oh, yes, I think so," says Zeitouni by phone from his native Montreal, on a day of rehearsals with I Musici de Montréal, a 27-year-old chamber orchestra that recently appointed him principal conductor. Guest conductor approaches 'Messiah' anew 2011-12-15T20:59:11Z

Of late, Mr. Greilsammer has been immersed as the music director of a chamber orchestra he founded, the Geneva Camerata, which just completed its first season and has announced ambitious plans for 2014-15. At the Piano, and Under the Hood 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

This is, after all, the composer who, beyond his serious classical compositions, wrote a Concerto Gastronomique for waiter, eater, food and orchestra. Maclom Arnold's The Dancing Master finally comes in from the cold 2012-10-11T10:57:48Z

The fine singing and the glowing playing of the orchestra were weighed down by the staging in the final scene. Music Review: A Review of the Metropolitan Opera?s ?Faust? 2011-11-30T13:23:05Z

A minute or two was spent arranging the stage for a larger orchestra. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra serves up a sandwich of sad and sweet 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

The instrument was central to 19th-century composers, and all 19th-century orchestral scores can be successfully transcribed for piano; even early 20th-century music – in particular Ravel – can be equally spellbinding on piano or orchestra. Composing for the piano in black and white 2010-06-03T22:05:00Z

The orchestra took last week off, but its New Year’s Eve concert — a Bernstein and Gershwin program — is still ahead. Music Review: Anne Sofie von Otter and New York Philharmonic - Review 2011-12-29T21:49:17Z

The orchestra and dancers, choreographed by the legendary Vaslav Nijinsky, continued but it was impossible to hear the music above what Stravinsky described as a "terrific uproar". Rite that caused riots: celebrating 100 years of The Rite of Spring 2013-05-27T14:01:47Z

Mr. Henson, who presided during a labor dispute that led to the 16-month lockout and received the enmity of many of the orchestra’s musicians, will leave the orchestra on Aug. 31. Minnesota Orchestra Names Interim President 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

And their hearty approach seemed just right for the concluding piece, Mendelssohn’s String Octet, played by full orchestra. Music Review: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and New Century Chamber Orchestra - Review 2011-11-20T22:49:08Z

Dennis Russell Davies, the orchestra’s founding conductor and now its conductor laureate, relinquished his directorship in 2002, after 25 seasons, to focus more on his commitments in Europe. The American Composers Orchestra Looks Ahead 2012-05-25T18:36:30Z

With a budget of $33.7 million, Seattle Symphony ranks among the 20 largest orchestras in the U.S. Meet Thomas Dausgaard, Seattle Symphony’s new music director 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Major orchestras, conductors and opera singers have been quick to take part in Mr. Bocelli’s profitable projects. Critic?s Notebook: Andrea Bocelli, Philharmonic and Friends in Central Park 2011-09-16T17:41:13Z

“For someone who cut her teeth on hip-hop,” she recently told me, “there’s a lot of daylight between a basement studio and an orchestra hall.” Dessa's "Sound the Bells": Indie hip-hop collides with an explosive orchestral score 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

Yes, the opera is daunting, with high-flown lines that push vocalists to extremes and rich instrumental writing suited to the finest of orchestras. Music Review: A Return to Rossini?s Days of Yesteryear 2011-07-10T21:37:45Z

Mr. Dudamel and the orchestra were always in sync, though, technically and temperamentally. Music Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-03-18T20:43:32Z

The orchestra said then it hoped to resume Jan. 6 but on Tuesday scrapped all concerts through June 13, 2021, due to the coronavirus. New York Philharmonic cancels entire 2020-21 season 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

In 1958 he accompanied the orchestra on a South American tour that drew huge crowds in Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Venezuela. Carlos Moseley, Former President and Chairman of New York Philharmonic, Dies at 98 2012-10-02T05:23:02Z

On Friday evening Mr. Nelsons conducted the festival orchestra at the KKL Concert Hall in the first of his Brahms programs, an unusual one. In Lucerne, Andris Nelsons Is a Rising Star 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

In front of the orchestras he leads, Dudamel is a live wire, his signature curls bouncing with each wave of the wand. ‘¡Viva Maestro!’ Review: A Documentary in Need of a Conductor 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The Star Wars star then kicked it over to Pentatonix, who performed a medley of Williams’ Star Wars music with some help from a full symphonic orchestra. The Force is Strong with This Acapella 'Star Wars' Medley 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

But for the orchestra, which ends its first season in what is essentially a new hall this weekend, Geffen has been a kind of talisman. Geffen and Gustavo: Mixed Boons for the New York Philharmonic 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

While the prize-awarding event remains at the core of its activities, the organization, which Dworkin now leads, has also started training programs and ensembles, and has pushed for more diverse repertory and orchestra rosters. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

Well, I would like to go to symphony orchestras in this country and see the orchestra look more like the demographics that they’re meant to serve. ArtsBeat: Jessye Norman Talks About ‘Stand Up Straight and Sing!’ 2014-05-06T16:27:37Z

Following their performance, members of the youth orchestra will join the audience to watch the rest of the concert. A Concert Tour to Celebrate Europe’s Future 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

Passages in the original where the orchestra swells with sound were easily dispatched by the accordion’s bellows. Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble Plays at Mostly Mozart 2013-08-16T21:42:46Z

The orchestra is a big world messenger for Birmingham. Andris Nelsons 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

It’s not your usual Seattle Opera production: no spectacular sets, big orchestra, or large hall. ‘As One’ tells a transgender story with power, passion 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Their duet of echoed phrases, buttressed by the shimmering, hazy, wayward orchestra, is at first transfixing. Music Review: Premiere of Wolfgang Rihm?s ?Dionysos? at Salzburg 2010-08-01T22:45:00Z

For her part, Borda, a former orchestra musician herself, gave all the credit to the players, a supportive board, a uniquely warm and adventurous audience and, especially, to Dudamel. Dudamel and the L.A. Phil bid a heartfelt farewell to Deborah Borda 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

At the end of the curtain calls, filled with shouts and bravos from the audience, the entire orchestra was revealed onstage for a well-deserved ovation. ‘Twilight of the Gods’ confirms the triumph of WNO’s ‘Ring’ 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

Bankruptcy Judge Eric L. Frank last week allowed the orchestra time to reorganize its finances and its short- and long-term future without canceling the concert season. Musicians clamor for answers from Philly Orchestra 2011-04-25T21:08:12Z

"I am happy that the orchestra decided in this way because it means there is an awareness of the importance of history," Hellsberg said in a telephone interview from Stockholm. Vienna Philharmonic archives showing Nazi ties to get new home 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

“This orchestra and Seattle itself have become an integral part of my life,” Mr. Morlot said in a statement. Ludovic Morlot Extends Contract With Seattle Symphony 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

Just after World War II, when entire accordion orchestras accompanied the festivities of Italian immigrants to the United States, Castelfidardo churned out its prize product by the tens of thousands. Italian Town Corners the Market for High-End Accordions 2011-07-01T20:30:06Z

But plans for a gut renovation were sent back to the drawing board last year amid concerns that it would cost far too much and leave the orchestra homeless for too long. A High-Pressure Countdown for the New York Philharmonic’s New Maestro 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

“An orchestra is a great place to model organizational dysfunction,” he said at the outset without apparent irony. Roger Nierenberg and the Music Paradigm Program 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

It was all happening: The full orchestra, the whole company in full makeup and costume. Up, Up and Away: The Trippy Tales Behind ‘Flying Over Sunset’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

Mehta, 83, is set to step down late this year after leading the orchestra for half a century and holding the title of “music director for life” since 1981. Tough act to follow: Young maestro leads Israel Philharmonic 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

Fischer and the orchestra preceded it with a strikingly fierce account of Cherubini's Beethovenian Medée overture, and a deft rendition of Schumann's charming Spring Symphony. Last night's Prom 2010-07-27T11:19:00Z

The orchestra responded with big, bold playing, and if this wasn't necessarily an artistic revelation, it was certainly great fun. BBCSSO/Titov 2010-04-18T20:45:00Z

“There’s a disconnect between the orchestra and the dancers, partly due to the fact that there’s a physical separation between the two,” the young choreographer-in-residence Justin Peck said recently backstage at the Koch Theater. Finding the Keys for the Right Ballet Steps 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

“American orchestras are tough to sell,” he said. Russian Orchestra Tour: Either on the Bus or on the Stage 2010-03-04T00:50:00Z

“Now I can choose only the best orchestras,” Abbado said while still not yet 40. To the Conductor Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Was a Collective 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

He learned to read music in an Army Air Corps band during World War II, which helped him land a job after the war in the orchestra of the NBC radio affiliate in Portland. Johnny Smith, Venerable Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 90 2013-06-18T14:13:23Z

The music was all British, all from the 20th and 21st century, and all in the hands of Sir James MacMillan, the Scottish composer-conductor who made his debut with the orchestra with this program. The NSO goes to Britain 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

And I thought that if you give the orchestra a straightforward part, you can devote the rehearsal time to the principals. Steve Reich Talks About His First Orchestral Work in 30 Years 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Then, just as the orchestra was ringing in 2022 with its signature concerts filled with waltzes, the Omicron variant surged. Global Tours Were Key for Orchestras. Then the Pandemic Hit. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

He conducted chamber orchestras, and Mozart concertos from the keyboard, and in his late teens began working as a repetiteur — the opera rehearsal assistant position that was the main root of old-school conducting careers. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

Behind the orchestra at Severance Hall is a small stage enclosed on three sides by screens. ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ Uses Projections in Cleveland 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

The concert — which will be repeated on the orchestra’s Digital Concert Hall platform on Saturday — was organized to conform with local health regulations. The Berlin Philharmonic Tests a Musical Path Out of Lockdown 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

While visiting companies there are required to use the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, a deal was worked out in 2002 allowing the two orchestras to alternate. City Ballet Creates A Troupe For Touring 2011-01-06T22:45:21Z

But these were also Rattle and the orchestra’s final concerts together at the historic venue. Simon Rattle's farewell tour with the Berlin Philharmonic swings into L.A. and Costa Mesa 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

The action took place behind the orchestra, and for many of us that was too far away to get a proper sense of the characters or their complicated funny business. Shakespeare in Disney Hall: An L.A. Phil 'Dream' deferred 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

And partitions are being installed in the orchestra pit to try to contain any aerosols emitted by reed and brass instruments. ‘Wicked’ Hits the Road, Carrying the Hopes of Broadway Tours 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

The auditorium went black, and a quiet E-flat rose and grew from the orchestra pit, in the dark. The ‘Ring’ gets off to a good start 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

The orchestra, under the musical direction of Jared Stein, is ingeniously arrayed. Deaf West revisits 'Spring Awakening' with fresh vigor at the Wallis 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

The fast-paced show was buoyed by a five-member band whose arrangements by the musical director and pianist Joseph Thalken featured accordion and solo violin, lending the music the ambience of a ’30s European hotel orchestra. Patti LuPone in ‘Faraway Places Part Two’ at 54 Below 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

At one point, he said, an employee of the orchestra was pressured to make negative comments about him to the administration. Seattle Maestro Resigns by Email and Says He Felt ‘Not Safe’ 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

It was also revealed that King Charles, Harry’s father and then known as the Prince of Wales, helped choose the orchestra for the ceremony. What We Learned From ‘Harry and Meghan,’ Part Two 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

Like most large, traditional institutions in the 21st century, orchestras are rethinking their business models and redefining their missions as the market shifts around them. Perspective | American orchestras: Revamping the model, or embracing the obvious? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

He capitalised on that success by specialising in Mahler with the Symphonica of London, while continuing to appear with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic. Wyn Morris 2010-04-19T18:14:00Z

Mr Phillips was "the unanimous choice from an extremely talented field" One of the UK's oldest symphony orchestras has named a 20-year-old student as its youngest ever assistant conductor. Orchestra names young conductor 2012-06-28T12:53:07Z

The other awards, which orchestras apply for, range from $300 to $3,000, depending on an orchestra’s budget and whether it places first, second of third in its budget category. Bold Sounds: Orchestras Honored for 'Adventurous Programming' 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Baritone Nicholas Merryweather sings the lead role in a professional cast of 16, alongside a reduced orchestra. Fox pop: English Touring Opera gives Roald Dahl back to the kids 2011-02-17T22:26:00Z

The Broadway gig, she said, is a chance to mash up what she likes about playing solo with what she likes about playing with an orchestra, plus a few extra bells and whistles. Regina Spektor Tunes Up for Broadway 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Szell and the orchestra are as brooding and sensitive as the great mezzo-soprano Janet Baker. Classical Music This Week: Sounds of Cleveland’s Past and P.D.Q. Bach 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Leonard Bernstein led a choir and a pickup orchestra in Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War,” whose Agnus Dei section reverberated with the desperate plea, “Dona nobis pacem” — “Grant us peace!” With a nod to the L.A. protests, Master Chorale rips into Beethoven's search for peace amid chaos 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z

A restless, continuous piece of nearly 25 minutes, “Absolute Jest” is a kind of concerto for string quartet and orchestra. For John Adams, a Day of Music, Not Protests 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

“I am not one who fits in with the usual way of doing things. I don’t think I’m a good guest conductor for a conventional orchestra; it’s not me.” Ivan Fischer, conductor and radical, brings his Budapest Festival Orchestra to D.C. 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

More than a hundred tappers will convene at Foley Square for “Tap It Out,” a roaring outdoor orchestra of tightly choreographed feet. Dance Listings for July 11-17 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Most orchestras, once the underwriting disappeared, dropped the idea. John Duffy, a Composer Who Gave His Peers a Platform, Dies at 89 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

“It is absolutely not true that I ‘broke the resistance’ of the orchestra,” Mr. Masur told Scotland on Sunday. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

“It’s a moving thing that continues to grow and change. That’s the way of that world. Change has been the M.O. of orchestras around the world.” Departures Force Los Angeles Philharmonic to Reinvent Itself, Again 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, said in a recent statement celebrating the founding of the orchestra that “artistic resistance” to Russia was paramount. An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z

Daniele Gatti, a visionary in Mahler, comes to town in January with his new orchestra, the storied Royal Concertgebouw: They assay the First, an evening that follows a foray into Wagner and Bruckner. What to Look Forward to in the Fall Classical Music Season 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

In 1959 he became the Philharmonic’s associate managing director and took the orchestra on a 10-week tour of the Middle East, Europe and Russia. Carlos Moseley, Former President and Chairman of New York Philharmonic, Dies at 98 2012-10-02T05:23:02Z

Corti maintained brisk speeds and, if not quite coruscating, the orchestra played with insight and energy. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z

Gustavo Dudamel’s Los Angeles Philharmonic can be seen in half a dozen filmed concerts this fall on the orchestra’s free Sound/Stage platform. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in October 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

But she was being honest: An outlier in classical music, at 36 she would rather dedicate time to her own interests and her growing family than be tied to an orchestra. Review: A Conductor Takes a Victory Lap With Her Orchestra 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z

I suspect that after giving Mr. Gilbert a chance — a decision for which I will long salute the Philharmonic — the orchestra may want someone a little older, a known quantity. The New York Philharmonic and the Search for a New Music Director 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Menuhin hailed Furtwängler for having saved Jewish musicians in the orchestra. 'The Menuhin Century' is now: Why the violin master is still the sound of hope and peace 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

He also conducted a number of other orchestras in Europe, the United States and Japan. Neville Marriner, Prolific Musician and Acclaimed Conductor, Dies at 92 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

Play they did, though as a smaller ensemble than usual due to a scheduling conflict that split the orchestra between competing events. Earshot Jazz Festival embraces past, present and future 2012-10-18T16:41:04Z

It’s understandable that certain solo instruments, like a Celtic flute that plays one of the principal themes, required some help to assert themselves against the orchestra and the film’s spoken dialogue. Review: In ‘The Lord of the Rings in Concert,’ Musicians in Sync With a Soundtrack 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Yet what impressed most about the performance was its thoroughgoing clarity and equanimity, which extended to exactingly prepared, compellingly executed contributions from the chorus and orchestra. Music Review: A Return to Rossini?s Days of Yesteryear 2011-07-10T21:37:45Z

People often say that an orchestra is a metaphor for excellence. Review | It’s my last review as The Post’s classical music critic. Here are my parting thoughts on the NSO. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

Dudamel used a big orchestra and a full Los Angeles Master Chorale. The draw of Yuja Wang and Bartók brings surprising consequences 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

With a choir of 24 singers and an orchestra of around 30, the result suited the Barbican's well-upholstered and not especially resonant acoustic. St John Passion – review 2013-03-31T17:31:01Z

In late February and early March, a two-week festival explores the myth of Prometheus, including Beethoven’s “The Creatures of Prometheus” and the premiere of Fang Man’s “Song of the Flaming Phoenix” for sheng and orchestra. Finally, a Lot of Classical Music and Opera to Hear This Season 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

“And of course, we need orchestras to slowly and surely start looking like the communities in which they play.” She Was the Orchestra’s Only Black Musician, Until She Formed Her Own 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

If the orchestra generally seemed like an afterthought in the concerto, the players nonetheless seemed invigorated by the occasion. Music Review: Joshua Bell With Jeremy Denk at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-20T22:18:00Z

The evening was dedicated to the memory of Edward Cabarga, a clarinetist with the orchestra since 2000 who died of cancer Sunday, at 53. Eschenbach and the NSO go almost modernist with Mahler 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Oundjian, now 55, seems to have been a canny choice to direct the orchestra. Orchestra, Back From the Brink 2011-03-18T23:21:12Z

Munich plays host not only to one of the best opera houses in the world, but also to one of the best orchestras: the Bavarian Radio Symphony. 6 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

A festival of American orchestras, celebrating the variety and richness of American music, is a great idea on paper. WPA and Kennedy Center hope new Shift Festival will enliven orchestral scene 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

Michael Tilson Thomas, the orchestra’s dynamic music director, is presenting a New York version of his popular American Mavericks series. | The Year Ahead: Met to Present Wagner?s Entire ?Ring? Cycle 2011-12-29T22:46:22Z

Toby Spence shines in his title-role debut, unlocking new vocal energy and soaring above the orchestra as the work reaches its climax. Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z

When writing for orchestra, she imagines herself playing every instrument in the score. ‘The Blind,’ Lera Auerbach’s Opera, Confronts Isolation 2013-07-05T17:16:44Z

The score begins unobtrusively with quiet low notes in the orchestra and a muttering chorus sounding far away. L.A. Phil alum Lionel Bringuier wows in Zurich 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

The orchestra’s principal trombonist was also fired then, for the same reason; that chair remains empty, too. In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

From here, the orchestra takes the Brandenburgs to a new locale Thursday night: the Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University in Orange. L.A. Chamber Orchestra carries on a different holiday tradition: Bach's Brandenburg Concertos 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

Of the orchestra’s other conductors, Andrews Sill has recently emerged — after the American Ballet Theater’s David LaMarche — as the city’s finest ballet accompanist, but the woodwind and brass sections play poorly for him. Critic?s Notebook: At City Ballet This Winter, You Could Sometimes See the Music 2011-02-28T23:15:07Z

My gratitude extends beyond the occupational perk of orchestra seats for top-drawer entertainment. Embattled and emboldened: Arts and culture in the age of Trump 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Southbank is an emblem, once a fusty conserver of three orchestras but now blossoming under Jude Kelly as a hub of community activity. A great act of vandalism that will impoverish us all 2011-03-28T19:30:01Z

“Usually Brahms in our orchestra is played with this weightiness, and we do the same thing every time, no matter who is on the podium. She came in with this completely fresh approach.” Nathalie Stutzmann Ushers In a New Era at the Atlanta Symphony 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

It culminates in concerts of the 10 finalists performing with an orchestra. Jury to choose winner of prestigious piano contest 2010-10-20T16:22:00Z

This was the purpose of the orchestra and this is a goal for me as a performer, to rehearse the music as if it was written yesterday. The Conductor Transforming Period Performance 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

And there was nothing standard about the volatile performance of the Fifth that Nézet-Séguin drew from the orchestra. Best Classical Music of 2021 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

Sometimes a music director’s artistic vision and personality just fit with a city and its orchestra. Music Review: Montreal Symphony at La Maison Symphonique - Review 2011-09-08T22:00:33Z

Italian maestro had thoroughly prepared the orchestra and the chorus along with an international team of singers, several of whom had performed "Otello" with him in recent years in Salzburg and Rome. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z

Mr. Henson will be succeeded by Mr. Smith, who led the opera for 25 years before retiring in 2011; the orchestras said Mr. Smith would stay on “until a permanent successor is identified.” Minnesota Orchestra Names Interim President 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Green’s Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, revised from an earlier work for saxophone and string orchestra, opened with a relaxed lyricism reminiscent of Hollywood’s take on Copland’s music. Music Review | North/South Chamber Orchestra: New Works by Max Lifchitz and Others at Merkin Concert Hall 2010-03-09T22:31:00Z

The music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, is passionately committed to period instruments and continues to conduct the Age of Enlightenment orchestra. Early Music Is Enjoying Its Moment 2011-03-06T01:45:27Z

Later he would hang around the back door of the Apollo, so often that Reuben L. Phillips, who conducted the in-house orchestra, let him distribute sheet music. Patrick Adams, Master of New York’s Underground Disco Scene, Dies at 72 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

There's a precise calibration between what he's doing and how his orchestra responds. What makes a great conductor? Just watch Andris Nelsons 2010-07-30T16:19:00Z

There has also been speculation about Dudamel as a successor to Simon Rattle, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, which many consider the world's best orchestra. Gustavo Dudamel and L.A. Philharmonic agree to contract extension 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

She programs a diverse set of composers for the orchestra’s concerts. Why are there so few women at the top in classical music? What’s being done about it in Seattle and elsewhere? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

And so sometimes the orchestra built even bigger structures on the originals. Music Review: ‘The Genius of Coltrane’ at the Rose Theater 2012-10-28T21:50:06Z

As orchestras and symphonies across the globe have been struggling to attract younger audiences to classical music, groups of classically trained musicians and conductors are taking their music to the people. Bringing Classical Music to the Club Scene 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

Youth orchestras inspired by Abreu's methods are being set up in places including Los Angeles, Scotland and Spain. Teen violin star is Venezuela's youngest conductor 2012-06-26T16:39:59Z

Nevertheless, Tankian was hard at work earlier this summer preparing fans for his symphonic transition by performing numerous concerts with backing orchestras in Europe. System of a Down's Tankian explores new "Harmonies" 2010-08-21T01:04:00Z

One reason there aren’t more female conductors is likely that symphony orchestras are highly traditional entities. Conducting’s glass podium: Female music directors are still rare, but the Northwest has nurtured some 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

But she's best known for intricate, harmonically lustrous music for orthodox jazz orchestras in which rich chords, lopsided tangos, thumping swing and a good deal of sidelong irony coexist. 50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill 2011-01-18T13:06:04Z

Here, conductor Andris Nelsons drew some outstanding playing from this glorious orchestra, bringing real depth and insight to these moments of intensity. Mittwoch aus Licht; BBC Proms 50 & 51 – review 2012-08-25T23:06:12Z

A lot of this attention, though, is about form over content: accepting invitations and raising the orchestra’s profile rather than looking too exactly at what it plays. Review | National Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Tristan’ was lacking in D.C. They made up for it in New York. 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

The New York Philharmonic is now the first major orchestra to emulate the Whitney Museum with a big institutional bi-yearly survey of the now. NY Phil Biennial laudable, yet in need of curatorial vision 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

“I started virtually looking at the top 25 orchestras in the U.S. and there’s not a lot of strength. But there are a few, and I think L.A. is a pretty prestigious job these days.” Departures Force Los Angeles Philharmonic to Reinvent Itself, Again 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

American Youth Orchestra to Perform at BBC Proms The maiden tour by a new youth orchestra established by Carnegie Hall will include an appearance at the BBC Proms concerts, Carnegie said on Thursday. ArtsBeat: American Youth Orchestra to Perform at BBC Proms 2013-04-18T13:00:43Z

But in writing an ambitious symphony for a major orchestra, Copland fell under the spell of Mahler and Shostakovich. New York Youth Symphony Plays Copland’s Symphony No. 3 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

The chorus, like the orchestra, was adroit, even in the Latin Quarter chaos of Act II. Best in the cast was the bass-baritone Christian Van Horn, his Colline solidly, capaciously and wittily sung. Review: In ‘La Bohème’ at the Met, the Star Is in the Pit 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

One of his last works was "Weltethos" for orchestra and chorus. British composer Jonathan Harvey dies at 73 2012-12-06T11:38:58Z

They will perform with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis as well as Simon Rattle, who will conduct the Barbican's resident orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra. Blanchett leads Barbican line up 2011-05-24T11:25:19Z

The New York Philharmonic is not, however, an ordinary orchestra and must never, as it is doing on this humdrum tour, act like it is. In Costa Mesa, the New York Philharmonic runs through the routine 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Enraged by Zelda’s taunts about his professional and personal failures, Fitzgerald stormed out to a Juan-les-Pins bistro down the street that employed a full-time orchestra, and persuaded the musicians to come home with him. On the French Riviera, Fitzgerald Found His Place in the Sun 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

That fuller repertory is more suited to her voice, which is accustomed to flexing itself against an orchestra. CD reviews: A modern symphonic master 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Still, if you send an orchestra on tour, the purpose should be to show its wares to the world on the premise that it has something special to offer. Mexican orchestra, deservedly obscure, shows too many holes 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

On Thursday evening at David Geffen Hall, Mr. Mehta, now 80, was to lead the Philharmonic’s first revival of it, in his return to the orchestra after an absence of nearly five years. Review: A Concerto in Which East Meets West, and Peace Reigns 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

An orchestra subscriber, after all, hears Beethoven and Tchaikovsky over and over. Review | Does Indonesia matter to Western music? Here’s a 3-hour concert that proves it does. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

The songs never felt distorted to fit the narrative, with Dean Buck conducting a substantial, agile, well-balanced orchestra. Review: LoftOpera Brings Mischief, and a Crowd, to Berlioz and Mahler 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z

Under Szell’s baton, an orchestra was a highly polished, precision machine, and in music by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák and Wagner, he was untouchable. ‘George Szell: The Complete Columbia Album Collection’ Review: A Maestro’s Time in Cleveland Still Shines 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

He recorded with orchestras, with major jazz musicians, with big bands and, for more than 50 years, with the pianist and arranger Ralph Sharon and his trio. The Amiable, Unswerving Tony Bennett 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

The perfect introduction to the instruments of the orchestra, and to the language of music. Readers recommend: children's songs ? the results 2011-02-17T16:01:23Z

Many will return for additional Stokowski-related orchestra events next February and May. Stokowski sleuth tracks past for Philly Orchestra 2012-12-21T16:25:17Z

According to Prechtl, Detroit’s success is because it turned to best practices in marketing and development, and showed “a vision for what the orchestra can be.” Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians officially locked out 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

“Philadelphia is one of the orchestras I always dreamed of playing with when I was young.” He was supposed to be finishing Julliard. Now this young trombonist is helping to remake the NSO. 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

“Traditionally orchestras either say, ‘Come to us, we’re wonderful,’ or they go out into communities and say, ‘Hey, listen to us.’ Turning 100, the New Jersey Symphony Sticks to Home 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

Burmer contributed “Love Song of the Japanese Cranes,” written for koto and orchestra. ‘Celebrate World Music’ stretches composers’ boundaries 2013-03-21T20:35:13Z

After the auditions end Nov. 28, an expert panel from leading orchestras will narrow entries. YouTube 2011 orchestra conducting online auditions 2010-10-12T22:28:00Z

But I started getting phone calls from dozens of orchestras around the world. Bobby McFerrin gets vocal 2010-05-06T22:05:00Z

Both orchestras are excellent, and both pay quite well: around $135,000 as a rough minimum, which for the Met includes average rehearsal pay. Pit vs. Stage: Longer Nights and More Rubato 2010-07-13T20:41:00Z

The singers fully acted their roles in a clearing in front of the orchestra, minus sets and props though with some effective lighting touches by Paul Hudson. Review: In ‘Iphigénie en Aulide,’ a Daughter’s Ultimate Sacrifice 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Composing and arranging for the jazz orchestra has long been a Cinderella artform, neglected and denied critical attention in favour of its brasher siblings. Colin Towns Mask Orchestra 2010-08-17T21:30:00Z

The orchestra was smaller, the cast size halved. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z

It was going to be just her with the orchestra, but she made a call and said, “Hey, I have a way that I do this song with my background singers.” When Aretha Franklin Brought Down the House at the Kennedy Center 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

The atmosphere of “Red Chamber” is all in the orchestra, and it is marvelous scented. Chinese opera 'Dream of the Red Chamber' opens in San Francisco with much ambition, too little nerve 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

But in quality of execution, another leveling factor among American orchestras has been the astonishing degree of talent among young musicians who keep pouring out of conservatories. The Big Five Orchestras No Longer Add Up 2013-06-14T12:00:01Z

The orchestra on Wednesday released details of the tour and residency pilot program that's happening in China from May 28 to June 6. Philadelphia Orchestra details China residency 2012-04-25T16:33:08Z

The orchestra, as in the Wagner, produced a solid, thoroughly unified sound, qualities it retained — with a measure of suppleness and mystery added — in the Debussy. Music Review: Knights in Naumburg Orchestral Concert at Central Park 2012-07-11T22:01:58Z

But Ms. Glover’s appearance, and the magisterial performance and nuance she drew from the orchestra, were the news here. Opera Review: Jane Glover Conducts ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2013-12-17T22:44:44Z

Mr. Sear, trained as a tubist, graduated in 1951 from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and began playing in orchestras and music halls. Walter Sear, an Audio Engineer With a Passion for Analog, Dies at 80 2010-05-07T03:11:00Z

From symphony orchestras to chamber concerts, instrumentalists are asserting their physical, individual presences in ways that are by turns whimsical, heartbreaking or strange. Concert Choreography: When Musicians Get Up and Move 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

“He’s irrepressible,” said Lawrence Wolfe, the orchestra’s assistant principal bass. A Star Maestro, Fighting Brain Cancer, Finds Peace in Music 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

In an interview with The Times in December, the chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Froschauer, explained the goals that the orchestra had during the pandemic. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Two Gods’ and ‘Conan’ 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

The board president, David J. Keiser, countered that there would be a “blast from the critics” if the orchestra were to cancel Gould, whom, the minutes said, Bernstein had defended. Mahler Said What to Whom? 2011-02-03T22:00:06Z

Opera's orchestra in a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Zev Yaroslavsky makes cameo appearance in 'La Traviata' at L.A. Opera 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

The orchestra said in a statement Wednesday that the cancellation includes a scheduled series of performances of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. Strikebound Detroit Symphony cancels concerts 2010-10-14T02:04:00Z

The first movement stems entirely from the violin's opening gesture, a shivering upward rush that triggers answering gestures from the orchestra as it's repeated and transformed and eventually develops into more reflective territory. BBCSO/Bringuier ? review 2012-02-13T17:51:34Z

Perhaps the most enjoyable facet of the NOI concerts is that the orchestra fields a full complement of strings, far more than one sees at Baltimore Symphony concerts at Strathmore, for example. Highs and lows at National Orchestral Institute program

“My chemistry with the orchestra was instant,” she said. At a Chicago Orchestra, Diversity Is on the Program 2010-08-06T19:35:00Z

A chamber orchestra is treated like a color wheel in motion. San Francisco Symphony interprets John Cage, with great results 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

“The orchestra needs someone new, someone fresh,” he said. On Deck,The Met?s Pinch-Hitter 2011-04-21T13:39:32Z

In Europe, orchestras tend to have their own rehearsal spaces, whereas in the States, some orchestras have to pay, so rehearsal time can be cost prohibitive. System of a Down's Serj Tankian goes classical with symphonic concerts in Northridge 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Dating to 1887, it has always been considered a major ensemble, if one step below the orchestras in Cleveland, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. Detroit Symphony Returns to a Giddy Reception 2011-04-10T22:10:58Z

For the first time since the pandemic began, the Boston Pops is holding a spring season with live performances, the orchestra announced Thursday. Noteworthy musical news: Boston Pops spring season returns 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

“There were as many orchestras, clubs and cabarets as in Buenos Aires.” Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

The orchestra will present a series of four programs in June 2013 that it is calling Gilbert’s Playlist. New York Philharmonic Announces Next Season?s Schedule 2012-02-22T17:04:47Z

Levine is rightfully praised for making a so-so Met orchestra into one of the world’s finest. On the Met's James Levine, and the age-old debate of separating the art from the artist 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

“The ‘orchestra of minorities’ refers to the crying of birds mourning the slaughtered among them,” Esi Edugyan explains in her review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

In between soprano Karita Mattila joins Rattle and the orchestra for Strauss's Four Last Songs, whose premiere in 1950, after the composer's death, was effectively a farewell to the world of German romanticism. This week's new live music 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

He cherishes his set's remastering of a 1940 recording conducted by Stravinsky, in which the orchestra stumbles through the sacrificial dance, emphasizing how hard it was at the time. A century on, Stravinsky's 'Rite' still summons the caveman 2013-05-26T10:43:44Z

“The music they are making together is transcendental — this great orchestra, this extraordinary conductor,” he said. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Extends His Contract With the Philadelphia Orchestra 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

It's as though the communities in your gut microbiome are an orchestra for your health, and you conduct their symphony through food. Gut microbes are the community within you that you can’t live without 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z

“It was a driving, vigorous, restless population,” Mr. McKinny sings lustily over skittish, pointillist music in the orchestra. Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

But then the orchestra starts; the curtain rises; a woman begins to sing. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z

His new orchestra is owned by its players and earns more than 70 percent of its budget from ticket sales. Perspective | A pathbreaking conductor at U-Md. charts a new course 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

A sizable orchestra and conductor with a rhythmic drive is just what the concerto needs. The Pacific Symphony lives up to its name, with the help of India 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Unlike his compatriot Louis Andriessen, Beirens added, “he did not have steady relationships with certain performers, with orchestras or with the music business until a later point in his career.” The Minimalist Composer Who Keeps Getting Left Out 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Miami City Ballet is joined a live orchestra, the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus and student dancers for a world-premiere production based on Balanchine’s classic choreography. The week ahead in L.A. dance, Dec. 3-10: 'The Nutcracker,' 'Fiesta Mexicana' and more 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

Tilson Thomas is back in London for a series of Mahler concerts at the Barbican with the orchestra. Michael Tilson Thomas: 'The most important thing about music is what happens when it stops' 2012-05-25T12:04:46Z

Or so it seemed from where I was sitting, Row G, orchestra left, which was too close to perceive the full soundscape of the orchestra. The soul of Russia, by way of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

"So, having been an orchestral player myself, I know that orchestras are highly critical of conductors," Nelsons grins. Andris Nelsons 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

Jacques Lacombe, the music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, plans to step down from his post when his contract is up at the end of the 2015-16 season, the orchestra announced Wednesday. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Music Director to Step Down 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

The orchestra looks too young, the spaces where poor musicians live — the show is set in the current Manhattan real estate market, not the 1980s' — are too big. 'Mozart in the Jungle' on Amazon gets good after woeful pilot 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Artistic directors of orchestras, opera companies and chamber ensembles struggled to placate tradition-bound subscribers while also enticing those eager for challenging, even confounding modern music. New York City Ballet Uses Contemporary Classical Music 2010-06-11T14:17:00Z

“There’s never a good time,” said Stephen Lester, the chairman of the orchestra committee and a double bassist. Chicago Symphony Strikes Just Weeks Before Carnegie Concert 2012-09-24T21:56:21Z

Jessica Phillips, a clarinetist who is the chairwoman of the Met’s orchestra committee, noted that the players had devoted their lives to their art. For the First Time, the Met Will Perform Opera on Sundays 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

The orchestra was at the back of the stage, with the action toward the front. Review: Andre Previn's `Streetcar' makes it to NYC 2013-03-15T19:25:09Z

Repeating on Saturday evening, it is one of the most cohesive, coherent programs I can remember at the Philharmonic, a tribute to Costanzo’s vision and the orchestra’s embrace of it. Review: At the Philharmonic, Enveloping and Harrowing Sincerity 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

As for the musical composition, performed by an orchestra of six, “Oratorio” layers myriad genres — gospel, jazz, Baroque and a range of pop styles — to create harmony where cacophony might otherwise exist. Heather Christian’s Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

Opera orchestra, at least, this ol' man Amazon really rolls along. 'Florencia en el Amazonas' a culture clash solved by orchestra 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

The orchestra will dedicate two of its subscription concerts to the biennial, said Ed Yim, the vice president for artistic planning. Philharmonic Announces NY Phil Biennial for 2014 2013-01-23T17:00:09Z

But he didn’t waste the availability of the orchestra for the second half of the concert. Critic’s Notebook: Two John Cale Programs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-01-20T23:06:32Z

Andris Nelsons meets the orchestra for the first time in New York on 17 March, taking over another performance of Mahler's Ninth. What really propelled James Levine's exit from the Boston Symphony Orchestra? 2011-03-04T15:57:15Z

Mr. Gaffigan’s evident rapport with the orchestra may well argue in his favor as the festival looks for a new music director. Critic?s Notebook: Another Season of Change for Spoleto 2011-06-03T22:42:46Z

The Metropolitan Opera canceled its season and told its orchestra, chorus and staff that their paychecks would stop after this month. Arts groups have never been very flush with cash. Now, they’re facing an even bigger battle for survival. 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

The singers wear microphones; the Glimmerglass Festival orchestra performed from the stage of the opera house, with its sound channeled into the general amplification. Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

The orchestra is drawn from the ranks of Hungary's highly skilled musicians. A new temple to Wagner on the Danube, not Rhine 2011-06-23T13:58:45Z

“Do you do shtick?” he asked the orchestra. Mahler's Second Symphony, the Tilson Thomas Way 2010-07-09T16:31:00Z

He frequently attends concerts inside the Vatican auditorium that are performed in his honor by visiting orchestras. Pope Benedict to attend La Scala Beethoven concert 2012-05-04T15:31:09Z

It gradually became clear that the work needed to function as something like a collective ritual, with live performers in the mix, playing alongside the orchestra, as well as prerecorded excerpts. Detroit Symphony Tackles an Adventurous Premiere 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

“At other times, when I conduct in front of my orchestra, I hear solo players and the ensemble in musical conversation, and that structure might give me inspiration for my small ensemble projects.” Perspective | Jazz pianist Satoko Fujii is practicing the art of the possible 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

He has completely embraced the deconstruction of the orchestra and our dispensing with linear narrative. ENO joins pioneering theatre company for East End opera 2010-03-31T14:40:00Z

And under Mr. Gilbert the orchestra contributed to the murky atmosphere by playing the oscillating string motifs with uncanny delicacy, even fragility. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z

He dropped out when he was hired by the staff orchestra at Paramount studios. Milton Delugg, Accordionist, Composer and ‘Tonight Show’ Bandleader, Dies at 96 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

His orchestra acts not as a Wagner-style character in its own right, nor as an melodic interlocutor. Review: After a Met Opera Milestone, ‘Boris’ Brings Another 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

He seemed at one with Mr. Fray’s probing and sometimes understated conception, reining in the orchestra as necessary. Music Review: David Fray and Lionel Bringuier at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-08T22:08:00Z

“Very often with opera, we are watching from a very safe spot: We have the orchestra pit, we have the curtain, we have this portal,” Mr. Trelinski said. Mariusz Trelinski Brings ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ to the Met 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

The "Glee" and "30 Rock" star will sing songs from the 50s and 60 for a one-night-only concert next month with The New York Pops orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Cheyenne Jackson gets his 'Mad Men' groove on 2011-10-10T20:01:06Z

For decades, the New York Philharmonic, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, was an all-male bastion. She Broke Barriers in Music. But She’s Uneasy About the Attention. 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z

It depends on the ability of the local community to fund its orchestra.” The Big Five Orchestras No Longer Add Up 2013-06-14T12:00:01Z

“It was always a highlight of our annual Boston Pops holiday concerts for the many years that I conducted the orchestra.” ‘Carol of the Bells,’ a Christmas Staple From Ukraine, a Century Later 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z

In recent years, as women have taken on more leadership roles in the orchestra, the climate has become more inclusive, several players said. In a ‘Sea Change,’ Women of the Philharmonic Now Outnumber the Men 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

And there are several respected professional orchestras that operate on adapted freelance models. Perspective | American orchestras: Revamping the model, or embracing the obvious? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Sure, Carnegie Hall might have commissioned a work for the occasion, or performed something as ambitious as that Berlioz piece: a 50-minute score for a tenor soloist, two choruses, children’s choir and orchestra. Review: Carnegie Hall Turns 125, With Brass and Other Fanfare 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

The most immediate role is to be the chief of the orchestra and the chorus, too. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Shake Things Up at the Met Opera 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

And Wednesday’s performance suggested as much, even though it lacked the choir and string orchestra that Mr. Washington brought aboard for a triumphant concert in Los Angeles this spring. Review: Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down Are Blowing Through Town 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

Smith said that his move was unrelated to that of Dudamel, with whom he has worked closely in promoting contemporary music and expanding the orchestra’s youth education programs. Boston Symphony Picks New Leader From Los Angeles Philharmonic 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

Dutoit's return to Orchestra Hall, where he launched a two-week residency on Thursday night, occasioned some terrific playing from the orchestra even though the program itself left this listener feeling under-nourished. CSO and soloists shine under Dutoit, but Penderecki piece is dull 2011-03-18T17:25:13Z

The “Ring” stretches the capacities of a company, especially the orchestra. Los Angeles Opera Company?s ?Ring? Festival 2010-06-20T23:29:00Z

Behind her was a four-piece band; behind it, a symphony orchestra. Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

The handbills read, in part, that the "musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra support the DSO musicians in their efforts to achieve a contract that will preserve their orchestra." CSO goes to the mat for sub conductor 2011-01-21T17:34:13Z

“But with the orchestra everything is softer. There are these waves of sound and then very deliberate and beautifully chosen brass accents.” Peter Eotvos Prepares the Opera ‘Senza Sangue’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

The Chinese orchestra, like the American one that inspired it, also selects young players for a period of intensive training. Review: U.S. Youth Orchestra Inspires a Chinese Counterpart 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Compared with its august counterparts in Europe, he avers, “This orchestra is in a growing process.” The National Symphony Orchestra’s forte for falling flat 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

But Wagner is surely there in the dominance of the orchestra, which is really what the piece is about. Opera Review: A Review of Julian Anderson’s ‘Thebans’ for the English National Opera 2014-05-05T12:53:03Z

Mr. Botstein said he hoped the retrenchment would be temporary, and added that he was especially troubled that the cutbacks would mean less work for the freelance musicians the orchestra relies upon. American Symphony Orchestra Trims Programs 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

The orchestra and the chorus soon reached a Wagnerian fever pitch. A Student Startup and Its Outsize Wagnerian Dream 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

“In 2019 I met an Azerbaijan girl in the youth orchestra, and I remember her saying that we can communicate together, all of us, despite the tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” he said. An Orchestra Brings Harmony to a Region of Discord 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

A chamber orchestra digs into new arrangements of his past free-improvisation saxophone solos; the sense of fresh community they create around “I’ll See You Out There” is a testament to Mr. Mitchell’s underlying vision. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

After the initial shock at his arrival, there was hope that he might, as many said at the time, bring the orchestra into the 20th century and appeal to younger audiences. Pierre Boulez, French Composer, Dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Its opening movement, after all, is a huge battle scene, with solid, full orchestra chords standing in for throttling cannon blasts, and a sense of struggle in every bar. Music Review: Renderings Energetic and Brash 2011-05-06T05:00:07Z

The orchestra accompanied him with crisp warmth, expansive in the slow movement without losing tautness. New York String Orchestra Presents Mozart at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

It is an odd setup for a Haydn symphony: cellist on conductor's podium with back to audience, orchestra clustered around him. ASMF/Isserlis/Bell ? review 2011-03-08T18:30:17Z

He conducted a superb rare Christmastime "Messiah" with the orchestra a decade ago. Pinnock, Rana fill in admirably with L.A. Philharmonic 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Nézet-Séguin’s account of the Bruckner stood out for the lighter textures and transparency he drew from the orchestra, the judiciously balanced sonorities and the quicksilver shifts of mood. Are Bruckner Symphonies Now the Proving Ground for Conductors? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

But as people came back, the orchestra started playing weekly chamber concerts in May. An American Leads the Odesa Philharmonic to Berlin 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

But they bestow international prestige on orchestras — an attractive prospect for donors — and give ensembles an opportunity to build cohesion. Global Tours Were Key for Orchestras. Then the Pandemic Hit. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

“I’ve now recorded all of the Haydns,” he says, “all of the Bruckners, in every version — we’re the only orchestra and I’m the only conductor that’s ever done that — Honegger, Schubert, and Philip Glass.” At 80, America’s most famous composer remains a maverick. The man who’s conducted his 11 symphonies talks about why. 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Often described as the first woman to become a permanent member of the orchestra, she was at the vanguard of a pioneering group of female artists who opened doors for other women to join. In a ‘Sea Change,’ Women of the Philharmonic Now Outnumber the Men 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

There’s an abrupt inhale for the cello’s lyrical entrance, but the orchestra insists on interrupting. CD reviews: Early music on the cutting edge 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

But there it is: a fully staged production, it is said, “with dramatic lighting effects, costumes and sets, with the orchestra in the pit.” The New Season: Tchaikovsky, Dress Codes, And 3-D Opera 2011-09-16T19:50:18Z

Stravinsky’s complete ballet music for “Pulcinella” ended the concert in a gesture meant to acknowledge the orchestra’s close ties to the Royal Danish Ballet and to the choreographer George Balanchine. Music Review: Danes Deliver Rare Works by a Native Son 2011-07-29T21:59:08Z

In one finding, it said that only one black instrumentalist had been a permanent member in the orchestra’s 128-year history. Carlos Moseley, Former President and Chairman of New York Philharmonic, Dies at 98 2012-10-02T05:23:02Z

Born in Italy to German parents, Mr. Hadelich, 30, is not that much older than the players in the orchestra. New York String Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

No other orchestra drives you to check your programme constantly to try to identify who, tonight, is making that magical clarinet or trumpet or trombone sound. The world's best orchestra 2011-02-27T00:04:15Z

During his penultimate season, in 2019-20, the orchestra will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a series of special projects and events. Robert Spano Will Leave the Atlanta Symphony After 20 Years 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

The orchestra canceled more than 100 concerts — losing more than $27 million in anticipated ticket revenue — and laid off 40 percent of its staff. A Pioneering Orchestra Boss Had ‘Unfinished Business,’ So She Returned 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

All eight of England's symphony orchestras cost the public purse less than the Berlin Phil. The secret of Berlin's shine 2011-02-27T17:00:01Z

After giving thanks to the orchestra members, staff, board and public for their loyal support, the maestro led everyone in a joyous sing-along of "We Shall Overcome." A baton is passed and a legacy is celebrated 2011-05-24T16:49:15Z

But what else should listeners think when that is what is overwhelmingly peddled by orchestras, record labels and “Live From Lincoln Center”? Music Review: New York Philharmonic, With Itzhak Perlman 2012-09-28T21:31:09Z

That restructuring is the subject of the current negotiations between the orchestra and the bank. Nashville Symphony Hall Faces Foreclosure 2013-06-07T21:49:58Z

Warm, steady, restrained, securely tonal, the orchestras in his works tend to serenely repeat small cells of material, without strange instruments or strange uses of conventional ones. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

In reaction, the orchestra does not exactly roll over; rather, it seems to grow intrigued by the soloist. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

The changing roster of musicians is perhaps the most visible manifestation of the transformation underway at the Philharmonic, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. Philharmonic Faces Critical Choices as Key Players Depart 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

On Saturday her voice was radiant, plush and sizable at its best, with gleaming top notes that broke through the chorus and orchestra during the crowd scenes. Music Review: Latonia Moore Steps In to ?Aida? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-04T21:01:48Z

And through her Orchestra Residencies Program, Midori collaborates directly with youth orchestras. Midori’s career started with a fleeting moment. It’s evolved into a lasting legacy. 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

The Proms' hardest-working orchestra returned in the evening under Andrew Davies. Proms 30 & 31: BBC Symphony Chorus; BBCSO/Davies 2010-08-09T11:32:00Z

A music school is entering the orchestra business, forming a new training ensemble in New York whose players will get master’s degrees. Bard College and New York Philharmonic in New Ventures 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

The LA Times slyly suggests this is all east-coast jealousy of the fact that California bagged Dudamel before any of the big orchestras on the eastern seaboard got their act together. Has Gustavo Dudamel fallen from his pedestal? 2010-06-02T15:20:00Z

Even before the pandemic, managing orchestras was difficult. New York Philharmonic Chooses Arts Veteran as Leader 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Many other US orchestras are in much the same position. Tough times ahead for US orchestras 2012-07-25T01:04:51Z

The production was uneven but included some powerful moments — which might not have worked as well as they did without the support of such taut choral singing and nuanced orchestra playing. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

For some orchestras, this period of uncertainty has provided an opportunity to experiment. After a ‘Scary’ Fall, Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

The chorus and orchestra, numbering about 20 each, were excellent, and they registered with just enough impact in the clear acoustics of the 1,842-seat hall of the KKL. ArtsBeat: When Expectations Mix With Reality 2011-04-16T11:50:33Z

The work is built on a grand scale – it requires a large orchestra, chorus, rock musicians and a narrator. Southbank's 20th-century festival to include Frank Zappa premiere 2013-01-17T18:11:46Z

City Ballet’s orchestra, conducted by Daniel Capps, rises sensuously to the score’s many beauties. Review: New York City Ballet’s ‘Jeux’ Lets Sara Mearns Shine 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, the orchestra said tests determined Muti is suffering from extreme exhaustion as a result of prolonged physical stress. Chicago Symphony: Director out of Italian hospital 2010-10-12T22:14:00Z

The orchestra vividly conveyed the turbulence of the dramatic opening section. Philippe Entremont Conducts; Simone Dinnerstein Performs; Music by Ezequiel Vi?ao 2012-02-03T23:02:08Z

He has the players tune their A to 430 Hz, a quarter-tone lower than contemporary orchestras’s standard performance pitch. At Salzburg, Don Giovanni Gets No Pleasure From Seducing 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Here, a first-rate orchestra, conducted by Brown, and under the music direction of Tom Murray, brings its pomp and pageantry to terrifying life. ‘Parade’ Review: The Trial and Tragedy of Leo Frank 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

In the two years before his injury, Mr. Lang played 10 opening galas with major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony. Why Lang Lang’s Return Is a Big Deal for Classical Music 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Choruses fill the stage; musicians cram into the orchestra pit; thousands of people sit shoulder to shoulder in the theater. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

The "orchestra" might be just a few musicians, but the music they played would supply tension, romance, thrills and sound effects – and just possibly drown out the noisier members of the audience. Pianists play it again at the silent movies 2011-04-12T14:25:01Z

In those days, tours served not just artistic purposes but also commercial ends, giving orchestras exposure to new markets and, occasionally, lucrative sponsorships. The Boston Symphony cancels its European tour over virus concerns. 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

One hundred years after his birth, Benjamin Britten has been firmly propelled into the canon through his acceptance by major opera companies and orchestras. Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z

This is the Simón Bolívar Quartet from Caracas, the cream of the orchestra's string section, on tour and calling in on Everton for a day – but not just to listen. Strings attached 2010-10-02T23:03:00Z

Being an up-to-date, real-world orchestra surely helps account for its success. Pinnock, Rana fill in admirably with L.A. Philharmonic 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

The instrumentation now comprises a 13-player Western ensemble and, especially for the scenes in exotic Bithynia, five obbligato Asian instruments and a full American gamelan, meaning a Javanese-style mostly metallic percussion orchestra made in America. Julius Caesar, young and gay: A groundbreaking 1971 opera gets revived for a new era 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

I set myself the task of earning enough money to hear my symphony played by an orchestra. Experience: I dreamed a symphony, then composed it 2013-05-18T07:00:02Z

But then, there were moments when the whole orchestra seemed adrift in a whirl of disparate fragments that never quite coalesced. NSO awakens remembrance of Mahler past — but not its own performance​ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

If the Philharmonic were, indeed, the world’s finest orchestra, one would expect to hear fewer reports of behind-the-scenes grumbling about new music. The Berlin Philharmonic Searches for a Messiah 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

He then became the resident maestro for symphony orchestras in Britain, the United States, and elsewhere, and conducted for several top-level opera companies. Setting the Tempo With One Eye on the Stage 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

They agreed that Charles would compose a piece evoking the old neighborhood — and that it would use the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center’s first-ever commission for a full orchestra. The Syncopated Sounds of Old San Juan Hill at the New Geffen Hall 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

“La Mer” found Morlot and the orchestra at their best, producing urgent, lyrical washes of colors that positively shimmered throughout every section. The audience was ready for Dvorák, and SSO’s cellist delivered 2014-03-28T16:07:36Z

Surely the highlight of this spring’s classical music schedule is this rare visit from the orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, perhaps the world’s finest house. 6 Classical Music Concerts to See in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

Both derive their forms from Bach: Nobody Knows, for trumpet and orchestra, is a chorale prelude, Tippett's oratorio a contemporary Passion. Prom 25: BBCSO/Robertson – review 2012-08-02T10:49:49Z

But by the mid-1900s, after centuries of privileged status, the instrument seemed in danger of fading into irrelevance as a wallflower of the orchestra pit and the gilded prop of angels and nuptials. Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

This led to more incidental music, with Mr. Thomas and the orchestra performing the Entr’acte No. 3 from “Rosamunde.” Music Review: Many Faces of Schubert, and of a Hall 2011-01-28T23:35:04Z

It opens with Webb leading the orchestra through a stock series of simple chord changes. Behind Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

Though the popular Mostly Mozart festival has won deserved praise for introducing innovations into its overall programming, concerts by its resident orchestra have mostly hewed to staples by Mozart and company. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

I really liked this show - but I agree, the contemporary songs reworked for orchestra... Ren?e Fleming surprises and delights, as always 2012-03-18T07:01:05Z

There are signs that Ballet Theater’s orchestra is at last improving: The season began with exquisite playing of Delibes’s “Sylvia” and ended with excellent accounts of Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty.” Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

This format might be more successful in a smaller hall or with better amplification for the soloist, or even presented using de Falla’s 1915 chamber version instead of the later arrangement for full orchestra. Review: Echoes of Flamenco From Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Phil players revealed themselves a versatile, virtuoso new music group that could handle anything, which, in the conventional orchestra world might be considered outrageous. Green Umbrella titles the concert 'Outrageous,' but is it? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Some orchestra members have said that they felt betrayed that the opera was not using its musicians in “Met Stars Live in Concert,” the pay-per-view recitals it has been producing from opulent settings in Europe. The Met Opera’s Musicians, Unpaid Since April, Are Struggling 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

He rushed the first movement’s cadenza, and when he lunged for its final note the orchestra was late in catching him. Review: American Classical Orchestra Takes on Friedrich Witt 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

And she recently donated $100,000 in her parents’ name to mark the orchestra’s centennial next year. At Baltimore Symphony, a Cello and a Violin Make More Than Music 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

He made the Met’s orchestra into one of the finest in the world, led the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic and gained worldwide renown through recordings, telecasts and videos. James Levine’s Final Act at the Met Ends in Disgrace 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

He quickly became a favored guest conductor for leading orchestras around the world and in 1990 was named artistic director of the Northern Sinfonia, then based in Newcastle, England. Heinrich Schiff, Cellist and Conductor, Dies at 65 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

The evening began with Mr. Manahan conducting the orchestra in a crisp, bracing account of the Prelude to Act I of “Carmen.” Music Review: City Opera Farewell Includes Plácido Domingo 2014-02-23T22:11:51Z

I still wish that I had gotten to hear this great orchestra in other music — which is a refrain I seem often to intone after many wonderful Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. Philadelphians reliably glorious in all-too-reliable repertory 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

This, in turn, has made it possible for Voyager to enter into the tradition of the distinctive soloist, partnering with orchestras or chamber groups like Signal. It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

The performance on the record is hard-swinging, exhilarating and authentic, from one of the orchestra’s later golden ages. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

His mother became an opera conductor, and in 1991 she moved, with her son, to the provincial town of Laupheim, to conduct a nearby orchestra. Books of The Times: How Yascha Mounk Grew Up a ‘Stranger in My Own Country’ 2014-01-14T21:22:09Z

Yet the skittish orchestra, especially the piercing strings that almost cling to the voice, suggests otherwise. Music Review: Stephanie Blythe and Philharmonic at Avery Fisher - Review 2011-10-02T20:21:48Z

He was discovered by the pianist Luckey Roberts and danced with his orchestra on a high-society circuit of parties in the homes of Astors, Vanderbilts and others. Bunny Briggs, Tap Dancing Virtuoso, Dies at 92 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

And these were just part of a single month in the life of a vibrant orchestra. Music: A Call for More New Music From New York Philharmonic 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z

I don't believe in stripping down the orchestra to cram it into a small space - each instrument is a voice in a chorus, with a different accent to tell the story. Silent Opera do away with the orchestra 2011-02-24T22:45:00Z

"Benjamin's greatest success is to use the orchestra both to mine all the sweaty detail from the narrative and to capture its wider, stranger dramatic resonance," Fisher said in a rave review. Opera serves up hearty drama, critics hunger for more 2013-03-11T15:40:59Z

So far, Trifonov's works include a piano concerto, which was commissioned by the Cleveland Institute, and a double concerto for violin, piano and chamber orchestra. Daniil Trifonov, 24, is ready to make magic at Walt Disney Concert Hall 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

At the same time, she said, the orchestra has lowered ticket prices. The Little Orchestra Society Limits Schedule and Aims for Younger Audience 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

Even though the union musicians came to a settlement in a fairly short time, Lincoln Center stuck to its decision to cancel the orchestra’s performances. Critic’s Notebook: Mostly Mozart Opens With Louis Langrée and Lawrence Brownlee 2012-08-01T21:47:28Z

Mr. Ma’s warm, dusky playing of this lyrical stretch was wondrously cushioned by the orchestra’s harmonically ambiguous atmospherics. New Concerto, New Leader: A Big Day at the New York Philharmonic 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Alas, those guests were missing here; instead, Mr. Bocelli was joined by a large, unnamed orchestra and chorus, efficiently conducted by Eugene Kohn. Music Review: Star Tenor Starts a Tour, Minus the Muppets 2010-12-03T17:16:00Z

But there are also sheerly musical reasons: For orchestra players in particular, the festival offers an opportunity to perform works by composers little represented in the regular-season orchestral repertory. Music Review: Santa Fe Chamber Festival Draws Musicians but Few Critics 2013-08-05T22:01:54Z

Piercing violin lines and wistful harmonies in the orchestra speak for the silent Clémentine, and Grétry daringly prolongs the tension in the scene, as we wait for the rose to be dropped. Music Review: Unearthing A Charmer Predating Bastille Day 2011-02-11T21:54:28Z

Founded in 1885, the orchestra is known nationally for its July Fourth concerts on the banks of the Charles River, where fireworks back up the percussion section. High note: Lockhart marks 25 years as Boston Pops conductor 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

The composition is regarded as a monument of 19th-century music, a sprawling work of five movements requiring an orchestra of 100, a choir of up to 200 and two soloists. Gilbert Kaplan, millionaire businessman and self-taught maestro of Mahler, dies at 74 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

And the orchestra is creating a “vision committee,” with musicians participating, to plan its next steps. The Baltimore Symphony Brings Back Its Musicians 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

In its second outing, on Friday and Saturday, the orchestra joins Joshua Bell in Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado; it will be flanked with works by Bach and Mozart. The Week Ahead: July 31 ? Aug. 6 2011-07-28T15:11:28Z

On this album, grim tidings arrive amid gorgeous backdrops: gentle pianos and acoustic guitars reinforced by a string orchestra. Review: In Radiohead’s ‘A Moon Shaped Pool,’ Patient Perfectionism 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pletnev and the orchestra also offered encores: the Waltz from Khachaturian’s “Masquerade” Suite and the Dance of the Skomorokhi from Tchaikovsky’s “The Snow Maiden.” Review: Russian National Orchestra Plays Borodin and Prokofiev 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

Lorin Maazel, the renowned conductor who held premier positions at some of the world’s top orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, died on Sunday at his home in the U.S. Renowned Conductor Lorin Maazel Dies Age 84 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Again, the intended balance between solo and orchestra cannot be fully known, but Chalifour avoided the notion that a classical concerto represented the individual against the masses, something that is prevalent in Beethoven performance. Beethoven sounds a defiant tone at the Bowl 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

He’s the fastest-rising maestro of his generation, a darling of fellow musicians and orchestra administrators alike. Review: The Rising Star of Conducting Arrives in New York 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

The orchestra, of course, must share the credit. After the volcano, the show goes on at Seattle Symphony 2010-04-23T20:44:00Z

Sokhiev had faced demands from French officials earlier this month that he clarify his position on the war before appearing again with his Toulouse orchestra. Russian Conductor Will Not Appear With New York Philharmonic 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

“I look forward to my work the remainder of this season with orchestras in the United States and Europe and to the many musical collaborations planned for next season,” Tilson Thomas wrote. Tilson Thomas resigns from New World Symphony, lessens work 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

"I thought a big orchestra was the last thing I'd ever attempt to put into 'Field of Dreams,'" Horner said in a video interview alongside Robinson. Film composer James Horner feared dead: Six of his memorable scores 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The musicians urged the center to bring back those staffers to assist the orchestra in finding ways to bring music to the public right now. Kennedy Center Drops Furlough of Musicians as They Accept Pay Cuts 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

Friday night’s concert, the second one devoted solely to the music of Shostakovich, proved spectacular indeed in every respect: the orchestra, the soloist, and the conductor. Seattle Symphony concert lives up to ‘spectacular’ title | Classical review 2013-05-18T15:37:36Z

The celebration continued this week, as music director Marin Alsop led the orchestra in two new pieces commissioned for the centennial season. BSO continues centennial celebration with two new pieces 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

He traveled to Croatia to work with the Zagreb orchestra on the recording. Dan Brown … Children’s Book Author? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

"Shouldn't a youth orchestra be, well, younger than this?" Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela ? review 2010-10-13T08:12:00Z

The orchestra responds to him with an unforced power that works beautifully with this composer. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

In Mozart’s time, percussion instruments had little role in the standard orchestra, with the exception of the timpani, or kettle drums. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

For the 1962 televised gala celebrating the opening of the Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center — now David Geffen Hall — the composer provided his first 12-tone piece for orchestra, the snarling and cacophonous “Connotations.” Asking Whether Copland’s Abstruse Works are the Exception or the Rule 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

On Saturday, he conducted from the orchestra pit and later handed out the awards. Placido Domingo says Operalia prizes 'went to the right people' 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

As it has turned out, Sinfonia has become a more flexible enterprise, perhaps of necessity, given the cost of running an orchestra. Music Review: The Link Between Love and Madness, Explored on a Small Stage 2011-01-04T01:15:03Z

There's nothing normal about playing Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony with an orchestra containing 13 double basses and 33 woodwind. Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z

The period was tough for the orchestra in other ways: It canceled a prestigious European tour, delayed plans to stream concerts on the Internet and saw an end to its outside recording contract. Philadelphia Orchestra?s New Leader 2010-06-13T15:42:00Z

Most of the vocal soloists are excellent, and the orchestra, with the lutenists Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs as music directors and the violinist Robert Mealy as concertmaster, is superb. Review: Boston Early Music Festival Makes Monteverdi Its Main Attraction 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

But then the object of El Sistema and its much-beloved Simon Bolivar youth orchestra is not the creation of top-flight musicians: this is just a fortunate, occasional byproduct. El Sistema in Britain: social projects, with strings attached 2010-07-08T15:43:00Z

The tempo was reined in just enough so that the insistent three-note rhythmic riff that runs through the aria had clarity and point without any rigidity, whether in Ms. Leonard’s singing or the orchestra. Metropolitan Opera Opens With ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Adams shared Mr. Shaham’s and Mr. Robertson’s wonderment at the level of the orchestra’s performance. National Youth Orchestra Prepares for Concerts 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

The nine-person orchestra — guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, some mournful strings — stays silent, too. ‘The Outsiders’ Review: Growing Pains Both Brutal and Poetic 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

As it says on its website, Schoola “brings new paints to art classes, new instruments to the orchestra, new books for the libraries. Quality clothes get a second life. Parents help parents. Schools help schools.” Motherlode Blog: Need to Fund School Programs? Just Sell Your Kids’ Clothes 2014-02-26T18:31:51Z

From my seat in the front orchestra, instruments and voices were in ideal balance, and that included the clever and always audible continuo contribution of harpsichordist Bradley Moore and cellist David Heiss in the recitatives. Dudamel and the L.A. Phil illuminate, elevate 'Cosi fan Tutte' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

“When you’re in that moment with the orchestra, it’s a sensory overload, and it’s almost incomprehensible to me how much is happening in those moments.” ‘Track Stars: M83 and the Music for Oblivion 2013-04-24T12:00:20Z

The composer uses the large orchestra sparingly, often in tremolo or long, deep slow notes, at other times with clashing chords. Seoul Philharmonic introduces beauty of the sheng 2012-04-17T19:11:03Z

Chicago Symphony’s New Leader Cancels Concerts After Illness Riccardo Muti canceled two weeks of concerts to seek treatment in Milan for what the orchestra called “extreme gastric distress.” 'Dexter' Watch: Back to Bloody Business 2010-10-04T15:30:00Z

Yuja Wang was soloist for the New York premiere of Mr. Adams’s piano concerto “Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?,” which she and the orchestra introduced earlier this year in Los Angeles. Are Bruckner Symphonies Now the Proving Ground for Conductors? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

And the orchestra was at its best when it mattered most, during the heroic, complex, magnificent finale. Louis Langrée and Richard Goode Featured at Mostly Mozart 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Yet the festival concept has a radical component: Audiences are invited, for once, to think less about how an orchestra plays and more about what it plays. Music Review: Baltimore and Albany Symphonies at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T21:11:30Z

After President Obama announced the most recent improvement in relations, Riccardo Muti, the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, said that he hoped his orchestra would be the first American ensemble to tour Cuba. Minnesota Orchestra’s Cuba Trip Puts It at the Cultural Vanguard 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

A cyberspace-based orchestra is conducting online auditions to find the best players to appear at a music summit in Australia that will be live-streamed on the Web. YouTube 2011 orchestra conducting online auditions 2010-10-12T22:28:00Z

On Aug. 10, 1965, 70,000 people — the largest crowd in the orchestra’s history — descended on the Sheep Meadow to hear Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Carlos Moseley, Former President and Chairman of New York Philharmonic, Dies at 98 2012-10-02T05:23:02Z

The orchestra announced the death and said it followed recent strokes. Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who led Minnesota Orchestra for 19 years, dies at 93 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

In this new program in the series, little listeners will learn about world music as they go on a global adventure with the orchestra. Spare Times Listings for Children for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

And when this 11-year-old look-alike conducted the whole movement flawlessly, including wordlessly correcting some mistakes, the orchestra was completely flabbergasted.” Can a Star Conductor Finally Make It Work in America? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

“It wasn’t that I arrived 19 seasons ago thinking, ‘This is a second-tier orchestra I’m going to raise to the first.’ David Zinman Ends His Tenure With Tonhalle in Zurich 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

The North Pier Theatre's orchestra pit was destroyed in a storm last December, while metal and plasterwork in the the Winter Gardens Pavilion is "severely eroding and collapsing", the Trust said. Campaign to save historic theatres 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

They say the survival of the orchestras is on the line. Chicago Symphony Strikes Just Weeks Before Carnegie Concert 2012-09-24T21:56:21Z

Scarcely less impressive than the soloists were the orchestras’ concertmasters, each entrusted with those extended, amorous solos that weave in and out of Strauss’s “The Hero’s Companion.” Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music Play Strauss’s ‘Ein Heldenleben’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

The final movement began in so quietly it sounded as though Pogossian was playing on one half of one string, with the 15-member string orchestra coming in with tentative gentleness. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra serves up a sandwich of sad and sweet 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

For more than 40 years, the Met in the Parks series presented concert performances of complete operas, with Met singers and the Met orchestra, on tour through the city’s parks. Music Review: Met?s Summer Recital Series Kicks Off in Central Park 2010-07-13T22:57:00Z

Until the 1970s, the sound culture was easily transmitted as most members studied with a Philharmonic player at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna before joining the orchestra. The Vienna Philharmonic Looks to a New Generation 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

The challenge is especially acute for an orchestra, for which expenses are high and time is in short supply. Music Review: Orchestra of the League of Composers Takes On a Challenge 2013-06-18T21:09:49Z

Ms. Borda remembered one orchestra in the 1970s that switched to velveteen jackets with wide lapels and bell bottoms: “For a year or two they looked totally cool, and then they were a joke.” Women of the Philharmonic Can Play It All. Just Not in Pants. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Many of the participants were skeptical of the plan to convene and record immediately, said Neil Balm, a trumpeter in the orchestra and a contractor for it. All-Star Orchestra Records Series for WNET 2012-08-31T21:48:03Z

And after cataloging Gershwin’s compositional deficits, which included “a lack of knowledge of how to write effectively for piano alone or in combination with orchestra” – whoops! ArtsBeat: Concert to Re-Create Debut of Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ on 90th Anniversary 2014-01-17T17:09:06Z

Smith will continue to oversee artistic planning and education while also supervising the orchestra, operations, concert production, recorded media and centennial celebration planning. L.A. Phil promotes executives, names substitute CEO for fall 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Behind everything is Currentzis and his MusicAeterna orchestra and chorus, which he founded and which are now in residence at Perm Opera in Russia. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

Twelve years ago, Mr. Pappano returned to his Italian roots by becoming music director of the Santa Cecilia orchestra, part of the National Academy of the same name that was founded in the 16th century. Antonio Pappano, a Conductor of the Old School, Makes His Carnegie Debut 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Unlike other cultural resources like the Brooklyn Museum and Prospect Park, he said, the orchestra is an asset that can be exported to promote Brooklyn’s vitality. Brooklyn Philharmonic Lands Alan Pierson as Artistic Director 2011-10-01T04:00:06Z

“The larger the number of players in the string orchestra,” the note reads, “the more this shall be in accordance with the author’s wishes.” New York String Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

For British audiences, the very idea that a conductor from England — what Germans used to call “the land without music” — is in charge of Germany’s flagship orchestra is a continuing source of national delight. Berlin Philharmonic Goes to London in Simon Rattle Homecoming 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

The French horns were stellar, and the whole orchestra responded alertly to Mr. Bychkov’s direction. Review: Semyon Bychkov Leads the New York Philharmonic 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

SMP provides tutoring, performance opportunities and help in making the transition to Washington Middle School’s bands, orchestras, fiddle club and choir. Kids in need get gift of music 2013-09-09T05:01:08Z

She controlled the performance while interacting with the orchestra as though it were making chamber music. Martha Argerich mesmerizes the L.A. Phil 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Either way, he drew riveting performances from his inspired orchestra, lushly rich yet uncannily transparent. Dreaming Up a Mahler Symphony That Never Was 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

The Philharmonia, an orchestra with an unusually high proportion of young players, does not make a lush sound but rather a tightly focused one, harsh even at times. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia play larger than life on Southern California tour 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

That the Philharmonic is embracing Bang on a Can, she said, shows that the orchestra is eager to welcome an open-minded new audience with broad listening habits. New York Philharmonic Offers Details on 2014 Biennial 2013-05-29T19:00:01Z

An orchestra in the international super-league, as excellent as those of Berlin and Vienna; an orchestra that defined the cultural identity of London, a source of pride way beyond its regular audiences? The secret of Berlin's shine 2011-02-27T17:00:01Z

Their ardent, soaring performance, supported by the glowing playing Mr. Noseda drew from the orchestra, brought fresh urgency to the familiar music. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

The orchestra, which played beautifully for Mr. Barrett, outdid itself in the concerto. Music Review: Mitsuko Uchida Plays Mozart at Caramoor 2010-06-27T21:49:00Z

This was part of a generally dull concert by the festival orchestra under the direction of Matthew Halls that included a dispirited Mendelssohn Overture and a mild-mannered rendition of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8. At Mostly Mozart, a Self-Effacing Magnetism 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

A number of other major orchestras — including those in Philadelphia, New York and Boston — are facing or undergoing negotiations for new contracts, and the outcome here will be scrutinized by musicians and their employers. Detroit Symphony Returns to a Giddy Reception 2011-04-10T22:10:58Z

He excelled at that instrument and was soon named as a concertmaster - or the leader of the first violin section of the orchestra. Teen violin star is Venezuela's youngest conductor 2012-06-26T16:39:59Z

Ed Shaughnessy, ‘Tonight’ Drummer, Dead at 84 Ed Shaughnessy, whose deft drumming anchored the “Tonight Show” orchestra for 29 years, died on Friday at his home in Calabasas, Calif. He was 84. Ed Shaughnessy, Drummer on ‘Tonight Show,’ Dies at 84 2013-05-27T00:12:04Z

And this season, Ivan Fischer began his tenure as the orchestra’s honorary guest conductor. Klaus Mäkelä, 26, Takes Podium at Storied Concertgebouw Orchestra 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

The plan envisions raising another $100 million for the endowment, which now stands at $140 million, and $60 million in operating money to invest in the orchestra’s artistic plans, she said. Philadelphia Orchestra May Declare Bankruptcy 2011-04-15T22:24:02Z

A Chapter 11 filing would also presumably buy time with other business partners, including the orchestra’s landlord, the Kimmel Center. Philadelphia Orchestra May Declare Bankruptcy 2011-04-15T22:24:02Z

It’s a challenging yet apt assignment for the Met debut of Jakub Hrusa, a rising Czech maestro who’s already a regular with American orchestras, if not yet with American opera houses. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Neither turned out to be true, but the lack of an orchestra, especially in a show that retells the music as much as the dance, was singularly felt. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z

When the curtain rises on Thursday on the opener of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 30th season, its flagship orchestra will debut arrangements of Jelly Roll Morton’s compositions, some of which are a century old. At 30, What Does Jazz at Lincoln Center Mean? 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

A Balinese gamelan orchestra is an intricate machine of connected parts, speaking in a highly articulated language built over many centuries. Review: Gamelan Ensemble Hammers Out Ritual Rhythms of Bali 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

It was very nice to be able to sit on top of an orchestra and just underpin certain things. Clash city rockers – Mick Jones and Paul Simonon recall the glory days 2013-05-23T17:11:06Z

In the “Overture to ‘West Side Story’ ” and especially the “Three Dance Episodes from ‘On the Town,’ ” the orchestra played with verve and a willingness to get dirty, if not always with absolute precision. Review | Ross emphasizes the new and the forgotten with Alexandria Symphony 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

Britten's elegant score, written for chamber orchestra and six soloists, uses 12-tone serialism interspersed with traditional melodic forms that keeps the listener off-balance and instills a growing sense of unease. Britten ghost story at City Opera 2013-02-25T15:53:18Z

Phil, given a recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall and offered touring programs with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the London chamber orchestra of which he is music director. Joshua Bell's crossovers go nowhere in L.A. Phil's Bowl opener 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

He played the oboe with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for several years in the 1940s before going to London to perform with the Sadler’s Wells Opera orchestra and to study conducting. Charles Mackerras, a Wide-Ranging Conductor, Dies 2010-07-15T13:33:00Z

I wanted to do some shows once the record was out with orchestra, and I've been looking at The Knights for several years. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z

In musical terms, this mash-up of chamber orchestra and avant-garde pop was thrilling. Micachu/London Sinfonietta 2010-05-05T21:30:00Z

The orchestra decided to perform the piece, worried that omitting it would feed a perception that the West was trying to stamp out Russian culture. Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z

The National Symphony does not always live up to its name: It is not generally considered to be among the very first rank of American orchestras. Gianandrea Noseda to Lead National Symphony Orchestra 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

The central idea of “Su” was to create variations, since the sheng is suited to every instrumental group in the orchestra. The Philharmonic Takes on a Composer of Puzzles and Turns 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

The players, who question management’s forecasts, noted that a 15 percent cut to their current base pay of $107,000 would mean that they were no longer among the 10 best-paid American orchestras. It’s Official: Many Orchestras Are Now Charities 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

The work's huge orchestra only plays together for a single short passage in the whole 35-minute piece, and it ends with the single blackest gesture of any piece of music ever written. A guide to Bernd Alois Zimmermann's music 2012-06-26T11:41:41Z

“The American sound for orchestra is music that deals with the elements of ragtime, rhythm, dance and syncopation.” Screams and silence: the new approach at Seattle Symphony 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

He also made a point of spotlighting principal players in solos with the orchestra. NSO enjoys itself (cue glad trombone) 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

At the start of the concert, the entire orchestra took the stage together, in a gesture of solidarity. BSO bids a reluctant farewell with Mahler’s Ninth Symphony at Strathmore 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

Just before lifting his baton to begin conducting the orchestra, Muti reminded the audience that "Nabucco" was seen at its 1842 debut as a patriotic work aimed at Italy's unity and identity. Rare encore: Muti conducts audience 2011-03-13T02:13:08Z

That said, the coming week is a triumph of bossy scheduling, the BBC managing to squeeze in two of the greatest European orchestras, twice each. Proms 2012: week seven in review 2012-08-30T14:28:34Z

In earlier decades, there was a feeling that the relationship between him and orchestras in the capital didn't click in the same way it did in Birmingham. Why Rattle and the LSO would be a perfect match 2013-06-27T14:17:28Z

Women represent 20% or less of registered composers and songwriters, while 98% of works performed by major orchestras are by male composers. Music recommendation algorithms are unfair to female artists, but we can change that 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z

At the 1999 Encores! revival of , when the orchestra struck up the tune before the second act, the audience of 2,500 instantly started humming along. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

On Saturday he was flexible with the singers without ever losing momentum, and the orchestra bloomed for him. Review: ‘Siberia,’ Umberto Giordano’s Opera, Unfolds at a Russian Prison Camp 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

Among its other virtues, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” was memorable for the distinctive way Blanchard, its composer, managed to bridge the sound of a jazz combo with that of the Met’s full orchestra. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

No one involved in “Dances in the Sky” has ever heard of live orchestra accompanying a flying trapeze act. Seattle trapeze artists team up with live orchestra for what may be a first-of-its-kind performance 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Clearly his working relationship with the orchestra is excellent. Music Review: Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-07T22:03:08Z

Orphée, though, is a relatively straightforward chamber opera in two acts, using nine singers and a chamber orchestra to unfold the Orpheus myth as a 20th-century parable of artistic creativity. Glass: Orph?e 2010-09-30T22:00:00Z

The 18-member orchestra, on the other hand, just saw the night's music and in just a few hours, they'll be playing the music for the first time in front of millions. 'Dancing With the Stars' orchestra has its own smooth moves 2010-04-21T23:03:00Z

One of the year's less prominent centenaries is that of Sibelius's miniature masterpiece, the tone poem for soprano and orchestra based on the Kalevala first performed at the 1913 Three Choirs festival in Gloucester. The best classical concerts and operas for summer 2013 2013-05-26T18:30:01Z

The orchestra certainly sounded lush and rich, though in the Mahler, and also Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony on Thursday night, Mr. Nelsons sometimes went for huge climaxes that turned blaring and raw. Review: Andris Nelsons Makes New York Debut as Boston Symphony Leader 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

There will be plenty of work to do in his final year, including reaching a new labor agreement with the orchestra. Cleveland Orchestra Director to Retire Next Year 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

This being the late 18th century, even cookie-cutter music has some Mozartean grace, and the period-instrument orchestra, ably led by Opera Lafayette’s artistic director, Ryan Brown, did its best to invest every note with meaning. Review: A Look at ‘Léonore’ Before Beethoven, and Others, Got to It 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

I hope Morlot will reconsider his reseating of the orchestra when he comes to conduct the major classical and romantic works that really need the violin sections split left and right. Morlot debuts with charisma, substance 2011-09-18T18:59:45Z

The Seattle Symphony’s first collaboration with Adams was a milestone for composer and orchestra alike and one of the most successful symphonic commissions in recent years. Emerald City Music will present premiere of John Luther Adams work 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

But thanks to his training at Juilliard, he had studied orchestration and completed some arrangements for orchestra. The Syncopated Sounds of Old San Juan Hill at the New Geffen Hall 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

This is most evident in the last movement, in which the trio, ever so silently and without attracting any attention, simply glides away from the orchestra’s noisy shadows.” Hear the Piece That Won One of Music’s Biggest Prizes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

The orchestra rose to powerful climaxes, but in quieter, conversational moments he held the sound carefully below the singers. Opera Review: ?Khovanshchina? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-28T16:32:53Z

“Dude, this is nuts, man,” said Matthew Eckenhoff, a French horn player in the conductors’ orchestra. He Sings, He Conducts (and He's Not Bad on the Oboe) 2010-08-03T20:53:00Z

Ballet orchestras do not often get a great deal of respect, unless they perform other music as well — the way, say, the Mariinsky Orchestra plays not only ballet music but also operas and symphonic works. Andrew Litton to Lead New York City Ballet Orchestra 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

The orchestra is gigantic, and he welcomes the weight. Dudamel, L.A. Philharmonic power through Mahler's potent Sixth 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

He nonetheless came to see the value of classical training; he later returned to the classics and eventually performed Bach and Mozart on several occasions with symphony orchestras. George Shearing, ?Lullaby of Birdland? Jazz Virtuoso, Dies at 91 2011-02-14T18:49:32Z

And the orchestra presents a season of concerts each year at Symphony Space, often commissioning new music. ArtsBeat: Arturo O’Farrill to Begin Residency at Harlem School of the Arts 2013-05-31T18:50:10Z

But not a single orchestra approached me about doing the piece or any piece. In life’s coda, master composer George Walker has a symphony in mind 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

At a time when orchestras far and wide seem to be sounding more alike, the Czech Philharmonic bucks the trend. Played by Czech Philharmonic, 1890s Dvorak sounds fresh as ever

Crammed with beautiful melodies, picturesque episodes, and grand statements, the Second Symphony challenges every section of the orchestra to excel individually and collectively. Seattle Symphony vividly evokes the sea in works by Sibelius, Britten 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

Its key finding: the “proportion of nonwhite musicians represented in the orchestra workforce — and of African American and Hispanic/Latino musicians in particular — remains extremely low.” That sound you’re hearing is classical music’s long overdue reckoning with racism 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

Levine’s greatest achievement was to raise the Met orchestra to a technical and interpretive level that rivals that of any leading European ensemble. James Levine’s Accomplishment at the Met 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

Then he let it pop, and soloist and orchestra were off on a high-speed race to the finish line. Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Opens the Tanglewood Festival 2013-07-07T21:57:38Z

After intermission on Tuesday, with the stage reset, the program gave the orchestra chances to demonstrate its full symphonic excellence. Music Review: San Francisco Symphony?s American Mavericks Series 2012-03-29T21:34:57Z

During his tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert often encouraged the orchestra to bring more playfulness into its playing. Concert Choreography: When Musicians Get Up and Move 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

The orchestra began staging its own virtual concerts and collecting donations to distribute to musicians in need. Met Opera Announces Its First Live Concerts Since Shutdown 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

Trumpeter Kris Kwapis joins the orchestra for “Baroque Celebration!,” a program of trumpet sonatas by Corelli and Handel as well as works for strings and harpsichord and selections from SBO’s new Vivaldi CD. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week of Dec. 23 2012-12-20T00:49:36Z

That is the impression Elder's performance creates, never approaching the level of excitement that he and his choir and orchestra found in Gerontius. Elgar: The Kingdom 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z

The New York Philharmonic’s concerts this week, conducted by Edward Gardner in his debut with the orchestra, project a delightful strain of perversity. Review: Odd, Delightful Juxtapositions at the Philharmonic 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

But he has made this orchestra one of the world’s most inquisitive in its use of new multimedia technologies, the latest of which is undertaking explorations with virtual reality. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia play larger than life on Southern California tour 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

David Langlitz, a principal trombonist in the Met’s orchestra who was there for the 1980 lockout, recalled how sparsely attended some performances were after a deal was reached, and the players went back to work. Labor Struggles at Metropolitan Opera Have a Past 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

The orchestra opened with an unprogrammed rendition of the overture to Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” that sparkled and popped, and Mr. Bell’s physically all-out style of playing proved contagious across the excellent string section. Music Review: Joshua Bell Leads Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 2014-04-01T23:25:00Z

If the first two movements of the Beethoven Ninth performance had laid-back moments, Mr. Welser-Möst drew sublime, effortless and radiant playing from the orchestra for the great Adagio. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z

First on the program was Valerie Coleman’s “Phenomenal Women,” a suite of four movements inspired by admirable women, in a new chamber orchestra adaptation commissioned by the Library of Congress. Review | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Jan Lisiecki close tour with Library of Congress concert 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z

He drew a fabulous quality of sound from his outstanding handpicked orchestra. A Celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein 2010-08-23T11:03:00Z

This time the featured orchestras, presenting both concerts and community events, will be the Fort Worth, Albany and Indianapolis symphonies, as well as Washington’s own National Symphony Orchestra. The New Season of Classical Music: A ‘Fake News’ Opera and Sound Quilts 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Heyman, in announcing the gift, pointed to the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in American orchestras, where only about 4 percent of musicians are Black or Hispanic. $50 Million Gift to Juilliard Targets Racial Disparities in Music 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

But, he made clear, “I don’t want to mess with the physiology of the orchestra.” Esa-Pekka Salonen Says Tweak the Orchestra, Don’t Blow it Up 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

The instruments respond with pungent backup music for woodwinds, and jarring, jazzy full orchestra harmonies. Review: The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Returns, With Gusto 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

While the orchestra seems to have weathered the worst of the crisis, the pandemic has brought fresh urgency to questions about changing audience habits and expanding into the digital sphere. New York Philharmonic Chooses Arts Veteran as Leader 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

“Yannick has been an incredible injection of hope for classical music in general, not just the orchestra.” Yannick, unique: Philadelphia Orchestra hopes it’s found its savior. 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

George Mason University often brings in visiting foreign orchestras for its “Great Performances” series; some are well-known, some ought to be, and some are deservedly obscure. Mexican orchestra, deservedly obscure, shows too many holes 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

Fellowships are important positions for early-career conductors, giving them performance opportunities and a chance to work with established music directors, learning from the inside how a large orchestra company works. Meet Lina Gonzalez-Granados, one of the first Latin American women to conduct the Seattle Symphony 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Paraguay's landfill orchestra plays instruments made from recycled rubbish - video The vast landfill site on the outskirts of Asunción in Paraguay receives 1.5 tonnes of rubbish each day. Paraguay's landfill orchestra plays instruments made from recycled rubbish - video 2013-04-26T14:02:33Z

Those numbers include five violins in the first section, four in the second section, three violas, two cellos and the bass: a small string orchestra, essentially. American String Project thinks big at Benaroya Hall 2010-05-12T22:57:00Z

His reputation is built on a solo career that took off with a first prize in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 1988, leading to recordings and appearances with major orchestras. Emerson String Quartet Adapts to a Different Cellist 2014-04-11T21:23:13Z

The orchestra under Andrew Davis fairly reveled in Puccini's opulent, sophisticated scoring, innovative harmonies and seductive surges of melody tinged with Debussyan whole-tone scales. Hints of tarnish on Lyric's 'Golden West' 2011-01-24T00:43:00Z

It’s the holiday season, which, as every year, means that Jaime Laredo and the young players of this orchestra step into the spotlight as other ensembles take a break. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Some orchestras are starting alternative sites of their own: The San Francisco Symphony recently opened SoundBox, a small space inside Davies Symphony Hall that offers “craft cocktails and small bites” with contemporary music. SubCulture in New York Cancels Much of Its Schedule 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Is there a major orchestra playing today that is as closely associated with the music of its own country as this? 8 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

“The interpretation now is on another level. The orchestra plays on another level; the singers are very familiar with this kind of language, this kind of drama.” Is ‘The Bassarids’ an Operatic Masterpiece, or ‘Strauss Turned Sour’? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

If the orchestra concert offered little sense of the New York Philharmonic, the chamber program provided few additional clues other than highlighting excellent first chair players. New York Philharmonic sticks with American classics at Santa Barbara Bowl 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

Chicly dressed with her hair braided and tied back, wearing flats, she looked tiny on the podium, which only made her electrifying command of the large orchestra seem all the more amazing. Mirga meets an old master at Disney Hall 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

Puerto Rico's National Foundation for Popular Culture says she was the first woman to be a singer for a Puerto Rican orchestra and the first popular music interpreter booked by New York's Metropolitan Opera House. Puerto Rico pioneer female singer dies at 92 2012-01-10T22:41:18Z

But soon a major American orchestra will play Mr. Young’s work for the first time. Six Hours and 24 Minutes Later, a Minimalism Classic Is Back 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

He often appeared with pops orchestras, usually performing the music of George Gershwin. Jerry Adler, Harmonica Virtuoso, Dies at 91 2010-03-21T23:58:00Z

Today, 85 percent of American orchestra players are Caucasian; 8 percent are Asian, a growing number, and less than 2 percent are African American. Desperately seeking relevance, orchestras grapple with existential questions 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

"The Little Mermaid" will screen at the Bowl with a live, 71-piece  orchestra and chorus, led by conductor Michael Kosarin, who worked on the 2008 Broadway musical version of the Disney movie. 'The Little Mermaid' at Hollywood Bowl adds second performance 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

As for the conducting, Slatkin excels at this kind of large, unfamiliar piece: He led it, and played the echoing cathedral, with assurance, supported by the able and resilient orchestra. Review | After 100 years, a gentle Requiem has its premiere 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Bates revels in what he refers to as the color wheel of sonic possibilities that an orchestra represents. A composer offers the field just what it needs 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

The orchestra scene in Southern California is keen for refreshment. Gemma New test-drives the Long Beach Symphony with an interesting, ambitious program 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

So schools are looking for ways to prepare their students for the changed landscape, and orchestras are looking for ways to tap into the enthusiasm — and funding — for educational programs as they try to survive. Bard College and New York Philharmonic in New Ventures 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Even so, it was a thrill to hear Herman’s old-fashioned Broadway songs, tunes that swing between razzle-dazzle and sentimentality, performed by a full orchestra. Review: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ Brightens Up Berlin 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

You want that match that creates a completely unique tone between the orchestra and the ondes. Seattle Symphony brings Messiaen’s ‘Turangalîla’ to Benaroya 2013-01-26T05:57:23Z

Well, the campaign in earnest starts here in the Observer as Rattle talks to me ahead of conducting El Sistema's latest bloom, the Teresa Carreño orchestra, in Berlin. Simon Rattle: Abreu deserves the Nobel peace prize 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z

In announcing the program for its anniversary season the orchestra said it would also reproduce an all-Wagner program from that 1937 summer and introduce eight new commissions. ArtsBeat Blog: Tanglewood Planning a Trip Down Memory Lane 2011-11-17T18:45:52Z

Again, Mr. Boulez drew a combination of rich sound and piercing clarity from the orchestra. Music Review: Pierre Boulez Conducts Met Orchestra at Carnegie 2010-05-17T22:00:00Z

"Mostly for the strings, of course," he acknowledges, "but for the whole orchestra as well." Meet Seattle Symphony's new concertmaster 2012-06-18T05:15:12Z

He recorded widely and was a soloist with major orchestras, including the Chicago and Boston Symphonies and the New York Philharmonic. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Operatic Tenor, Dies at 69 2010-07-27T05:28:00Z

He said he would work to bring stability to the orchestra and to help it rethink its identity and mission. Boston Symphony Picks New Leader From Los Angeles Philharmonic 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

But this is very difficult music, and the orchestra showed collective virtuosity in the final part. National Festival Orchestra well drilled in penultimate concert 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Vanska is scheduled to lead the orchestra in three concerts of Sibelius’ First and Fourth Symphonies in March, to celebrate the orchestra’s 2014 Grammy nomination for its recording of the symphonies. ArtsBeat: Vanska to Conduct Minnesota Orchestra Concerts 2014-01-24T06:01:37Z

Bell and Zukerman both will be doing double-duty as soloists and conductors of the London-based orchestras they serve as music directors – the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and the Royal Philharmonic, respectively. Wang, Lang, Ma and Bell rule Philharmonic Society's 15-16 season 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

He drew dark colors from the orchestra, and buffeted Ms. Kampe’s reflective moments with warm strings. Review: A New ‘Flying Dutchman’ Makes Landfall at the Met Opera 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

But there is a rich heritage of full symphony orchestras playing Bach, including some insightful performances from Mr. Masur on his watch at the Philharmonic. Critic?s Notebook: Alan Gilbert and New York Philharmonic?s 2012-13 Season 2012-03-04T23:06:44Z

This weekend’s concert, “String ‘Stravaganza,” concentrates on that section of the orchestra, with pieces that include excerpts from Saint-Saëns’s “Carnival of the Animals.” Spare Times for Children for Dec. 5-Dec. 11 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

You have to live in the city, with the orchestra. Critic’s Notebook: Andris Nelson Is Latest of Orchestras’ Young Leaders 2013-05-19T21:50:33Z

To the orchestra, Nézet-Séguin said, “I need this to be unbelievably soft.” A New ‘Lohengrin,’ Threatened by War in Ukraine, Comes to the Met 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

Ms. Borda wants renovations that can be achieved in phases, so the orchestra is not left homeless for long stretches while it battles an industrywide decline in subscriptions. The New York Philharmonic’s Fresh Start: A Season Spent at Home 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

Furious, Toscanini instructed NBC to have Rodzinski drill the orchestra it was hiring for the Italian’s sensational return to New York. The Conductor Who Whipped American Orchestras Into Shape 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

Not caring much for the strictures of the symphony orchestra, Richter set off on a more unconventional career path, composing for and playing in galleries and alternative spaces. Composer Max Richter's project designed to lull listeners to 'Sleep' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

The video monitors caught Shani always in motion, sometimes swaying to the rhythms; the audio speakers caught the orchestra playing professionally but without much electricity. 26-year-old Lahav Shani makes a maximum impact at Hollywood Bowl 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

What is remarkable is that he retained such a fresh memory of how an orchestra functions, in all its detail and with a complex array of colors, from the time before his hearing went. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

Opera orchestra, while also not projecting particularly well, plays with grace and point. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

Hamlisch was principal pops conductor for symphony orchestras in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Dallas, Pasadena, Seattle and San Diego. Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies at 68 in Los Angeles 2012-08-07T13:47:48Z

I didn't have experience conducting an orchestra of its calibre, so we arranged a read-through on the last day of their season. Lawrence Durrell and Peggy Glanville-Hicks: a song for Sappho 2012-08-22T18:31:01Z

Part of the arrangement of allowing us to shoot in and around their opera house was to actually use the Vienna orchestra and to record in their preferred venue. ‘Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation’ (With Movie Trailer): Christopher McQuarrie Narrates a Scene 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

And the orchestra shone again, with those remarkable strings upholding their lofty standard and the brasses — after a few early hitches — improving on their previous performances, in blazing climaxes. Music Review: Adding Another Layer to ?War Requiem? Story 2010-12-19T23:24:23Z

There were no great mysteries or profundities revealed, but Tchaikovskian lyricism and passion were both given their due by pianist and orchestra alike. Review: A Low-Key Debut for the New Jersey Symphony’s Director 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

The Finnish conductor served as the music director of the orchestra from 1992 to 2009, and currently holds the title of conductor laureate. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yefim Bronfman cancel Hollywood Bowl appearance 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

The orchestra said it would announce a series of streamed, prerecorded small-ensemble performances at a later date. New York Philharmonic Cancels the Rest of Its Season 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

In the waltzing third movement, lacy melodic lines sometimes sounded as if they were trying to escape from an orchestra playing Ligeti’s “Atmosphères.” The Philharmonic’s Free Concert at St. John the Divine 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Traditional orchestras and opera houses are struggling to keep up funding, ticket sales, and audiences — and to figure out how to present new work, which is essential to any art form. At an opera festival, tales of drug cartels. At opera houses, same old song. 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

New York City Opera announced on Monday that it was seeking the help of a federal mediator in a deadlock with the unions representing its chorus and orchestra. ArtsBeat Blog: City Opera Calls for Mediator in Impasse With Unions 2011-12-05T22:00:04Z

I was happy to go along on this immersion experience with this storied orchestra at the jampacked Salzburg Festival. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z

Mr. Dausgaard drew a spectrum of colors from the orchestra, including a grainy French sound in the Ravel, an alluring lightness in Wagner and broody suppressed passion in Sibelius. Music Review: Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Nina Stemme at Alice Tully Hall 2013-04-26T22:53:14Z

Isabelle Faust, a dynamic German violinist who last played here in 2009, will join the orchestra and Danish guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard in a performance of Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor. Violinist Isabelle Faust to appear with Seattle Symphony 2011-10-26T20:02:04Z

Some members of the orchestra board tried to raise enough money to end the lockout. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Backs Performers 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

In that video, images of the two pianists performing with an orchestra at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre are intercut with another performance in which Thomas plays a burning piano in the California desert. With help from dramatic YouTube videos, Sequim-based Jennifer Thomas makes the Billboard charts 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

Most of the audience, of course, didn’t realize that the conductor entering the orchestra pit was returning to work for the first time in a while. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Born in Omsk in Siberia in 1972, Mr. Petrenko emigrated at 18 with his family to Austria, where his violinist father played with the orchestra of the western province of Vorarlberg. Berlin Philharmonic Chooses Kirill Petrenko as New Conductor 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Ms. Lockwood, a co-founder of the orchestra, retired last August, having seen this project, which she calls her “dream come true,” through almost to fruition. Orchestra?s New Hall, Finely Tuned 2011-03-07T23:30:22Z

About that home: The orchestra recently raised $18 million in a capital campaign that will enable it to pay off its mortgage on the center next June. With Bach and Paul Taylor, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Plans Its Future 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Levine had been at the Boston orchestra’s helm for eight years, not four decades. The Dilemma of James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera 2011-09-24T04:29:45Z

At 19, near the end of his third year at Juilliard, he won the assistant principal horn seat with the Kennedy Center Opera House orchestra. A Young Horn Player Could Become ‘a Real Legend’ 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z

Over the last few years Fayçal Karoui, the music director, has done important work in restoring the general quality of City Ballet’s orchestra. Critic?s Notebook: At City Ballet This Winter, You Could Sometimes See the Music 2011-02-28T23:15:07Z

Collaborators dropped in often, including the members of Shorter’s longtime quartet, whom he wrote into the score as a kind of counterweight to the full orchestra. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

In a first for a British orchestra, every note that the London Philharmonic play next year at its South Bank base will be from a 20th century repertoire. The Rest Is Noise festival to launch at Southbank Centre in 2013 2012-11-27T15:56:26Z

The American String Project, whose most recent CD and DVD package, "Ten Year Anniversary," was released on MSR Classics, reconfigures quartet arrangements for a small string orchestra including a double bass. American String Project back for 3-concert stand 2011-05-05T18:09:04Z

Then in early August, So Percussion, a quartet of brilliant percussionists, joined the orchestra for the premiere of a new arrangement of David Lang’s “man made,” a percussion concerto. Encouraging Signs of Freshness at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

The orchestra’s chief conductor, Daniele Gatti, will lead a number of autumn concerts, including several evenings of work by Mahler, Wagner and Berg. Performance Guide for Autumn 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

UK orchestras are on red alert for any kind of new idea that's going to help them get through this period. Berlin Philharmonic comes to British cinemas ? in 3D 2011-04-04T16:07:45Z

The orchestra has a rotating membership of about a dozen, depending on who is in town, and plays in an eclectic style, mixing free jazz and electronic beats. Club Mixes Old, New and Blue 2011-06-08T21:20:47Z

And I don’t actually thrill to the English Concert being called a period orchestra. Harry Bicket, Conducting Mozart’s ‘Clemenza di Tito’ at Met 2012-11-09T23:06:30Z

I recently enjoyed hearing the Knights, an adventurous chamber orchestra, in an imaginative program at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. | Classical Music: So Rhapsodic That the Birds Join In 2013-07-18T21:26:34Z

A Queens resident, Ms. Breslaw appreciates that the orchestra visits her home borough. Celebrating 50 Years of New York Philharmonic Outdoor Concerts 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

The piece, which was given its premiere on Thursday evening by the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert at David Geffen Hall, is in effect a 25-minute concerto for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. Review: ‘Canta-Concerto’ by Marc Neikrug by the New York Philharmonic 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

Her first major announcement was that the center will join Washington Performing Arts in taking over the festival of American orchestras that ran for four years under the name “Spring for Music” at Carnegie Hall. Eschenbach to leave NSO, Kennedy Center music directorship in 2017 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

She has performed numerous solos with the orchestra and holds teaching posts at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Azusa Pacific University and the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. Michele Zukovsky, clarinetist with L.A. Phil for five decades, is retiring 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

There’s one where the orchestra quiets down and the piano starts playing the first bar of “Ondine.” A Lifelong Friendship’s Latest Chapter: A Concerto Premiere 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z

Yes, he has plans — big ones: a screening at the Hollywood Bowl of Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas," with an orchestra, a chorus, soloists and Elfman himself singing the lead role of Jack Skellington. Essential Arts & Culture: Thoroughly modern museums and the go-to guy for Halloween 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

What would happen if you intersected this list with knowledge of the programmmes of major east coast American orchestras over the past decade, for example? The top 10 composers of all time 2011-01-24T14:09:45Z

There was a horn bobble or two, but, overall, the orchestra played magnificently for him. Haitink's mellow mastery an ideal match for CSO's power 2011-05-27T16:27:33Z

Michael Fuller, a double bassist in the orchestra, said that Rouvali’s interactions with them are more or less nonverbal, so closely attuned are they to each other. A Conductor Who Knows His Way Around a Score, and a Farm 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

He scored The Company for Robert Altman, who drily told the orchestra: "My only regret is that more people played on this picture than will see it." Van Dyke Parks: 'I was victimised by Brian Wilson's buffoonery' 2013-05-09T17:30:01Z

In the natural world’s symphony orchestra, woodpeckers are the percussionists. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

But music director Emily Leather realises Mozart's orchestra eloquently on the piano, aided by some eerie live electronic interventions from composer Harry Blake, who riffs cleverly on the original. Don Giovanni ? review 2011-08-24T17:41:34Z

But once the orchestra found its footing, its playing was impeccable. Music Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-13T23:12:41Z

Some of the musicians are considering retirement; players say they are expecting at least 15 percent of the orchestra’s seats will be vacant by the end of the year. Opera Has Vanished. So Have Their Dream Jobs at the Met. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

London's symphony orchestras – the London Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia – are, like the Berlin Phil, composed of virtuosi. The secret of Berlin's shine 2011-02-27T17:00:01Z

In the lead-up to his 90th, the orchestra went early, celebrating Sondheim on New Year’s Eve. Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

The programs are a condensation of what the orchestra calls “themes and ideas” from Mr. Gilbert’s first three years in the job. New York Philharmonic Announces Next Season?s Schedule 2012-02-22T17:04:47Z

His concern seemed to be with simply keeping the orchestra grounded. Herbert Blomstedt leads L.A. Phil's commanding Bruckner performance 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The dramatic finish, for both the soloist and the orchestra, was the final stamp of excellence on a very satisfying musical evening. Seattle Symphony opens Masterworks series with impressive program 2010-09-24T21:29:00Z

This performance was a staged concert, directed effectively by Fabrizio Melano, with the cast in modern dress and the orchestra onstage. Music Review: Gluck?s ?Armide? Opera in Met-Juilliard Production 2012-02-12T15:16:28Z

This venerable institution is entertaining even the tiniest children with free online projects — all accessible from its website — that range from writing lullabies to discovering the orchestra. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

He said he could envision many more years in Philadelphia, noting the orchestra’s history of music directors with lengthy tenures, so long as the musicians wanted him and he could keep them stimulated. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Extends His Contract With the Philadelphia Orchestra 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

Best of all were the passages in which Tilson Thomas simply let the orchestra play off the leash, to heady effect and a sure sign of mutual trust. LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas – review 2012-06-05T14:31:35Z

Eschenbach is an eminently expressive conductor, but he set off on this piece at such a glacial pace that it was almost impossible to enliven it, even though the orchestra pitched in willingly. NSO offers chestnuts, and Lang Lang, in enjoyable evening 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

The orchestra brought dusky, rich and full-bodied sound to a spacious, majestic account of the piece. Music Review: Vladimir Jurowski and London Philharmonic Orchestra - Review 2011-12-10T00:28:17Z

The orchestra owns hundreds of parts, housed in ranks of dark file cabinets in a narrow room off the main library in the NSO’s administrative offices at the Kennedy Center. Putting the NSO in scoring position 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

The conductor and his orchestra are opening Carnegie Hall this season and proceeding with concerts devoted to Tchaikovsky, who has his own history with that little performance space on 57th Street. The Week Ahead: Oct. 2 ? 8 2011-09-30T17:17:58Z

How you get there is wildly different from one orchestra to another, even from one player to another. Mystery of the maestros: what are conductors for? 2012-06-01T21:55:13Z

The voices and the orchestra mixed exhilaratingly on the Mall, and the music, redolent of the Celtic influences on the maritime province, seemed to have a supercharged, spirit-lifting impact on this occasion. Perspective | A Broadway musical on the National Mall opens hearts to memories of 9/11 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z

Tired of the old routines, of programs announced far in advance that run through an overture, a concerto and a symphony, Gaffigan is also bothered by orchestras that refuse to reckon with their whiteness. A Conductor Comes Into His Own in the Opera Pit 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

“Of course, at the beginning, I was looking around, and I was upset: ‘Why does this colleague sing this part with this orchestra in this opera house and why not me?’ Michael Volle’s Opera Profile Is Rising 2014-03-26T14:04:25Z

This year, the social dancing was under the umbrella of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City festival, which also encompassed workshops for children, orchestra concerts and poetry readings. At Lincoln Center, Addicted to Swing and Back on the Dance Floor 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

The Manhattan orchestra, he said, has to accommodate eight competition winners every year in concertos, and the Sibelius seemed to him an appropriate partner for the Strauss work. Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music Play Strauss’s ‘Ein Heldenleben’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Instead, an orchestra struck up a gentle tune and Mr. Grath began to sing an apology for continually disappointing his wife: Ralph and Alice and Ed and Trixie (and Song and Dance) 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Honeck, though a newcomer, showed a superb command of the piece, and the small orchestra responded on a hair trigger. Music Review: ?Messiah? by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Review 2011-12-05T23:25:14Z

Finally, the whole orchestra joined in, playing sputtering rhythms, tart harmonies and thematic fragments that coalesced into melodic lines. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

So when they do perform, they’re sick or falling into the orchestra pit, or both. American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z

Unlike the grand Romantic concertos of old, it’s not an argument between the soloist and the orchestra, or an effort to reconcile them. Review: Boston Symphony Gives Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘Responses’ an American Premiere 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The orchestra presented more contemporary music than any ensemble of its size, and, at the same time, it achieved financial stability, disproving the notion that new music was box-office poison. How the L.A. Phil Can Stay on Top of the Orchestra World 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

But more memorable than those imperfections was van Zweden’s refreshingly measured treatment of the orchestra, particularly in its support for the vocal soloists. Review: The Philharmonic’s ‘Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

“The orchestra musicians and I have developed a unique bond that I will treasure forever,” Langrée said in a statement. Lincoln Center Names Conductor for Reimagined Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

In a dazzling city, the orchestras, especially in their advertising and image, seem understated for the younger crowd. Cherry blossoms decorate Orchestra Day in Japan 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

The Orchestre de Paris, now housed at the venerable Salle Pleyel in central Paris, will be its resident orchestra, but programming will also include a wide array of guest organizations and solo artists. Philharmonie de Paris Prepares to Open Amid Controversy 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

The orchestra comes closest to producing a tune when Lucifer’s cellphone goes off with a familiar ring. Review: Better the Devil You Don't Know? 2010-03-02T12:00:00Z

There should be no shame in being known as a film composer, especially when one’s credits include Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” which critic Alex Ross once described as “a symphony for film and orchestra.” Ensemble shines spotlight on Herrmann’s film scores, and for good reason 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

“The orchestra,” he writes, “remarkably refused to underestimate its classy crowd.” Essential Arts & Culture: Rage and grief at the Taper, art of color and movement, Obama's library 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cuomo chops up and repeats words and phrases to create a vocal part around which the orchestra plays fractured marches, bursting chords and spans of astringent harmonies. Music Review: On the Express Train to Hell and Other Sonic Journeys 2010-12-05T23:14:00Z

Mr. Emerman went on to build a second studio capacious enough to accommodate a big band or even an orchestra; early on, it was used to record music for “The Jackie Gleason Show.” Mack Emerman, Recording Studio Founder, Dies at 89 2013-05-28T15:38:39Z

When she gestured the orchestra to rise after the Schubert, the players remained seated in a rare tribute to a young conductor making her debut. Review: Make this L.A. Chamber Orchestra guest conductor feel at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

The new three-year production pays tribute to Old Hollywood, with a 31-person orchestra dressing the stage, including an entourage of guitarists, back-up singers, drummers and a pianist, all clad in black tuxedos and gowns. Dion returns to recession-hit Vegas with new show 2011-03-16T10:49:18Z

In a 1977 talk, Aaron Copland complained that concerts by America’s orchestras were still frustratingly dominated by the “great works of the past.” Review: Celebrating 40 Years of Championing American Composers 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Fabio Luisi, the Met's principal conductor, drew a lively sound from the orchestra in a work that appears at the company about once a decade. Berlioz's 'Troyens' revived at Metropolitan Opera 2012-12-23T20:31:08Z

His “Danton and Robespierre,” a seething drama set in the French Revolution, had 40 solo roles, a chorus of 250 and an orchestra of 150. John Eaton, Composer and Electronic Innovator, Dies at 80 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

When a reporter suggested he might call the New York version of his youth orchestra “YONY,” Dudamel smiled, saying, “I love the name.” Gustavo Dudamel, Superstar Maestro, Meets New York 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

“Regardless of if I fall into the orchestra pit, it’s going to be an incredible sense of pride to know that I stood on the Broadway stage and played Tevye,” he said. Michael C. Bernardi Channels His Father for a Day as Tevye in ‘Fiddler’ 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

“There’s a very great difference in the financial deal,” said Woods, of an orchestra recording on its own label. Seattle Symphony launches its own recording label 2014-03-19T07:03:49Z

While his contract was initially up at the end of next season, the orchestra extended it another year. St. Louis Symphony’s Music Director to Step Down After 2018-19 Season 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

About 60 percent of the orchestra has been hired since 2000, and it has created its own youth orchestra — conducted by Mr. Elder’s American assistant, Jonathon Heyward — and choirs. A Critic’s First Orchestra Defines Britain’s Musical Soul 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

When she gets into it, she looks like a jockey riding the orchestra as though it were a spirited bronco and having a wonderful time doing so. Review: Make this L.A. Chamber Orchestra guest conductor feel at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

Creating new orchestra pits for the “Spider-Man” and “Carrie” bands would have deprived the producers of ticket revenue because seats would have had to be sacrificed. Moving Orchestras Out of Sight, Maybe Even Out of the Theater 2012-03-24T02:16:49Z

A troupe of authentic African drummers was recruited to play along with the pit orchestra. Incidental Music in ?Winter?s Tale? and ?Merchant of Venice? 2010-07-19T21:26:00Z

The best treat of all was to visit Lyons Corner House to listen to the orchestra. Family life: Sunday visits, Ella Fitzgerald and chocolate salami cake 2013-04-20T06:15:02Z

The score is composed for a chamber ensemble that will be made up of some of Solange’s musical collaborators and members of the City Ballet orchestra. Solange Enters New Territory: Ballet Composer 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

For that to happen, the orchestra said, the sides would need to reach an agreement by Sept. Minnesota Orchestra Calls in Big Gun in Dispute 2013-08-30T23:17:14Z

Alsop’s time with the orchestra has been marked by a dedication to new music, including the commission of 35 world premieres and performances of many rarely heard works. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop to step down next year 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

The strings are almost troublingly raw, perched on the edge of hysteria, over a yawning gulf to the deep base of the orchestra. Review: A Conductor Sets Munich’s Ashen ‘Parsifal’ Aflame 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z

It has a 41-member cast, 18 orchestra members, several complicated sets and 27 daring aerial stunts. Spider-Man show opening put back 2010-12-17T17:30:36Z

For me, his most fascinating and haunting piece is the 1927 "impression" for small orchestra, There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook. Backstage no longer: Frank Bridge at the Proms 2011-08-04T21:30:01Z

He took over, briefly, on the podium and set the orchestra off in a movement of Beethoven. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z

“But the idea of different orchestras doing ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’ is thrilling to me.” Sondheim on 'Sondheim on Sondheim' at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Inflamed by aching music — the orchestra of 38 is conducted with calm confidence by Kazem Abdullah — the result is passionate, but also clear, focused and humble. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

Still, his work throughout a busy weekend — one also crammed with press interviews and interactions with visiting trustees and overseers of the orchestra — was most impressive. Andris Nelsons Conducts the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

He said many of his 7,000 members are taking a hard look at their careers and may not return to Broadway orchestra pits or symphony spaces. Plush toys, jewelry, dance lessons — Broadway’s side hustles 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Management officials said that they were seeking to freeze three positions that are currently vacant during the course of the contract, which other orchestras have done in recent years. Pittsburgh Symphony Musicians Go on Strike 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Conductor Ludovic Morlot gave a clear and committed reading that illuminated the structure of the new work, which was jointly commissioned by the orchestras of Kitchener-Waterloo and Winnipeg as well as Seattle. SSO's premiere of Muhly work: so far, so good 2012-01-27T17:53:05Z

Some musicians, including Jews in the orchestra, “were made uncomfortable by it” to varying degrees, said Louis Lev, a violinist. A Conductor Whose Worship Stands Apart 2010-02-19T16:42:00Z

Many of the players have been in the ensemble for at least three years, and the word around here is that the orchestra is more selective than an Ivy League college. Music Review: New Works Enliven Spoleto Festival USA 2012-06-04T22:14:32Z

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s holiday concert has become a seasonal staple in New York, a festive showcase for the organization’s resident orchestra, and a platform for spruce new arrangements of familiar Christmas fare. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

But the guest orchestra is not the Berlin Philharmonic or one of Europe’s other esteemed ensembles. China’s newest export hit is classical music 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

“It must be clear. But it changes. If our orchestra would sound like the days of Otto Nicolai, then it would no more exist.” What Makes the Vienna Philharmonic So Distinctive 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

But each orchestra suffers in its own way, and the Minnesota case is particularly agonizing and seemingly inexplicable. Critic’s Notebook: Lockout for the Minnesota Orchestra Grows More Painful 2013-05-12T21:48:05Z

In 2003 Simon Glinn was appointed executive director of the Liverpool Philharmonic, where he supplemented the repertoire of the city's now highly acclaimed orchestra with regular festivals. Amira Medunjanin, the Balkan Billie Holiday 2013-01-20T06:30:00Z

The New York Philharmonic tests members of its orchestra as well as crew and staff members who interact with the orchestra once per week. At the Radio City Christmas Show, Some Workers Worry About Covid Rules 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

Now Lyric, like other major American opera companies, as well as symphony orchestras, theater troupes and many sports teams, is grappling with a long-term decline in season subscribers. Opera Has a Problem: Fans Aren’t Subscribing 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

As the orchestra roils, with restless spiraling figures, bursts of percussion and slashing brass, the characters asking the emperor for action intone their lines in stentorian, almost monotone declamations, enforced by a large chorus. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z

But Guy expanded the piece later for full big band and symphony orchestra combined, for a conservatoire workshop – and it's just as well he did, because that's indirectly how we got to this Prom concert. Django Reinhardt: music, mischief and magic 2012-08-19T21:00:00Z

The orchestra embraced the dissonances folded into the thick, descending chords. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra Plays Tchaikovsky at Carnegie - Review 2011-10-11T20:45:23Z

But since this orchestra is so skilled at making whole seasons seem essential, it’s a challenge to convey all its many facets during a short tour stop. Review: Dudamel and Los Angeles Bring the Noise to New York 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Accompanied by a traditional orchestra of wind instruments, xylophones and drums, the artists will perform this story of princes and gods from the Reamker, the Cambodian version of the Ramayana epic. Spare Times for Children for April 26-May 2 2013-04-25T22:27:06Z

Still, he savored the terror and pummeling power of the music, backed by the brassy, brilliant playing of the orchestra. Music Review | Yannick N?zet-S?guin: Youthful Intensity, Onstage and in the Program 2010-02-19T04:51:00Z

The orchestra’s international tour for June 2021 also was called off. Met Opera’s revenue drops, breaks even with gifts, borrowing 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

A riotous, exuberant 30-minute work for chorus and orchestra, it channels the spirit of Dadaism, with a nonsense text by one of the movement's founders, Hugo Ball. L.A. Phil alum Lionel Bringuier wows in Zurich 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

This wasn’t as easy to record as her first EP due to Ireland's plan to record the whole thing with an orchestra. See Emily Play: New Band Up North #31 2013-06-17T11:48:00Z

The orchestra did not disclose the deal's financial terms. Gustavo Dudamel and L.A. Philharmonic agree to contract extension 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

His nickname in the orchestra was “Stanley Steamer,” a reflection of his swift marches offstage to make the commute to his home on Long Island, in Massapequa. Stanley Drucker, Ageless Clarinetist of the N.Y. Philharmonic, Dies at 93 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z

Finally there was another Fourth, the premiere of Stephen Hartke's Symphony No. 4 for soprano, organ and orchestra. Hurricane Mama's impressive set of pipes 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

As a resident, I can testify that the U.P. encompasses the charming college town where I live, complete with symphony orchestra, art museum and fine restaurants. Sins of Commission (in Michigan) and Omission (in Spain) 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

In “Salve Regina,” a celesta joined the choir and string orchestra, adding a touch of radiance to what is otherwise a private, almost reticent affirmation of faith. Diverse Disciples Flock to an Arvo Pärt Tribute 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Head up a ramp or two, and there it is — between mottled concrete pillars and capped by a low roof lies an impromptu semicircle of benches, surrounding an orchestra’s seats. Multi-Story Orchestra Turns a Parking Garage Into a Concert Hall 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

He ambled on stage in a black beret where an orchestra normally sits, backed by only two musicians, bassist Taras Prodaniuk and drummer Michael Jerome. Concert review: Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Richard Thompson at Symphony Center 2013-03-21T06:25:00Z

On Tuesday they will join his orchestra in performing original pieces alongside works by other composers. 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The Los Angeles Master Chorale, directed by Grant Gershon, sings with power and precision, and the orchestra under Dudamel plays the difficult score with wonderful spirit and grace. John Adams' staged `Gospel' has NY premiere 2013-03-29T13:55:09Z

Moving swiftly to try to correct a rare managerial misstep, the Los Angeles Philharmonic announced on Tuesday that Chad Smith, the orchestra’s respected chief operating officer, would become its new chief executive officer effective immediately. This Time, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Promotes From Within 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

“The rest should be concerts that deal with our community and what our community needs,” she said, like lunchtime appearances at local company headquarters by chamber ensembles made up of orchestra members. Orchestras in Albany, Rochester and Buffalo Stay Nimble 2014-04-30T12:32:12Z

“Seattle’s a special town and we feel the orchestra should reflect the city in which we live,” she said. Seattle Symphony and ‘Ocean’ play to adoring crowd at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-08T00:33:04Z

This time around, Mr. Wainwright plans to start singing the song a cappella, letting his mother’s absence linger before the orchestra floods in. Rufus Wainwright’s 10-Year Journey Back to Judy Garland 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

The 43-year-old conductor captured the hushed eeriness of the work’s first few measures, in which the orchestra suggests the somber, mysterious mood that pervades the entire opera. Review: In ‘Pelléas,’ the Met Opera’s Music Director Takes Charge 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

Oh, and a conductor and an orchestra were onstage, too, you say? Review: Resurrecting a Pair of Rachmaninoff Flops 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Mr. Noseda conducted the festival orchestra in Beethoven’s Second Symphony and Rossini’s “Stabat Mater,” a masterpiece that, inexplicably, is seldom performed. Music Review: Gianandrea Noseda in His Mostly Mozart Debut 2013-08-14T21:01:46Z

Phil is hardly alone among great U.S. orchestras starting this summer with yesteryear's crossover. Joshua Bell's crossovers go nowhere in L.A. Phil's Bowl opener 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Dudamel followed the Ives with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, which the orchestra played to the hilt. Review: A Brash Wunderkind, Now 37, Meets an August Ensemble 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. van Zweden began with a boldly unconventional piece by a young American: Ashley’s Fure’s dark, strange, exploratory “Filament” for orchestra, three instrumental soloists and a chorus that moves around the space. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

The agreement, reached late Sunday night, ended a bitter six-month strike at the orchestra. ArtsBeat: Detroit Symphony Reaches Deal With Musicians 2011-04-08T18:59:30Z

So the stakes were high as the orchestra spent a week preparing to debut its new maestro on Thursday. A High-Pressure Countdown for the New York Philharmonic’s New Maestro 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

At the time of his death, he was principal pops conductor for several U.S. symphony orchestras and was scheduled to conduct the New York Philharmonic in this year's New Year's Eve concert. "A Chorus Line" composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 2012-08-07T21:41:12Z

In taking on another orchestra directorship, a decade after leaving a landmark tenure at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he hopes to find the sweet spot between gutting the system and maintaining what works. Esa-Pekka Salonen Says Tweak the Orchestra, Don’t Blow it Up 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

“I think he’s using the orchestra not to amplify his thoughts,” Nézet-Séguin said. ‘Hey, Mr. Living Composer’: ‘Champion’ Takes Shape at the Met 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

But it is in bringing orchestras, opera performances and top individual performers to the West that China is showing its real clout. China’s newest export hit is classical music 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The orchestra is on a low simmer, nervous and stealthy, until the final moments, when the Palestinians vent their anger in threatening, piercing music, singing: What ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ Could Have Accomplished 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

The price is $25 for up to two seats near the back of the orchestra section. Lincoln Center Works to Attract a Younger Audience 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Commissioned by the orchestra as part of its “Project 19” focus on living women composers, “Forward Into Light” was inspired by the suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Two Gems of June: Premieres at Carnegie Hall and Harlem School of the Arts 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

To have an orchestra of that caliber playing opera on a nightly basis was an immense luxury. James Levine’s Accomplishment at the Met 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The way I work with the orchestra is not very dissimilar to what the old masters conducting were doing, which is: Half of the orchestra is string instruments. Ludovic Morlot issues wide-open invitation to concertgoers 2011-08-31T20:53:04Z

Mr. Barnatan’s pianism was playfully agile in the concerto, yet delicate, defiantly so, against the menacingly united front of the orchestra in the second movement. Review: Beethoven’s Biggest Concert, Now With Heat 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

“I decided it would better to file for bankruptcy before inviting orchestras to play for nothing and wasting public subsidies,” he said by phone. Strasbourg Music Festival Closes, Cites Poor Ticket Sales 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

The danger here is that dilution of an orchestra’s role is palmed off as “expansion.” Review | Shift festival illustrates a clutch shortfall in today’s symphony culture 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

But whether orchestra chemistry or something else is involved, he does not get as many invitations from top U.S. orchestras as he deserves. Miguel Harth Bedoya and L.A. Phil have special chemistry 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

The cellist has not appeared with the orchestra in 20 years. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Boulez, citing their “flamboyant polyphony, extremely dense, sometimes overloaded,” cautions the interpreter not to lead the large orchestra into “a perpetually muddy effect.” Music Review: At Tanglewood, Mahler and Strauss, and Yo-Yo Ma 2010-08-02T20:57:00Z

Plácido Domingo conducted straightforwardly; the orchestra sounded wonderful. Music Review: A Last-Minute Juliette Stands Tall in Verona 2011-03-04T23:52:30Z

That the orchestra continues to thrive under Carlos Kalmar, its dynamic Uruguayan music director, is clear from this exciting recording, taken from live performances at its home hall. Classical Playlist: Carlos Kalmar, Alexander Lingas and More 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

Riccardo Muti, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is scheduled to undergo surgery for the "multiple" facial and jaw fractures that were sustained when he fainted during a Thursday rehearsal with the orchestra. Muti to have surgery after fall during CSO rehearsal 2011-02-04T21:40:00Z

The orchestra’s brasses, often in the spotlight in these works, played with an exquisite combination of energy and precision, and the woodwinds, strings and percussion all seemed in superb shape as well. Music Review: The Music Was Wagner?s; The Stamina Was Levine?s 2010-10-03T16:32:00Z

If the orchestra achieved a consistent, substantial profile with any of those conductors, it wasn’t much apparent from New York. Review: Valery Gergiev Galumphs Through Schubert 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Odd for a Scottish orchestra to title the series This Sceptred Isle, a quote whose rousing patriotism is unequivocally English. BBC SSO/Brabbins ? review 2010-11-22T21:45:00Z

The part calls for a voice that can soar above the orchestra one moment to diminish into a barely heard sung whisper the next. Stemme shines as Isolde in Wagner's love story 2013-06-14T14:56:09Z

So it's a surprise to find him, halfway along the tunnel, cheerfully spraying arcs of aerosol paint on to a wall like an orchestra conductor. A working life: The graffiti artist 2011-07-22T22:02:15Z

Charles Farnsley, the mayor of Louisville from 1948 to 1953, suggested that the orchestra, instead of spending money on glamorous soloists, commission new pieces: a policy that the board, though initially shocked, adopted. Survival Strategies for Orchestras 2011-05-25T18:35:56Z

“The principal cellist in the orchestra at that time said, ‘Mr. Wadud, what is the fingering that you’re using for this phrase?’” Abdul Wadud, Cellist Who Crossed Musical Boundaries, Dies at 75 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

The orchestra started its overture as lights on the scrim revealed a tableau at Covent Garden. At First Performance of ‘My Fair Lady,’ the Drama Was Offstage 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Phil is generally regarded as one of the most important orchestras in the U.S. Seattle Symphony CEO Simon Woods going to Los Angeles Philharmonic 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

“One idea I have is that the orchestra will be masked with faces of totalitarian leaders to remind us of the Communist era, and they can tell stories about their childhood,” he said. Scene/Seen: Prague: What's New in the Cube 2011-01-07T13:00:08Z

Of many fine solos within the orchestra, the principal trumpeter Philip Smith’s offstage stint on the posthorn was especially eloquent. Bernard Haitink Conducts the Philharmonic 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

At the time, the orchestra said it wasn't able to garner the sponsorship required to continue the project. Live video broadcast brings a new tenor to 'La Traviata' 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

A challenge to any music director in the Big Apple is the competition from the regular New York appearances of the world’s ranking orchestras. With his L.A. Phil program, here's what a man of mystery portends for New York 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

In time, Tyzik began conducting symphony orchestras, bringing a synthesis of his eclectic experiences. New pops conductor ready to put his stamp on symphony holiday program 2012-11-30T00:12:26Z

There’s nothing wrong, after all, with symphony orchestras giving lightness and satisfaction to people while getting paid for it. The New York Philharmonic Takes “Manhattan” 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Will she someday end up in the orchestra pit? Review: An Incandescent Journey Through 20th-Century Dance 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

That Mahler was to have been his first foray into the standard symphonic literature with the orchestra, a reminder that Mr. Petrenko’s orchestral repertoire is not as wide as that of some other candidates. Berlin Philharmonic Selects Kirill Petrenko to Succeed Simon Rattle 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Professional musicians from major ensembles will coach sections of the orchestra, and Mr. Gergiev will arrive in the second week to take over rehearsals. Carnegie Hall to Establish National Youth Orchestra in 2013 2012-01-11T21:00:13Z

From its ominous opening strains to its ramshackle final bars, “Absolute Jest,” scored for the unlikely combination of string quartet and orchestra, is a funhouse stocked with flashes of Beethoven. CD Reviews: John Adams’s musical jokes 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

At 31, Mr. Hanick, who holds a doctorate from the Juilliard School, has won acclaim for his exciting performances of new and recent music with orchestras and ensembles around the world. Conor Hanick Plays Contemporary Work at Keyboard Institute 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

One problem with City Ballet’s orchestra arises at some performances. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z

I would recommend Natural History, setting four Taoist texts from Chuang-tzu for soprano and orchestra. A guide to Judith Weir's music 2012-05-28T13:27:39Z

All around the world, orchestras are eager to break out of their conventional trappings to reach new audiences. Review | Conductor plays ‘Rite of Spring’ at a club — and then berates the audience for acting like they’re at a club 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

With this, the world’s oldest orchestra, Chailly turned to Germany’s holiest of holy, the three Bs. Why America got it wrong on Riccardo Chailly and how the Italian conductor is proving it 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

I’m really looking forward to playing it with this orchestra and in this hall. Symphony flutist in spotlight at Benaroya, on NBC 2013-02-21T23:21:17Z

The high points of the weekend were the first works by living composers that Mr. Nelsons played with the orchestra. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

In the not-so-distant future, the orchestra will also get a new music director to replace its departing conductor. New York Philharmonic Chooses Arts Veteran as Leader 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

“It’s like conducting an orchestra because there are so many different pieces,” he said. Rock Chronicle Inspires Battle Over Its Legacy 2011-07-27T21:50:27Z

Moreover, historical negligence shaped what scores and parts the orchestra and singers could find. When Europe Offered Black Composers an Ear 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Here in Cincinnati, the orchestra carefully planned for its single season away from home, taking over a theater in downtown Cincinnati and spending $3 million to bring it up to snuff. As Geffen Hall’s Renovation Stumbles, Cincinnati Shows the Way 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

His winning philosophy has acted as the catalyst to making "the orchestra ... a vibrant center of modern life." Can the symphony be saved? 2011-08-29T20:30:00Z

She said that the orchestra had hoped to begin a second reimagined, more ambitious series for older children called LOS Families, but that those plans were on hiatus. The Little Orchestra Society Limits Schedule and Aims for Younger Audience 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

That is: Is the main purpose of orchestras to play great music, as well as humanly possible? Desperately seeking relevance, orchestras grapple with existential questions 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

The opera calls for four singers, an onstage jazz trio of piano, tenor saxophone and bass, and an eight-piece pit orchestra. 'Marilyn Forever' opera reveals composer Gavin Bryars' collaborative spirit 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

If the “Alice” music is not heard frequently in concert halls today, that may have less to do with style than it does with the orchestra world’s declining investment in grand contemporary works. Revisiting a Composer’s Psychedelic Lewis Carroll Music 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

The orchestra played with fervent understatement, if there is such a thing, and Robert deMaine contributed an eloquent cello solo. András Schiff and the L.A. Philharmonic join Haydn for a look at war 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

Every passage is scrutinised and shaped for dramatic intent, but Wilson also knows how to make an orchestra swing so hard the chains go slack. West Side Story – review 2012-07-06T16:59:01Z

“On the surface, Asians are accepted in these realms of orchestras, ensembles and as soloists,” Kim said. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

“In the readings, we’re telling young composers, ‘O.K., you’re idealists, and you have a sound in your head, but you have to be clear, accurate and succinct when you work with an orchestra.’ The American Composers Orchestra Looks Ahead 2012-05-25T18:36:30Z

There’s no world in which I would surrender the intimidating beauty of Yoruba-language poetry for, say, Shakespeare’s sonnets, nor one in which I’d prefer the chamber orchestras of Brandenburg to the koras of Mali. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

The music is played live by members of the English National Ballet's orchestra and also includes original compositions from students inspired by the Ballets Russes. Dance picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:35:00Z

On their home patch, the Vienna Tonkünstler orchestra balance classical with contemporary repertoire. Vienna Tonk?nstler/Andr?s Orozco-Estrada ? review 2011-02-13T22:46:00Z

This year's festival features 23 musicians from 18 countries, including six concertmasters from international orchestras. The iPalpiti festival: 20 years of peace through music 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

The unions representing the Met’s orchestra and its chorus made deals early Monday morning, after an all-night bargaining session with a federal mediator. Metropolitan Opera Clears Last Hurdle in Labor Talks 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

Jeff Alexander, who will become the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association's president in January and joined the current tour for the Paris and Vienna legs, agreed that such touring is vital to the orchestra's reputation. Does world travel make CSO first-class? 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Salaries will still be paid, but the orchestra will review all contracts with its business partners – especially the Kimmel Center, where it pays rent. ArtsBeat: Board of Philadelphia Orchestra Votes to File for Bankruptcy 2011-04-16T21:29:46Z

It was scored not for an orchestra but for the Philip Glass Ensemble, which consisted of two electric keyboards, three wind instruments and a wordless solo soprano, all exuberantly amplified by a rock-style sound mixer. ‘Einstein on the Beach’ Revival at BAM Raises Questions 2012-08-31T14:06:50Z

The agreement would drastically cut salaries, reduce the size of the orchestra and pull the musicians out of the nationwide union pension plan, according to the musicians. ArtsBeat Blog: Philadelphia Orchestra Management and Musicians Approve Labor Agreement 2011-10-13T20:33:58Z

Mr. Gergiev said he had long worked with orchestras made up of young people and admired their commitment, energy and excitement. Carnegie Hall to Establish National Youth Orchestra in 2013 2012-01-11T21:00:13Z

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra in Liverpool, The Musical, which was one of the opening events one the city's Capital of Culture programme in 2008. Liverpool's booming blogosphere shows city's cultural resurgence 2013-02-14T14:41:59Z

So when actor Dermot Mulroney, a longtime cello player in Giacchino’s orchestra, appeared on The Late Show, he slid the title “Los Alamos” into his chat with Stephen Colbert, without knowing much about the project. What It Was Like to Compose the Rogue One Score in Four Weeks 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Programming an orchestra season is usually presented as a balancing act between maintaining the standard repertory while fostering contemporary music. Notes Toward Reinventing the American Orchestra 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

The theater maintains a full chorus, solo singers and dancers, a corps de ballet, designers, directors and craftsmen, and a single hardworking orchestra that plays at ballets and operas alike, often performing from hand-copied scores. Music and Dance: A Bastion of Classical Repertory on the Asian Steppe 2011-06-07T11:30:06Z

On Wednesday, the orchestra played a full program at the Wallis much like the originally scheduled Disney Hall date, with Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony replacing Dvorák's "New World" Symphony. Zubin Mehta and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra are not a good fit in the smallish Wallis 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

And it will present a concert with orchestra instead of a fully produced opera for its Young Artists Program in 2012-13, and put the entire program on hiatus in 2013-14. ArtsBeat: Budget Woes Prompt Cuts at Seattle Opera 2012-06-27T17:30:10Z

For this program, Dausgaard rearranged the orchestra’s usual configuration, with the second violins trading places with the cellos. Review: Pianist Yefim Bronfman and Seattle Symphony earn thunderous applause 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

They’re about the idea of the orchestra and the idea of composition, as if he’s building the anxiety about composing into the composition process in lieu of getting over it. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z

The works in question are Mr. Say’s ‘‘Istanbul Symphony,’’ ‘‘Water’’ for piano and orchestra, and ‘‘Hermiyas: The Boy on the Dolphin.’’ Turkish Pianist Strikes Back Against ‘Censorship’ 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

But in a steel pan orchestra, much of the playing is straightforward, and there’s almost no room for improvisation. In Victor Provost’s hands, the steel pan becomes a mesmerizing ride 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

In March he resigned as the sole musician of color on an orchestra committee focused on equity and inclusion. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

The sound he got from the orchestra reminded me of old analogue tape machines. Martha Argerich mesmerizes the L.A. Phil 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

In late May, he joined soprano Terri Richter, baritone Morgan Smith plus choir and orchestra in a performance of Joseph Haydn's "The Creation," a sacred-music vision of the formation of all living things. Preview: Sacred Music Foundation celebrates religious music's classical roots 2010-07-26T22:58:00Z

The enormous cast of 78 and orchestra of 35 ensured no profits. A Doctor Checks Up on a New 'Allegro' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

As orchestras grow ever more international, the idiosyncratic sound worlds that once defined them are blending increasingly into one. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

But the next day, not as part of the festival, Mr. Harding conducted the orchestra in a Beethoven program, including the Fourth Piano Concerto with the pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, who played beautifully. White Light: Is It Driven by the Soul or by Sales? 2010-11-22T22:47:00Z

Moore played the oboe with the band a total of 29 times alongside the Rockettes, a ballet troupe and symphony orchestra on the historic stage, he said. EXCHANGE: Joliet band was a New York hit in 1936 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

These dynamic California ensembles were in the vanguard of the American orchestra world, and I wanted my hometown orchestra to be comparably adventurous. Philharmonic?s Alan Gilbert and the Youth Movement 2010-07-09T22:48:00Z

The orchestra has since ended its relationship with the Pops and it emerged from bankruptcy in July. Michael Krajewski to replace Peter Nero in Pops 2012-11-13T22:05:08Z

Together the compositions represented a cross-section of new music’s characteristics, and the orchestra presented them in the purest way possible, parsing and dissecting the musical elements as they would for any traditional classical work. Review | New music? For Baltimore, yes, please. 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

Whatever she has decided to do, to reconcile her own interests with that of this orchestra, it’s working. Review: A Conductor Takes a Victory Lap With Her Orchestra 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z

It's the same with the supplications of the tenor soloist – here, the excellent Barry Banks – that ripple over the massed ranks of the choir and orchestra with fragile grandeur. Grande Messe des Morts – review 2012-06-28T17:11:53Z

On a screen above the orchestra, there were live video close-ups of groups of players enjoying tea from a samovar or passing around plates of caviar on crackers. Music Review: ‘A Dancer’s Dream’ Includes Orchestra in Stravinsky Ballets 2013-06-28T21:18:49Z

The Music Center helped give Mehta the visibility that would help him and the orchestra thrive. How the Music Center broke new ground for major arts institutions 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

For months when orchestras and opera companies would have dominated the classical calendar, the spotlight shifted to individual performers. For Classical Music, Spring Was the Season of Solos 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dudamel, 31, became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2009 and is now in Caracas with his orchestra for a cycle of the Mahler symphonies. El Sistema, Venezuela?s Plan to Help Children Through Music 2012-02-15T23:42:27Z

Other plans include performances by the orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and workshops and master classes in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin, one of Philadelphia's "sister" cities. Philadelphia Orchestra, China announce partnership 2011-09-22T19:07:07Z

Leading both his Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet and his namesake orchestra, Mr. Palmieri sustained a headlong momentum almost from start to finish, heaving coal into the furnace from his conductor’s perch at the piano. Music Review: Eddie Palmieri’s Retrospective at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-12-17T05:06:51Z

If any orchestra could have afforded the status quo, it was this one. Over 16 Years, Simon Rattle Transformed the Berlin Philharmonic. Here’s How. 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

The sheer amplitude of his sound has always been thrilling, riding easily over the orchestra during moments like the Act 1 "Te deum," where most bass-baritones struggle to be heard. New cast enlivens Met's reviled 'Tosca' 2010-04-15T07:00:00Z

Even better for the orchestra, he — unlike some of the NSO’s previous music directors — combines international prestige with solid conducting technique. National Symphony Orchestra names rising star Gianandrea Noseda as music director 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

The Miller’s season will open on Sept. 28 with the pianist Simone Dinnerstein and the self-conducted chamber orchestra A Far Cry playing works by Bach and Philip Glass, the start of a Bach series. Six Composers Are Ready for Their Miller Theater Portraits 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

The concert offered a welcome chance to hear the orchestra away from the dispiriting confines of Avery Fisher Hall, whose acoustical demons often rob it of tonal bloom. 2010-02-15T01:23:00Z

In the four Whitman Settings, the dazzle of the orchestra at times overwhelmed even Booth's gleaming voice. Total Immersion: Oliver Knussen – review 2012-11-05T18:13:16Z

In reimagining the piece, Ms. Lerman turned the orchestra into a group of dancers, which required them to memorize both the music and the choreography. Watch the Works of Liz Lerman, Winner of 2017 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

In one of his stories, members of an orchestra were provided with female escorts while on tour in Japan. 'Mozart in the Jungle' plays it close to home in the classical world 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

The queen’s patronage did not give the orchestra any opportunity to use Buckingham Palace for fund-raising events, he said, but he noted that he had been invited to the queen’s funeral next week. With a New King, Arts Institutions Seek New Patrons 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

Fitting a similar mold is its orchestra’s upcoming free concert on Friday at 2 p.m. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Her phrasing was exquisite, except when it was overwhelmed by the orchestra. Conductor Juraj Valcuha takes NSO program to a near-slog 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

And, for the most part, orchestras still play overwhelmingly 19th- century music. The Rite of Spring: still crazy after all these years 2011-02-03T22:30:01Z

The New York Philharmonic, the nation’s oldest symphony orchestra and the former home of Leonard Bernstein and Gustav Mahler, is preparing for its greatest upheaval in decades. Challenges Mount for the New York Philharmonic 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

She appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Vienna Symphony, the London Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France and the Minnesota Orchestra. Mihaela Ursuleasa, Classical Pianist, Dies at 33 2012-08-04T03:30:46Z

This poignant 1988 piece for baritone and orchestra sets passages from a poem by Walt Whitman about his experience nursing wounded soldiers during the Civil War in makeshift hospitals on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. Review: A Baritone Ends His Residency With a Poetic Homage 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

She said the musicians would still be paid and concerts would continue, but the orchestra would review all contracts with its business partners — especially the Kimmel Center, where it pays rent. Philadelphia Orchestra Makes Bankruptcy Move 2011-04-17T22:09:38Z

One recent evening, the audience roared as the pianist Paul Lewis walked onstage to join the BBC Philharmonic, one of five orchestras run by the broadcaster. The Sound of Brexit at the BBC Proms 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

The orchestra announced Tuesday that it was eliminating nine full-time and seven part-time positions, though no musicians will be affected. Minn. Orchestra to lay off 13 percent of staff 2012-05-08T23:44:12Z

Backed by an orchestra, she sang "The Way We Were," "Evergreen," "Happy Days Are Here Again," "I Finally Found Someone," "Windmills of Your Mind" and another song from a new album she is currently recording. Grammy weekend begins with Streisand tribute 2011-02-12T13:01:04Z

That was just one of many displays of virtuosity from an orchestra of remarkable depth. Review: Venice and Vivaldi, Center Stage at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

At the core of the performance was the excellent, experienced conductor Willie Anthony Waters, who drew stylish and urgent, if sometimes scrappy, playing from the orchestra. Review: A Young Cast for the Young Lovers of ‘Madama Butterfly’ 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

No technology can transmit the sound of a real orchestra or the immediacy of theatre, can it? Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010-07-25T20:31:00Z

The 100-year-old orchestra will end next year after a farewell season. Despite profits, Green Bay symphony still to close 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

These efforts paid off significantly, for the orchestra sounded more lush than before, but also more intriguing in its instrumental character. 'Concerto for a Genius' shows promise, but needs more fire from the piano 2011-01-16T15:56:00Z

My last rehearsal with him was in Berlin, and he took the time to say nice things about me, which I really appreciated, to the whole orchestra. Leaving the NSO, a veteran clarinetist reflects on the orchestra’s ups and downs 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

Clearly Mr. Honeck knows how orchestras work from the inside, and the musicians — to judge from their incisive, alert playing — trust him. 2010-02-11T08:29:00Z

When the orchestra began, about two-thirds of its audiences were expat foreigners, Diangienda says. Kinshasa orchestra gets global stage 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

So call it an apt grace note in Signature’s ongoing celebratory season that an exacting 16-piece orchestra is front and center in the current and fleeting original revue “Simply Sondheim.” Instrumental to Signature’s success, orchestra shines in Sondheim revue 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

That's pretty much where it's at – though there is also a symphony orchestra, an opera company, and a big summer rock festival that attracts bands such as Metallica and Iron Maiden. Could Dundee be the new Bilbao? 2010-10-03T19:00:00Z

The level of musicianship among youth orchestras is increasingly impressive; one ensemble that consistently performs at a high level is the New York String Orchestra. New Year’s Vespers and Youth Strings 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

A pops orchestra had better have a technically adept violin section if it performs “Fiddle-Faddle,” a joyous perpetual-motion piece alive with dizzying strands of 16th-notes for the violins. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

At a time when many major orchestras were already embracing new music, Maazel was a staunch conservative who preferred the old masters.  Lorin Maazel, 84, remembered: A conductor of the old school 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

I felt sympathy for the skilled players of this intrepid orchestra who had to grapple with three unfamiliar, challenging scores. Review: Max Reger, an Orphan-Composer Adopted for a Night 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

American orchestras are different from European ones, who generally receive more state subsidies and rely less on individual and corporate donors. Rising French star Ludovic Morlot chosen to replace Schwarz at Seattle Symphony 2010-06-29T22:07:00Z

But it was Negus's achievement with his 65-piece orchestra that I found most fascinating. Two conductors fight it out in the Wagner ring 2010-08-02T11:38:00Z

It is most obvious when the orchestra plays French music, which it does a lot these days. RSNO/Den?ve ? review 2011-02-01T18:05:46Z

Because the orchestra was fed through a patchwork of microphones, patrons were essentially hearing the music through a sound system, particularly back on the lawn. The National Symphony Orchestra performs ‘Fantasia’ at Wolf Trap

Its pendulum-like structure sets against each other passages contrasting in volume and mood, though Mr. Stackpole seemed most comfortable inflating the orchestra to hulking loudness. Review: Crescendos and Decay in Juilliard Premieres 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

While the festival’s practice of pulling the stage into the hall and surrounding it with seating sections has helped immeasurably in fostering intimacy and immediacy, the orchestra’s sound and spirit have much improved. Mostly Mozart’s Final Notes Include ‘Passion’ 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Doyle's signature, as perfected in his Broadway revivals of "Sweeney Todd" and "Company," has been to arm his cast with musical instruments and have them double as the orchestra. 'Color Purple' musical on Broadway has a divine, moving spirit 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

But the orchestra and its music director are off to an exciting start. At Seattle Symphony, an exuberant jaunt to Rome and a Debussy salute 2012-09-21T14:47:03Z

The orchestra, continuing the practice of grouping concerts around a composer, will put on four programs dedicated to Bach. New York Philharmonic Announces Next Season?s Schedule 2012-02-22T17:04:47Z

Mr. Gilbert and the orchestra will record all the Nielsen symphonies and concertos for release on the Danish label Dacapo. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Carl Nielsen Symphony 2012-06-15T21:52:06Z

Mr. Ling elicited a rich sound from the strings, although the orchestra didn’t sound particularly excited about the collaboration. Music Review: Lola Astanova With the Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2013-01-26T01:04:56Z

My experience with the orchestra goes back to the ’80s, with “The Desert Music.” Steve Reich Talks About His First Orchestral Work in 30 Years 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

The tour is part of a rebuilding project that began after the orchestra stunned music lovers in 2011 by becoming the first major U.S. orchestra to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Philadelphia Orchestra announces China tour 2013-04-11T07:02:16Z

An opera lover tossed a friend’s ashes into the orchestra pit at the Metropolitan Opera in New York last week — causing a terrorism scare. Essential Arts & Culture: A wondrous Hedwig, Renaissance music remade, Boyle Heights gallery crimes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

“I think it needs to be more surreal,” the conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin said from the orchestra pit of the Metropolitan Opera on a recent afternoon. ‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film. 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

As a composer, he brought the blues erudition of Duke Ellington into every group he led, whether sextets or full orchestras. The Multifaceted Mingus 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

He conducted it for his opening-night gala at Disney in 2009, recorded it with the orchestra and highlighted it on his first U.S. tour with his new band. A hero's welcome for Esa-Pekka Salonen at Disney Hall 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

With his arrival the orchestra began an education outreach program. Music Review: The Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-25T00:19:19Z

By contrast, Mr. Pintscher’s experience of meeting Stockhausen was “not the happiest of encounters,” he recalled after his orchestra’s rehearsal in South London. 109 Players. 3 Conductors. It’s Even Harder Than It Sounds. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

There are also two substantial orchestra works in store, including the Symphonic Dances, Rachmaninoff’s final composition. Review: Daniil Trifonov Brings Subtlety to Rachmaninoff 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

He said that the orchestra had gotten documentation for each bow, with photographs and letters from bow makers stating that they contained no banned ivory. Budapest Orchestra Has Bows Seized Over Ivory Concerns 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

In other words, Rattle feels he's getting towards the holy grail for all conductors, where there's a direct line between what his hands do and the sound the orchestra makes, without any verbal explanation required. Simon Rattle: Baton charge 2011-02-15T21:30:00Z

Muti evidently believes wholeheartedly in the work, so much so that he and the orchestra are taking it along on their next European tour, scheduled for late summer. No 'hallelujahs' this Christmas unless 'Messiah' gets funding 2011-05-11T17:44:12Z

He later found out that a man in the orchestra section had become ill and that his wife feared he had suffered a stroke; he was taken to the hospital. Perspective | ‘You’re gonna cough during the entire performance?’ What dancers hear, see and sense from the stage. 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Although the orchestra sounded a little scrappy around the edges, it followed Brown’s emphatic, affable conducting with energy. Review | The small Opera Lafayette proves its mettle, pulling off its first Handel 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

Signs of a comparable bond between Mr. Lacombe and his new orchestra are already evident. Music Review: A Jacques Lacombe Preview With , New Jersey Symphony 2010-04-23T22:38:00Z

Other orchestras are taking their own cautious steps forward. Seattle Symphony welcomes an audience back to Benaroya Hall for the first time in 14 months 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

The orchestra is smaller, and at the intimate Longacre Theater, one is much closer to the action. Kelsey Grammer shines in "La Cage Aux Folles" 2010-04-20T01:27:00Z

The orchestra and the other participating organizations are all contributing financially to the program, she said. Los Angeles Philharmonic embarking on new El Sistema initiative 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Students sit among the orchestra; lead roles are taken by a strong bunch of recent graduates. The Cunning Little Vixen ? review 2011-01-25T18:44:01Z

When you read the word “Salute” on an orchestra program, you tend to think of fanfares and shorter tribute pieces and celebrations. NSO delivers a monumental and sobering salute to its former music director 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Thank you,” the stranger said, “for taking care of this orchestra.” Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra Head to Lincoln Center Festival 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

While this almost ancient-sounding musical element unfolds, the rest of the orchestra plays murky riffs and skittish passages that evoke watery, gurgling patterns, in drips and droplets. Music Review: A Voyage of Discovery As a New Hall Sets Sail 2011-01-27T20:55:02Z

The orchestra also traveled to Russia on a thank-you tour for Russian aid. L.A. Phil's YOLA players are goodwill ambassadors near Fukushima 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Manahan and the orchestra gave a mesmerizing account of this fiercely original music. Music Review: Who Killed This Woman?s Lover? And Other Elusive Operatic Issues 2011-03-27T22:01:56Z

Over the course of his career, Maazel conducted an average of two concerts a week for more than 70 years with more than 200 orchestras. Lorin Maazel dies at 84; legendary conductor began as child prodigy 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

Only in the episodic-sounding finale did energy and focus start to wane before the orchestra regathered itself for the majestic coda. Back to basics with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

“The opportunity now to lead one of the world’s best orchestras, in a rapidly changing metropolitan area such as Boston, is an exciting new challenge and a dream project,” Samuel said in a statement. Boston Symphony Orchestra taps Gail Samuel as 1st female CEO 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

But the piece is essentially an alternating dialogue between the guitarists and orchestra; acoustically, it’s virtually impossible for them to play substantive material at the same time. Munich Symphony Orchestra tries too hard not to drown out guitarists 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

"I tell the chorus, the orchestra, the technicians to keep up their work, but their salaries don't even let them pay their bills at the end of the month," the conductor said. Rare encore: Muti conducts audience 2011-03-13T02:13:08Z

As in Hamburg, Mr. Tate and his players performed the piece with a video installation by Daniel Landau, which was projected on three screens above the orchestra. Music Review: Hamburg Symphony Orchestra at Roulette 2012-01-25T00:10:49Z

An electronic voice, apparently emanating from a device somewhere in the orchestra section, intruded into the wordless last moments of “Sea Wall.” The Cell, the Spell and the Mystery of ‘Sea Wall/A Life’ 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

These sections are sung by tenor and baritone soloists, mostly accompanied by a chamber-size contingent of the orchestra. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-10-24T21:46:31Z

What do you hope to accomplish with the orchestra? New Jersey Symphony’s New Director on Defining Her Own Sound 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

This practice tends to happen mostly when a soloist performs with a chamber-size orchestra. The Week Ahead: Nov. 20 ? 26 2011-11-18T22:01:22Z

“All the musicians in the orchestra,” he said in 2007, offering his highest praise to a group that included several noted soloists and sometimes entire string quartets, “they are listening to each other.” To the Conductor Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Was a Collective 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Orpheus advertises itself as a conductorless chamber orchestra, and for the most part it is one, and a fine one. Review: Fazil Say, Soloist, Composer and Even Conductor With Orpheus 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

It was not immediately clear if Ms. Opolais’s withdrawal would have ramifications in the orchestra pit: “Tosca” is scheduled to be conducted by her husband, Andris Nelsons, the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Adding a Note of Turmoil, the Met Opera Loses Its Tosca 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

World-class orchestras and ballet companies come and go from the center’s stages, but the lowbrow “Shear Madness” seems to be forever. Coming soon to the Kennedy Center: More reasons to laugh? 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

In 2016, Mr. Pierce interrupted the making of “And Nothing Hurt” for near-20th-anniversary performances, with gospel choir and orchestra, of the beloved 1997 Spiritualized album “Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space.” Jason Pierce Struggled to Make a New Spiritualized Album. And He May Do It Again. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

His previous Nonesuch album, “Highway Rider,” was a jazz-rock-classical hybrid that featured his writing for a string orchestra. | Brad Mehldau: Pianists, Yes, but a Jazz Singer and Deep Metal, Too 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z

Mr. Gabriel’s other cover versions are slow, moody and willful, backed by orchestra and chamber ensembles. Peter Gabriel Says, ?I?ll Sing Yours, You Sing Mine? 2010-03-01T22:48:00Z

The orchestra announced another partnership last month with the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Calif., which calls for both teaching and performing. Philharmonic Faces Critical Choices as Key Players Depart 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

In a way, it is as if the world of the “modern” orchestra had been drafted into the period-instrument movement. In a Forest of Instruments, Signs of Evolution 2010-09-03T17:20:00Z

“Become Desert,” which he conceived specifically with Benaroya Hall in mind, represents a kind of compromise between such installations and the conventional division between seated audience and orchestra on concert stage. Seattle Symphony reaches another high with John Luther Adams’ searingly beautiful ‘Become Desert’ 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

Abbado was diagnosed with cancer in 2000, but three years later went on to form the Lucerne orchestra, individually selecting most of the members himself. Italian conductor Claudio Abbado dies aged 80 2014-01-20T10:39:38Z

With turnover expected soon at several major orchestras, there are signs of change. Baltimore Symphony’s New Conductor Breaks a Racial Barrier 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

The troubled economy has taken its tolls on orchestras. ArtsBeat: Musicians Pass Out Leaflets as Bankruptcy Looms for Philadelphia Orchestra 2011-04-15T13:58:35Z

He also felt powerless as he watched the orchestra reduce its administrative staff by 40 percent in order to survive. Jaap van Zweden to Step Down as New York Philharmonic’s Maestro 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

The conductor Anne Manson said, “There was one conversation my agent had with one of the opera companies in Britain and they said, ‘We could never put a woman in front of this orchestra.’ Female Conductors Search for Equality at Highest Level 2013-12-20T20:33:48Z

On Wednesday, however, the sound system allowed many of her words to be blurred by the orchestra. Dance Review: When Brecht and Weill Danced, Revisited 2011-05-12T22:00:13Z

“If ticket sales don’t go well with the orchestra, it’s an immediate hit to our bottom line,” she said. Details Emerge of an Orchestra?s Bankruptcy Plea 2011-04-20T23:32:29Z

Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians represents the orchestra. New York City Opera announces musician lockout 2012-01-08T19:32:09Z

Simply finding adequate singers is always problematic, as is the cost of an aptly sized orchestra. Virginia Opera mounts a high-flying ‘Dutchman’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

It will begin with a secret ballot: The musicians will be invited to vote for “any living conductor,” and the first round will be tallied by an electoral committee of four members of the orchestra. Berlin Philharmonic Prepares to Vote on New Chief Conductor 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

When an orchestra enters unsteadily at the start of a piece, I want to raise an eyebrow at my colleague across the aisle. When Opera Entered the Chat 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

Still, the awkwardness of orchestra and jazz ensemble can never be overcome. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

And players believe the orchestra could still lean more heavily on the endowment. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians officially locked out 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

Manze, who turned 50 last month, made his mark as a violinist in the period-performance world before taking up the baton — and that reputation follows him as he rises through the ranks of conventional orchestras. Andrew Manze leads L.A. Philharmonic in a horn showcase 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

The stage is three times as large as the stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall, making it easier to spread the orchestra apart should that prove necessary. The Hollywood Bowl Is Now on Plan C: Filling All 18,000 Seats 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

But the orchestra frequently drowns out the cast members. Review: In ‘The Rape of Lucretia,’ a Woman Done In by Self-Blame 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

He is a really great composer for orchestra, and it makes me sad that his big orchestral works have never been recorded. Peter Schickele Brings P.D.Q Bach Back to the Stage 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

But it’s unlikely that American orchestras will bring to the celebration the fervor with which they once performed his sole symphony. What Happened to One of Classical Music’s Most Popular Pieces? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lepage has created virtual scenery through sophisticated projections that can be shaped by the sounds of the orchestra and the movement of people on stage. Arts & Leisure Preview: The Valhalla Machine 2010-09-17T16:10:00Z

No wonder he needed water as the orchestra retuned halfway through. Lucrezia Borgia; CBSO/Nelsons; Ibragimova/Gerhardt/Osborne ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:35Z

Every orchestra, it seems, has an artist in residence: In fact, the New York Philharmonic’s this season has been the bass-baritone Eric Owens. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

With the orchestra playing Minkus at a bravura clip, this baggy war horse of a ballet races along like a thoroughbred. Mikhailovsky Ballet: Don Quixote – review 2013-04-01T12:11:43Z

The orchestra played with the kind of conviction and sensitivity usually accorded to standards. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

As the orchestra plays a stomping series of cataclysmic chords, a malevolent sea witch wrenches off the mermaid’s fluid blue costume and leaves her almost naked and shivering onstage. Arts: Taking a ?Little Mermaid? to Dark New Depths 2010-03-20T00:33:00Z

As part of this season’s exploration, the orchestra is asking ensembles to play it, or selections from it, or reinterpretations of it. A Facebook First for New York Philharmonic: Streaming Its 175th Anniversary Opener 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the official orchestra for the Nobel Prize ceremonies, opened the festival Tuesday night with compositions from across the region. Kennedy Center opens Nordic Cool cultural festival 2013-02-20T22:01:13Z

“I have never felt so much urgency for change and seen so much sincere work for change,” said Simon Woods, the president and chief executive of the orchestra league. U.S. Orchestras Gradually Diversify but Are Slow to Hire Black Musicians 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

On the orchestra stage, the piano lid is closed near unplugged speakers and billboard images of tango celebrities. In Argentina, pandemic exacts a heavy toll on tango culture 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

The show has a digital lottery for $10 orchestra seats, though — 46 at every performance. The Broadway Shows to See Now 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

With three full-time opera houses, seven major symphony orchestras and numerous world-class choirs, all lavishly funded by the German government, Berlin may well be the most musically active city on earth. Meet the New Generation Leading Berlin’s Classical Scene 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

"It was no longer about a budget of $30,000 and hiring an orchestra," Butler says. How the midwest won over the dancefloor 2011-03-03T22:10:01Z

When he saw the movie, with all the silence and longing surrounding the musicality of the orchestra, he knew he wanted to theatricalize it. How Orin Wolf Orchestrated a Tony Coup With ‘The Band’s Visit’ 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Van Zweden is certainly in the upper tier of international maestros, and has appeared with most of the major orchestras. The New York Philharmonic Picks Jaap van Zweden 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

When the orchestra commissioned Angélica Negrón to write a piece for Amsterdam, she initially planned to involve two local children’s choruses. Hell or High Water, an Orchestra Celebrates the Erie Canal 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

“Someone who is going to really embrace what and who this orchestra is, is really important,” Burns said of the search committee’s priorities. A Conductor’s Tumultuous, Invaluable Tenure Ends in Minnesota 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

Excerpts from 10 diverse works were performed by the City Opera orchestra and chorus and an impressive roster of solo singers. In a Laboratory, Turning Traditional Notions of Opera Upside Down 2010-05-07T20:15:00Z

The rally, organized by the orchestra and chorus unions, was intended to denounce the move and efforts to turn the orchestra and chorus into essentially freelance outfits. City Opera Director Defends New Season 2011-07-12T23:00:30Z

The North Korean orchestra, whose name means "milky way," is led by Kwon Hyok Bong, adviser to the Korean Traditional Music Institute. Premier North Korean orchestra is Paris-bound 2012-03-09T13:16:11Z

What were some of the difficulties in preparing the live orchestra premiere of "Rebel Without a Cause"? L.A. Phil plays 'Rebel,' 'Casablanca' and 'Waterfront' as the live-to-picture craze grows 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Asked if the orchestra might host future pride concerts or galas, Mr. Thomas replied, “As my mother would have said, ‘From your lips to God’s ears.’” San Francisco Symphony Replaces Canceled N. Carolina Concerts With a Pride Benefit 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

The production, conceived with Sendak’s blessing but completed after his death in May, was commissioned by the orchestra, the Barbican Center in London and the Aldeburgh festival and had its premiere there in June. Netia Jones, Making Maurice Sendak’s Creatures Sing 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z

And section for section, the orchestra played with a virtuosity and unity that are prerequisites for that kind of performance. Music Review: The Brahms Behind the Schoenberg 2011-04-11T20:30:33Z

The four musicians studied in the historical performance program at Juilliard and now play on gut strings, including serving as the string section leaders in the cathedral’s baroque orchestra. The Diderot String Quartet wins some converts 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

Beyond the numbers, musicians play an outsize role in the cultural life of the nation — from symphony orchestras and operas to chamber music festivals; from Broadway pits to Nashville recording studios and national concert tours. A String Quartet Is Crushed by the Coronavirus 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z

“It’s a challenge, physically and psychologically, for everybody in the orchestra.” A 6-Hour Opera in a Pandemic? The Met Goes for It. 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

Pity the orchestra: instead of dozing over the crossword during quiet passages in the pit, they had to heft their instruments repeatedly around the set and play in the dark while standing up. Last Night's TV: The Making of the Duchess of Malfi and American Dream 2010-12-06T08:00:00Z

This summer he will lead the orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem at Tanglewood, its summer home. ArtsBeat: Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints Andris Nelsons as New Music Director 2013-05-16T14:47:36Z

The spirit is perhaps closest to Neo-Classicism, though, even deploying a smallish orchestra, Gál seems to be striving for some of the lushness of his beloved Romantics. Classical Recordings: Orchestra of the Swan Record Gál and Schumann 2012-06-01T14:10:41Z

But officials have not announced a Pops schedule, leading Nero's personal attorney to file an injunction requiring the orchestra to honor Nero's contract and sponsor and promote Pops performances next season. Judge: Philly orchestra can keep paying musicians 2011-04-20T20:49:08Z

His conducting seemed more for himself than the orchestra, as though a kind of physical therapy for helping him slow down and preparing for a lyrical theme or for working himself into a sweat. Pianist Yundi adds some flair, but his Beethoven still lacks drama at Bowl 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

The Met orchestra under Mr. Luisi showed enormous flexibility in conjuring both the psychological turmoil of the characters and the beguiling exoticism of the setting. Music Review: ‘Aida’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-25T23:03:14Z

Artistically speaking, we keep increasing the difficulty of the repertoire, creating more orchestras and showing our results worldwide as an example to follow. Ricardo Castro 2013-05-10T13:14:59Z

As soon as the musicians arrived, the event burst into life, the junkyard orchestra sending waves of noise through the room. Spirit of the underground: dance 2011-01-30T21:30:00Z

Dudamel was typically passionate and energetic as he led the orchestra on Wednesday night in Mahler's Symphony No. 6, his curly hair bouncing when he jumped at a crescendo. Dudamel and LA Philharmonic make waves in Caracas 2012-02-16T17:32:08Z

He has an eight-city American tour next fall with the Vienna orchestra, including two dates in New York. On Deck,The Met?s Pinch-Hitter 2011-04-21T13:39:32Z

Some in the orchestra worried that cancer would prevent Thomas from making the journey to Tanglewood, his first appearance at the festival since 2018. A Star Maestro, Fighting Brain Cancer, Finds Peace in Music 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

Most of the concert tour focuses on music from rock operas “Tommy” and “Quadrophenia” with some of the band’s bigger hits adapted for orchestra as well. Meet the Seattle musician putting together a local orchestra for The Who’s tour stop 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Here orchestra musicians, whose job is generally to play what someone else selects, pick the pieces themselves. L.A. Phil chamber players start Next on Grand in here and now 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Not that the brasses, a particular strength of this orchestra in recent years, were anything less than mighty and brilliant. Review: A ‘Resurrection’ in Tune With the Atlanta Symphony’s Renewal 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

Was it difficult for you, as a Seventh-day Adventist, to tell orchestras you would not rehearse on Saturdays, the Sabbath? This Maestro Is Turning 90. He’s Also Conducting Over 90 Concerts This Year. 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

"We haven't found a way yet to make them profit centers," said Vanessa Moss, the CSO's vice president for orchestra and building operations, who handles much of the tours' planning. Does world travel make CSO first-class? 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

The Philharmonic doesn’t play these days with old-school brilliance or majesty, or with the feverish edge that Leonard Bernstein brought to Schumann’s symphonies with this orchestra in his classic recordings. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Could Be the New York Philharmonic’s Future 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

He led the orchestra on Sunday in broad expansions before focusing it back into tumbling momentum. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

Several hurdles must be surmounted if the orchestra is to move to the Hunter hall, which is on the college’s East 68th Street campus, at Park Avenue. New York Philharmonic Discusses Temporary Home at Hunter College 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

The maestro seeks as much perfection in composing at his scent organ as he does at conducting his orchestra.” The Met Conductor Fabio Luisi Seduced by Creating his Own Perfumes 2014-03-06T00:46:01Z

Not long after making it to the stage, Simon makes a suicidal dive into the orchestra pit that lands him a 30-day stay in a psychiatric hospital. In ‘The Humbling,’ Al Pacino Plays an Aging Performer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

When Mr. Gilbert conducted his first Central Park concert with the Philharmonic on a balmy summer night in 2008, he and the orchestra drew an elated crowd estimated at 63,000. Critic?s Notebook: Andrea Bocelli, Philharmonic and Friends in Central Park 2011-09-16T17:41:13Z

The conductor sneaks in, then cues the sustained low E flats in the orchestra that begin the piece so mysteriously. Music Review: At Met, the New ?Ring? Is Mostly a Success 2010-09-28T06:30:00Z

A small orchestra that included a string quartet and four horns, augmented by three backup singers, completed the picture. Review: John Pizzarelli Channels Paul McCartney and Antônio Carlos Jobim 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

It was after its performance of that piece that Sir Mix-A-Lot took to the stage, backed by the orchestra, to perform. Debating the Seattle Orchestra’s Foray With Sir Mix-A-Lot 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

That modern orchestras seem to have ceded Haydn’s marvelous canon to the historical performance-practice cabal is cause to lament; this music should be a cornerstone of the repertory, as Mr. Haitink’s rendition handily asserted. Music Review: Bernard Haitink and the New York Philharmonic - Review 2011-11-18T23:46:31Z

Every hall shapes the sound of an orchestra, it’s a part of their acoustic. Leaving the NSO, a veteran clarinetist reflects on the orchestra’s ups and downs 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

He told the orchestra’s players during a rehearsal on Wednesday afternoon in advance of their opening concert on Friday. Jaap van Zweden to Step Down as New York Philharmonic’s Maestro 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

The pandemic, which forced many orchestras to cancel concerts for a season or longer, has exacerbated those problems. San Antonio Symphony to Dissolve Amid Labor Dispute 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

“We must work together with music director Robert Spano and our musicians to get more people in Symphony Hall and more donors willing to support our extraordinary orchestra.” Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Agrees to a New Labor Deal 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z

Sorrell hopes the orchestra will be invited to play in Seattle someday. Jeannette Sorrell to make SSO debut in ‘Bach’s Coffeehouse’ 2014-01-02T22:47:41Z

But orchestra members, backstage staff, ushers and concession workers will need to show proof of vaccination to come to work. The Hollywood Bowl Is Now on Plan C: Filling All 18,000 Seats 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

So Mr. Spano was leading an orchestra consisting of perhaps 20 percent extras. Review: A ‘Resurrection’ in Tune With the Atlanta Symphony’s Renewal 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

In its third season, the orchestra seems to be living up to its stated goal of bringing “a diverse array of music performances” and music of a “broad appeal” to its audiences. An early Cinco de Mayo celebration with the New Orchestra of Washington 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

But the Stravinsky didn’t sell me either; Lintu labored to find a convincing through line, and the orchestra was only intermittently better. Review | A strong pianist tries, and fails, to save an evening 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

Jones also contributes the production’s other highlight: a brief interlude during the number “Got a Pair of New Shoes” when the orchestra stops playing and the ensemble taps unaccompanied. ‘Chasing Rainbows’ Review: Judy Garland’s Happy Days 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

The arrival of a music director is always momentous for an orchestra. Andris Nelsons Begins Tenure Leading Boston Symphony 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Crucial committees of the orchestra’s board of directors voted unanimously to recommend the contract to the full board, which is expected to vote on it Tuesday. Philadelphia Orchestra Ends Its Brief Strike 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

In the “Rhapsodie Espagnole,” he stayed out of the way, letting Ravel take the orchestra for a scenic ride. Getting to know — or at least trying to — Matthias Pintscher at an L.A. Phil concert 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

How do you put on a production when you have no flies, no trapdoors, no time, no money, and you have to share the stage with the orchestra? Music: New York Philharmonic Stages Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-21T19:40:00Z

In a commanding performance, Cate Blanchett plays Lydia Tár, the award-winning maestro of the Berlin Philharmonic, who is promoting a new book and preparing to lead her orchestra through Mahler’s 5th symphony. Where to Stream ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Elvis’ and More 2023 Oscar Nominees 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

And now they have returned to the orchestra, once again in tandem: Hrusa, 40, last week, and Rouvali, 36, on Thursday. Review: Another Week, Another Philharmonic Podium Candidate 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z

But Oregon evidently has another orchestra capable of thinking big thoughts. The New Season: Tchaikovsky, Dress Codes, And 3-D Opera 2011-09-16T19:50:18Z

As phrases were transformed and traded between sections of the orchestra, there was an uncommon feeling of dialogue. Beethoven From Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

With the children in bed, the evening concert was like taking a slice out of the orchestra and putting it under a microscope: what makes this ensemble so great? Berlin Philharmonic residency ? review 2011-02-21T00:54:14Z

After the adventure of last week’s ambitious staging of “Erwartung” and “Bluebeard’s Castle,” two operas the New York Philharmonic doesn’t dust off every day, the orchestra and its music director, Jaap van Zweden, exhaled. Review: After Ambitious Operas, the Philharmonic Exhales 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

The orchestra accepted a new defined contribution retirement plan, and management agreed to additional contributions to the musicians who would suffer the most. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Strike Is Resolved 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

We're still looking for an orchestra who will play for beer money, though, and I'm leafing through the Argos catalogue to see if we can afford a few props. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z

An orchestra official said the investigation took five months. New York Philharmonic Dismisses 2 Players for Unspecified Misconduct 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

In three neighborhoods — Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brighton Beach and downtown Brooklyn — it will play three different series, each containing three events: an orchestra concert, a chamber performance and a community program. Music Review: Brooklyn Philharmonic Festival With Mos Def - Review 2011-10-09T21:48:21Z

The Miami City Ballet has brought George Balanchine’s 1954 version of “The Nutcracker” to the Music Center — one with impressive scale: 45 adults, 60 children, as well as an orchestra and chorus. Essential Arts & Culture: A 2017 rewind, lots of 'Nutcracker' and Bach, art and selfie marketing 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

The gamelan is the symphony orchestra of Indonesia, a collection of melodic percussion instruments played by a group of musicians each responsible for their own part of a complicated matrix of sound. Dip your toe into gamelan music with Gamelan Pacifica and guest artist Darsono 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

But I have stood in front of many orchestras that were all men. ArtsBeat: Jessye Norman Talks About ‘Stand Up Straight and Sing!’ 2014-05-06T16:27:37Z

Audience and orchestra alike consumed in rapt delight, and the cavernous Albert Hall seemed to shrink to the proportions of a private salon. Proms 43 & 44: RPO/Dutoit; Sinfonietta/Ridder – review 2012-08-15T17:08:40Z

Weilerstein says his time as a violinist in orchestras helps him be attuned to musicians' needs. Joshua Weilerstein, a recent Dudamel fellow, is back in L.A. as maestro 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

Good teachers helped Lulu develop an affinity with the instrument, and she became concert master of a youth orchestra. 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother': Raising kids the 'hyper-severe' Chinese way 2011-01-14T19:44:06Z

A conductor might be an acclaimed musician, but a poor fit for an orchestra whose players thrive on collaboration and not autocracy. Seattle Symphony picks Thomas Dausgaard to succeed Ludovic Morlot as music director 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

According to the center, 90.5 percent of tickets were sold for the concerts, which took place at Alice Tully Hall since the orchestra’s usual home, the larger David Geffen Hall, was being renovated. How Much Would You Pay to Hear Great Music? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

The orchestra comprises professional musicians, members of other orchestras and music teachers, performing with young musicians, teen through college age. Pontiac Bay Orchestra salutes film noir in June 6 concert 2010-06-04T18:22:00Z

Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times’s chief classical music critic, recently wrote an essay arguing that blind auditions — long seen as an equalizer in American orchestras — were no longer tenable. Musicians on How to Bring Racial Equity to Auditions 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

The majority of orchestras were able to return to concert halls this past season, relying on government grants and an uptick in donations, but others struggled to reopen. San Antonio Symphony to Dissolve Amid Labor Dispute 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Gershwin learned a lot about the orchestra and form from his French composer, 23 years his senior.  Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

The orchestra handled its heady blend of lush 1930s sound and Hungarian folk sources persuasively. National Philharmonic brings its unique touch to a vintage lineup 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

Speaking of doing things naturally, this production uses no amplification, employs a full orchestra of 42 players and adheres to the original keys of the 1946 production. Music Review: Gun-Totin? Br?nnhilde 2011-07-17T21:45:27Z

The chorus, hugely important in this opera, sang magnificently, and the orchestra played with sweep and majesty under music director Nicola Luisotti. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z

But this post is hardly temporary: It’s a capstone of Mr. Trifonov’s relationship with New York City and the Philharmonic, which has become something of a home orchestra for him. Not Just a Philharmonic Residency: Daniil Trifonov Is a New Yorker 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

The orchestra filed for bankruptcy protection a year ago, in part to reduce its pension burden. ArtsBeat: Philadelphia Orchestra Settles Pension Dispute With Musicians 2012-04-24T21:40:42Z

Speaking onstage before his first performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 in January, Mr. Nelsons waxed loquacious about the composer’s music, and his desire to “infect” the orchestra and its audience with a similar enthusiasm. At the Boston Symphony, Andris Nelsons Embraces Tradition but Looks Ahead 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

Another Jewish survivor remembered listening to that same orchestra as it accompanied the cries of those being murdered in the camp's gas chamber. How the Nazis used music to celebrate and facilitate murder 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

Even the orchestra refused to take a bow, joining in the applause, united in loyal admiration for their new maestro. Andris Nelsons 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

But he said he was frustrated that the orchestra still ran deficits. Oscar Schafer on His Coming Role at Philharmonic 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

When an orchestra takes the stage, all eyes, and ears, are on the music. Putting the NSO in scoring position 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

The composer once more calls for a large orchestra, as well as adult chorus, children's chorus and eight soloists – one reason it for its relatively infrequent stagings. Glyndebourne 2012: A musical guide to the Ravel opera double bill 2012-08-16T11:05:51Z

Contracts for 12 unions, including those of the choristers, orchestra players and stagehands, remain unresolved, and in some cases are far from resolution. As Some Met Employees Come to Work, Others Protest Near Lincoln Center 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Shaham seemed to be enjoying himself, frequently flashing a wide-eyed grin to the orchestra and audience. Music Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-16T19:24:56Z

“I think, for orchestras, regardless of their size, their relevance and meaning to the community is key to their survival,” says Anna Kuwabara, president of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Perspective | American orchestras: Revamping the model, or embracing the obvious? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

The nature of the downbeat — how abrupt, how delicate — tells the orchestra what kind of sound character to produce. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z

The Seattle Symphony is just one of several orchestras nationwide embroiled in labor struggles. Musicians, Seattle Symphony announce contract extension 2012-10-20T06:35:31Z

He was appointed to the job that made Simon Rattle famous after only two private encounters with the orchestra and without the normal fiery baptism of a public concert. Andris Nelsons 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

In this piece, the orchestra mostly plays a supporting role to the singingly Romantic solo part. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Conductor Argues With Passion 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

He knows that the answers to many questions lie in the music played by the orchestra. A Hungry Singer, Consuming His Roles 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z

As the wives sing in fragmented phrases, trying to stay on message, the orchestra breaks into frenetic arpeggios, an audacious touch. Music Review: ?Dark Sisters,? by Nico Muhly - Review 2011-11-10T22:46:08Z

I really enjoyed just using the big choir and full orchestra. What to Expect From the Upcoming Game of Thrones Concert Tour 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

The audience seemed just as newly energized as the orchestra. The 'L.A. Phil Effect' hits New York, Cleveland and beyond 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

In that official news release, Sting says he finds it exciting to be playing with an orchestra. Sting ? with strings! ? at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre 2010-06-03T20:13:00Z

“In training to play in an orchestra, you play in an orchestra all the time. That’s not so easily replicated in digital work,” says Jesse Rosen, president of the League of American Orchestras. Empty classrooms, studios and stages: In the covid-19 era, an arts education requires an even greater leap of faith 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

“Right from our first rehearsal,” Mr. Gimeno, 42, said in an email, he identified with the “sound and the musical intelligence of the orchestra.” Toronto Symphony Taps Gustavo Gimeno as Its Music Director 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Twenty-one cameras positioned in unique locations will capture the action: from above the stage to the trap door, to the orchestra pit and the wings. Royal Opera Live: an exclusive behind-the-scenes live stream 2013-01-03T14:04:08Z

“We have some of the best orchestras, musicians and conductors in the world, and that has nothing to do with the E.U.,” he said. As Brexit Looms, Musicians Brace for the Worst 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

The orchestra on Wednesday performs the first of two concerts at the Moscow Conservatory and then travels to St. Petersburg for a single concert on Saturday. Muti brings Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Russia 2012-04-18T16:16:04Z

The players were convinced: from the rosy vein struck by the strings to the honed gestures of the woodwind, here was an orchestra at one with itself and its director. LSO/Gergiev ? review 2011-03-03T22:29:01Z

Long boxes line the front and side almost like an elevated orchestra pit with Christie’s name emblazoned in gold on the front. Auctioning off utopia 2013-07-14T22:00:00Z

The Venezuelan conductor Domingo Hindoyan, in his house debut, moved things along nicely and drew sharp responsiveness from the orchestra. Review: A Donizetti Revival at the Met Hints at More to Come 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

Europe’s first orchestra comprising mostly people of color. From Lady Gaga to an ice cello, Seth Parker Woods redefines what it means to play cello 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

But now the orchestra, burdened by tens of millions of dollars in pension obligations it says it cannot afford, is using bankruptcy court to avoid paying for them. Philadelphia Orchestra Tries to Avoid Pension Payments 2011-11-30T23:36:36Z

Leonard Slatkin brings his French orchestra to town with a program heavy on, well, French composers. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Sellouts weren’t everyday occurrences at major orchestras even before the pandemic, and subscription rates were dipping. After a ‘Scary’ Fall, Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

Perhaps, working with a new orchestra less freighted by history than the Berliners, Rattle felt less self-conscious. LSO/Rattle ? review 2011-03-08T18:31:09Z

The part is, by any account, technically difficult: It is extremely long, and the singer must often project over an orchestra going at full throttle. Taking On ‘Tristan,’ a Role That Demands Much of a Tenor 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

Six of his nine Essays for orchestra have been recorded commercially. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z

They also came down the aisle to bring food to the orchestra, briefly throwing Mr. Jonsson off balance as he tried to conduct with one hand and reach for a departing tray with the other. ArtsBeat Blog: A Magical Musical Moment, Extended to 12 Hours 2011-11-20T01:16:06Z

“It’s where I find so much freedom. It’s just me and an orchestra. A beautifully written song is just transcendent.” Perspective | You love theater? So do these 12 D.C. stage dynamos.  2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

In orchestra administration, where turnover is more frequent, change has been swifter. U.S. Orchestras Gradually Diversify but Are Slow to Hire Black Musicians 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

A superb cast, orchestra and chorus put a human face on war's awful truths as they work across the vast emotional trajectory of Handel's music. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z

The excellent New York Choral Artists, whose director is Joseph Flummerfelt, and a reduced complement of players from the orchestra gave a sumptuous performance. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z

The loss of Smith will create a void in Los Angeles, where the orchestra is in the beginning stages of a search for a successor to Dudamel. Boston Symphony Picks New Leader From Los Angeles Philharmonic 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

Out of necessity, orchestras and other organizations eventually began to charge for admission. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

The hologram thanked the audience after the applause, and turned to nod to the live orchestra. Singer Amy Winehouse to return to the stage as a hologram 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

The stringless orchestra traded riffs with Serkin in music that might at first be called random, but in fact is faithful to a superhuman musical intelligence. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z

Mr. Heras-Casado’s Mostly Mozart concert on Thursday will mark his fourth appearance at Lincoln Center, after two summers of acclaimed performances with the festival orchestra and the International Contemporary Ensemble. Pablo Heras-Casado, With Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2012-08-03T18:26:47Z

Its music director search, said Deborah Borda, the orchestra’s chief executive, is “a very confidential and sacrosanct process, and we just don’t discuss it.” A Conductor Who Knows His Way Around a Score, and a Farm 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

The Philharmonic has long been a Gershwin orchestra — it gave the premiere of “An American in Paris” in 1928 — so it was a natural choice for the soundtrack. The Philharmonic Accompanies ‘Manhattan,’ Just as It Did in 1979 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

He ruled the Boston Symphony Orchestra, one of America’s most venerable and honored orchestras, for a record 29 years. Ozawa: A pioneer who dedicated his life to Western music 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

The general excellence of the orchestra extended as well to individual soloists, especially the woodwind players in both works. Resigned Director of Minnesota Orchestra Takes Spin at Old Job 2014-03-28T06:27:13Z

That was also when the orchestra hired Ms. Lillie to search for the Signac’s rightful owner. Vienna Philharmonic Finds Owners of a Nazi Gift 2014-04-11T22:37:31Z

He required new sorts of singers and new instruments for the orchestra. Wagner bicentenary: the music is still what matters most 2013-05-21T23:59:01Z

“But I wouldn’t have gotten as much podium time. I’ve gotten to conduct the orchestra every single week. ” Want More Diverse Conductors? Orchestras Should Look to Assistants. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Still, it was pleasant enough once it found its way to those lilting waltz rhythms that this orchestra plays like no other. Music Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2014-03-14T22:10:53Z

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s retirees receive pensions from both sources: the orchestra’s own funds, frozen in 2004, and the federation fund. Philadelphia Orchestra Tries to Avoid Pension Payments 2011-11-30T23:36:36Z

The many who stayed were treated to an excellent performance, achingly sustained in the opening Andante, vibrantly taut and energetic in the Allegros, featuring virtuoso soloists from the orchestra. Review: The Philharmonic Revisits an Early Triumph of Its Director 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

The concert also offers William Bolcom’s Trombone Concerto, a lively, inventive piece that Mr. Gilbert and the orchestra introduced in June; it’s written for Joseph Alessi, the orchestra’s principal trombone, who is again the soloist. A New Work From Wynton Marsalis at David Geffen Hall 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

For decades, the 25 largest orchestras in the United States have been led almost exclusively by white men. Baltimore Symphony’s New Conductor Breaks a Racial Barrier 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

Playing “Kullervo” on Saturday evening the orchestra still struggled to sustain intensity, but it was roused to a mighty finale by powerful singing from the Bard Festival Chorale, prepared by James Bagwell. Hearing the Mystery in Sibelius 2011-08-15T21:18:14Z

The orchestra musicians will wear earpieces that deliver rhythmic clicks to indicate the beat. ?West Side Story? Score to Be Played by Philharmonic 2011-09-06T21:53:07Z

It's a compliment to our orchestra that this famous conductor did not seem to need to direct every moment. Remarkable violinist, conductor were masterful pair at Seattle Symphony 2012-11-02T20:31:04Z

Changing music directors marks an important crossroads for an orchestra, and it can be a risky business. Seattle Symphony picks Thomas Dausgaard to succeed Ludovic Morlot as music director 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Britten sets passages from the Latin liturgy of the requiem mass for chorus and orchestra, joined by a soprano soloist in crucial episodes. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-23T20:56:32Z

Musicians who had not seen one another since conservatory days or past orchestras embraced. All-Star Orchestra Records Series for WNET 2012-08-31T21:48:03Z

Christopher Fecteau, the company’s artistic director, conducted a finely paced performance from a small orchestra that was often acute — particularly in the strings — but a bit strident in the winds. Music Review: ‘Dialogues des Carmélites,’ by Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble 2012-08-26T21:03:45Z

Jesse Rosen, president and chief executive officer of the League of American Orchestras, said technology is changing the way orchestras interact with their patrons. AP: Pa. symphony seeks soloist via YouTube contest 2012-02-09T17:55:10Z

It’s the right time to leave at this inspiring time for the orchestra. Seattle Symphony music director Ludovic Morlot bids farewell with fond memories and final concerts 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Evidently they did not like the appearance of competing with, and perhaps losing to, regional orchestras. A Bracing Breath of Spring Air From All Directions 2011-04-29T16:17:11Z

Gary Thor Wedow conducted Juilliard415, the orchestra representing the school’s historical performance program; the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, superbly trained by Julian Wachner and always expressive; and student and professional vocal soloists. Music Review: Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion,’ Presented by Juilliard 2014-03-19T19:36:07Z

I will never forget when the orchestra manager ran to me backstage with a safety pin in horror.” Hahn-Bin Straddles Classical Music and Fashion 2011-02-23T21:15:40Z

A world away from the often overblown orchestras of the TV series, this is a subtle score. Has Doctor Who sold his soul in this new live show? 2010-10-11T16:51:00Z

“We need to promote music that deals with these issues,” the orchestra’s music director, Michael Repper, said in an interview. These Young Musicians Made an Album. Now It’s Nominated for a Grammy. 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

Meditations on a Borough’s History, Through Booms and Bad Times Brooklyn Philharmonic Alan Pierson leading the orchestra in a concert titled “Brooklyn Village,” presented with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette on Saturday evening. Music Review: Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette 2012-03-26T22:28:24Z

Jeannette Sorrell started her own ensemble, Apollo’s Fire, a Baroque orchestra based in Cleveland, in part, she said, because she encountered bias while trying to navigate a traditional career. Top Orchestras Have No Female Conductors. Is Change Coming? 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

The violist Antoine Tamestit was the beguiling soloist in that work, stalking the stage and turning a duet with a solo horn into a tête-à-tête at the back of the orchestra. Review: Berlioz, Rendered Newly Audacious at Carnegie Hall 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

He lamented the rigidity orchestras must contend with when subscription programs are scheduled years in advance. Notes Toward Reinventing the American Orchestra 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lang’s return, in front of thousands of people at Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, was being watched by orchestras and music industry insiders everywhere. Review: Lang Lang, Classical Music’s Superstar, Returns Quietly 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

He’s followed that organization’s orchestra around the world but has also undertaken many solo trips to photograph such scenes as a solstice crowd at Stonehenge and a trio of camels in Mali. Review | In the galleries: A century apart, Khalil Gibran and contemporary artists explore questions of home and displacement at MEI Art Gallery 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

“It’s just a movie I’ve never done before. I thought it would be really challenging again. It’ll be really edgy, but it will be very simple. No big orchestras.” James Horner's recent work: 'Southpaw' and '33' scores 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Sondergard brings an anti-authoritative spirit to an orchestra that, perhaps more than most, values a democratic approach, following a contentious period between musicians and orchestra leadership about a decade ago. Minnesota Orchestra Names Thomas Sondergard as Music Director 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

But on Tuesday — with Nézet-Séguin making his first appearance at the opera house this season, nearly two months in — the Met’s orchestra brought muscular energy to what could easily turn turgid and syrupy. Review: In ‘The Hours,’ Prima Donnas and Emotions Soar 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

Replies Jobs: “The musicians play the instruments. I play the orchestra … I sat in a garage and invented the future … Because artists lead and hacks ask for a show of hands.” First trailer for Danny Boyle's Oscar-tipped Steve Jobs biopic arrives 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Guzman, who joined the youth orchestra seven years ago, has played bow to bow with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the baton of Dudamel. From a Burger King to a Concert Hall, With Help From Frank Gehry 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

But these days our orchestras are filled with female players, and there are so many prominent female composers that one need hardly call attention to it. Opera Review: Jane Glover Conducts ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2013-12-17T22:44:44Z

The brilliant pianist Yefim Bronfman, artist-in-residence with the orchestra this year, will be the soloist in three programs over three weeks, performing the five Beethoven piano concertos and his Triple Concerto. Classical & Opera Listings for June 6-12 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

The Sala Nezahualcóyotl is home to the university’s philharmonic orchestra, while its cinemas screen a mix of Mexican and international art films and documentaries. 36 Hours in Mexico City 2014-03-21T16:19:14Z

The orchestra will be amplified, Philharmonic officials said. ?West Side Story? Score to Be Played by Philharmonic 2011-09-06T21:53:07Z

Now, as a stabilizing Philharmonic prepares to welcome the Dutch maestro Jaap van Zweden as its 26th music director, the orchestra is focusing on its hometown. The New York Philharmonic’s Fresh Start: A Season Spent at Home 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

A great deal is being made of this being your 90th birthday year, but the two orchestras you started are now a combined 101 years old. Sir Neville Marriner conducts his 90th birthday tour with grace, humor 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

“I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.” At the Boston Symphony, Andris Nelsons Embraces Tradition but Looks Ahead 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

“She really wants to change the orchestra world, and we’ve really enjoyed being part of that,” he said. A Trailblazing Female Conductor Is Still Alone on the Trail 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

He began the evening demonstrating the historical conducting role of violinists who were orchestra leaders, playing the solo part of Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041. Kavakos ends two-week NSO residency by taking up the baton 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

With the Academy, he usually conducts seated, often playing along with the orchestra. The music man: Josh Bell at mid-career 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

That morning the orchestra touched on spots in the Symphonies Nos. Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic Hailed in Caracas 2012-02-14T23:33:58Z

The music builds up line by line, growing in confidence until the full orchestra blazes in with a broad, triumphant melody which Beethoven then uses as the basis of a set of exuberant variations. Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra with Gustavo Dudamel - 23 June 2012-06-22T08:52:00Z

The Encores! orchestra, led by Ben Whiteley, suavely melds these disparate elements. Review: ‘1776,’ a Musical Portrait of Squabbling Politicians 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

He added: “The guy has got a very good rhythm, a sense of tempo, of pulse. And that gives the orchestra a certain kind of security that allows them to express themselves quite clearly.” A Conductor Who Knows His Way Around a Score, and a Farm 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

The rooms below — locker rooms for the Met orchestra players, a hallway, the orchestra manager’s office, the conductor’s studio — have to be put back together. For New ?Ring,? Met Reinforces Its Stage With Steel 2010-06-07T18:50:00Z

Relying on historically informed performance practice with a modern-instrument orchestra, stripping the vibrato from strings and shortening bow strokes, Langrée created a transparent sound that revels in details. A Revelatory Performance by the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

The playing he drew from the orchestra was incisive and lucid. Review: Philip Glass Comes, Finally, to the New York Philharmonic 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z

Louis Langree conducted the orchestra, which sounded uncharacteristically ragged at the outset, but soon settled down. Melancholy Hamlet returns to Met after 113 years 2010-03-17T06:01:00Z

“There was no question that Gary was at some point going to run a major orchestra.” NSO announces new executive director 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

In the middle of the war, he dared to compare the typical American orchestra to “a Panzer division on the march.” Virgil Thomson’s Enduring Critique of Classical Music in America 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

The Bizet selections made this clear enough, allowing conductor and orchestra a chance to limber up through some of the composer’s most aggressively lovely short works. Review | Yan Pascal Tortelier and the NSO find their own voices in ‘Daphnis et Chloé’ 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Stung by the collapsing classical recording industry, the orchestra founded an in-house label this year. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Scored for an orchestra divided into eight groups spread widely among the playing space, this is funeral music, as surely as any by Beethoven, Liszt, Wagner or Mahler. Sampling the Work of Pierre Boulez 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

The musicians and orchestra executives have been negotiating to reach a new contract with the help of a mediator since the old pact expired last season. Philadelphia Orchestra May Declare Bankruptcy 2011-04-15T22:24:02Z

It is not a bad rule of thumb that the more a conductor smiles at the orchestra during a performance, the less there is to enjoy in the music-making. Prom 12: BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky 2010-07-26T21:15:00Z

An orchestra’s season opener can smack of back-to-school: a resumption of routine. Review | A gleeful resumption of routine: Standard program makes for diverting evening 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

For that performance, the score was adapted once again, this time for string orchestra, by the composer and horn player Michael P. Atkinson, a member of the New York-based ensemble the Knights. Sufjan Stevens and Justin Peck Make a Ballet About Respect 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

A few days later, blazing a trail for conductors to side openly with their players during labor strife, he led three concerts with the orchestra’s musicians, whose management had exiled them from their own hall. A Conductor’s Tumultuous, Invaluable Tenure Ends in Minnesota 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

What do orchestras need to do to stay relevant in the 21st century? An Orchestra Veteran on Music’s Post-Pandemic Future 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

In 2008, he recorded a live album in London, with an all-female string orchestra, called “Late Orchestration,” which includes a rendition of “Jesus Walks.” Kanye West’s Sunday Service Is Full of Longing and Self-Promotion 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

At the centre of this whirlwind, of course, was Dudamel, whose talents grew with this orchestra, were honed by the Gothenburg Symphony, and are being tested by the LA Phil. Prom 29: Sim?n Bol?var Symphony Orchestra - review 2011-08-05T23:26:13Z

Her interpretations are original, of course, but limited to standard arrangements played by an orchestra also underemployed. Audra McDonald captivates a Bowl audience, but she's meant for more 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

He thought in terms of big orchestras; he was very much of that era. Carlisle Floyd: Artists Share Memories of a Composer 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

Mario Mestichelli, the orchestra’s chief financial officer, said that before declaring bankruptcy he had tried to create a five-year financial plan without cutting the pension plans, but major donors shot it down. Philadelphia Orchestra Tries to Avoid Pension Payments 2011-11-30T23:36:36Z

He was faced with the challenge of modifying the recordings, often by time-stretching the material, while retaining the natural acoustic qualities of the orchestra. New experiences shape the music of Seattle Symphony’s composer in residence 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

And the Met’s exceptionally versatile chorus takes a crucial role here as, Ms. Saariaho explained, “the sonic bridge between the soloists and the orchestra.” Your Guide to a Met Opera Milestone 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

The original Spring for Music festival rewarded orchestras for their innovative programming. Spring for Music Festival to Be Reborn in Washington 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

The Met must strike deals with unions representing the orchestra, chorus, stage crews, hair and makeup stylists, costumers, scenic artists, cleaners, ticket takers, ushers, security guards and others. Countdown to Lockout for Unions at the Met 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

It was a superb concert, Nelsons bringing the best from his orchestra and from a programme which, were it not for his charisma and energy, might have seemed oddly contrived. The Proms 2011: week two in review 2011-08-04T11:04:34Z

The inner movements, more considered and refined, found conductor and orchestra on their usual form, however. RLPO/Vasily Petrenko 2010-05-24T21:31:00Z

In the U.S., however, it wasn't until the band began to hook up with orchestras that its stateside audiences started to match its European fan base. Pink Martini arrives in Seattle with plenty of fizz 2010-04-15T20:30:00Z

This makes it well-suited for the Soulful Symphony, which represents an alternative and also idealistic vision for an orchestra. Perspective | The Soulful Symphony reinvents itself, elevating music’s American roots 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Froschauer said the orchestra would not let the virus get in the way of performing. Global Tours Were Key for Orchestras. Then the Pandemic Hit. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

Silence is a key part of the movie, so the orchestra will stay onstage the whole time, the Philharmonic said, “highlighting Kubrick’s strategic and eloquent use of both music and silence in storytelling.” Philharmonic Announces NY Phil Biennial for 2014 2013-01-23T17:00:09Z

Not for a position in an orchestra or ensemble, but … another audition. ‘The Audition’ Review: A Violin Teacher on the Verge 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

For much of the evening there is one show taking place on stage, and another opera being played, often very beautifully under Jean-Luc Tingaud's direction, in the orchestra pit. Le Roi Malgré Lui – review 2012-10-29T13:12:00Z

She has been a featured soloist with the orchestra 27 times, more than any other principal musician, according to the lawsuit. Star Flutist Sues Boston Symphony Over Pay Equity 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

As the curtain rose, the dancers took the stage and the orchestra began playing, but the woman two seats away from me kept chatting on her cellphone. Social Q?s: How to Choreograph the End of a Call 2011-03-10T19:55:58Z

Mr. Salonen revels in the aural possibilities of a full orchestra, and “Nyx” stomps around with teeming complexity. Review: New York Philharmonic Performs Esa-Pekka Salonen’s ‘Nyx’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

So when scholars got serious about “Don Carlos” a century later, they could reconstruct that cut music from handwritten orchestra parts, draft librettos, rehearsal reports and the like. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

This, though Mr. Nelsons has yet to conduct a subscription week with the orchestra. Music Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2012-07-16T22:18:50Z

Throughout the week, the orchestra, its balances uneven and its playing sometimes ragged and thin, was less excellent than I’d been told was its standard. Review: Santa Fe Opera Offers ‘The Daughter of the Regiment,’ ‘Rigoletto’ and ‘Salome’ 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Fischer and the orchestra offered meticulously refined, lovingly shaped performances that nonetheless overflowed with vitality and a sense of musical discovery. Budapest Festival Orchestra at Strathmore 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

He knows that the NSO isn’t viewed as one of America’s leading orchestras, although his excitement at the possibilities offered by the orchestra’s talent and the resources of the Kennedy Center are palpable. ‘A very not normal life’: Gianandrea Noseda, the NSO’s next music director 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

“Suddenly I was thinking: ‘Wait a minute, I’m interested in scores, I love orchestra music. A Conductor on a Mission to Help Ukraine 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

This demonstration of his artistry and his ability to inspire the best from the company’s orchestra and chorus was a good sign of things to come. Review: A Conductor Delivers a Magnificent ‘Parsifal’ at the Met 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

The orchestra is onstage, but the actors are in costume and practically never with scores in hand. Review | Awaiting ‘Hamilton,’ the Kennedy Center offers a concert ‘In the Heights’ 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

The program on Thursday offered nothing outlandish by the standards of either Mr. Nelsons or the orchestra. Music Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2014-03-14T22:10:53Z

Sir James has played with orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic and performed on stage with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters at a Berlin concert of The Wall. Flautist Galway wins lifetime award 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

The Venezuelan music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic looked at the orchestra for a moment and then turned to the audience. Dudamel dedicates concert to a slain student in Venezuela — and opens a new chapter with the L.A. Phil 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z

“There are so many things you can do with an orchestra to make it sound.” The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

Under the direction of conductor Robert Spano, the orchestra finessed a complicated work, full of textural and strategic challenges: the audibility of soloists, the interplay of spoken word and musical accompaniment. Review | A giant meditation on creation fills the Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

He says the conductor's three-year appointment will end a nearly two-year search that included extensive conversations with orchestra members, artists and other leaders in the music field. Santa Fe Opera hires new chief conductor 2010-05-05T12:18:00Z

With other orchestras, this would be a cliche. The secret of Berlin's shine 2011-02-27T17:00:01Z

I sat in the orchestra pit," he says of that 1993 experience, "and it was incredible to see Barenboim and the orchestra as they attacked this amazing piece. Preview: Seattle Opera stages Wagner's influential 'Tristan und Isolde' 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z

The opening passages sounded like shrieks of dismay from the orchestra, punctuated by clattery attacks from the keyboard. A glistening 'Bluebeard's Castle' at Seattle Symphony 2012-05-16T16:45:06Z

Horns sit toward the back of the orchestra, but their ranks tend to be larger than those of their peers in brass and woodwind. French horn musicians converge in L.A., where Hollywood meets classical 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

As the orchestra and, eventually, chorus joined in, Mr. Bocelli’s microphone was gradually cranked up, allowing his voice to soar through the arena like that of a latter-day technologically crafty angel. Music Review: Andrea Bocelli in Concert at Barclays Center 2012-12-07T22:43:16Z

Her strong top notes soar over the orchestra. Critic?s Notebook: Sony Classical Releases 4 New Historic Met Opera CDs 2012-01-21T01:25:23Z

As conductor, I've got the challenge of perfecting the combination of live orchestra, pre-recorded electronics and film, as well as live singers with the singers on screen. André de Ridder: together in electric dreams 2013-04-11T16:49:29Z

The orchestra began the year by celebrating conductor emeritus Pierre Boulez's 85th birthday with a host of 20th and 21st century musical adventures. From Muti to 'Macbeth,' a good year in classical music 2010-12-23T19:54:00Z

When the program was decided, Goldman approached the orchestra with the idea of commissioning new cadenzas. Review: At the NSO, a composer in delightful dialogue with Mozart

Nothing of the kind had ever been attempted by a European orchestra. Trans-Atlantic Love Affair for the London Symphony Orchestra 2012-10-21T04:40:05Z

The orchestra brought heat and nuance to “Fate Now Conquers,” a composition from Simon commissioned following his 2019 entry for the American Opera Initiative. Review | Washington National Opera returns to the stage, and it’s something to sing about 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

But wait: there's an undercover cop on her trail, himself posing as a musician – he's in the orchestra, strumming fiercely on a guitar, an instrument that may surprise Handel scholars. Requiem for a Killer – review 2012-06-14T21:10:01Z

After seeing the Minnesota Orchestra play at Carnegie Hall in 2010, The New Yorker's classical music critic Alex Ross wrote that they "sounded, to my ears, like the greatest orchestra in the world." Labor standoffs silence orchestras in Minn., Indy 2012-10-02T20:17:14Z

For the past generation pioneers of the early-music movement have worked with modern orchestras and have carried their insights into that area. Early Music Is Enjoying Its Moment 2011-03-06T01:45:27Z

As the orchestra organizes its search committee, handicappers and kibitzers will weigh the pros and cons of potential candidates. Alan Gilbert to Leave New York Philharmonic in 2017 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

He just wrapped up two weeks with the San Francisco Symphony, where he was music director from 1985 to 1995, and will visit other orchestras he once led. This Maestro Is Turning 90. He’s Also Conducting Over 90 Concerts This Year. 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

By several accounts, so do the orchestra, the chorus and the critics. Fabio Luisi Is to Be Met Opera?s Principal Guest Conductor 2010-04-27T21:07:00Z

Zbynek Mateju, a prolific Czech composer who has created works for orchestras, opera, dance, film and television, said he would like to write a ballet score for Rogers. Czech-U.S. Internet connection: Zbynek Mateju-Raiford Rogers' 'Still Life' 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

When symphony orchestras tour, they tend to do so incognito. As the Los Angeles Philharmonic tours, Gustavo Dudamel seems determined to shake up his audiences 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Philharmonic Hall, as the orchestra’s new residence was originally called, promised musicians and music lovers a fresh start. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

He added that the orchestra hoped to continue to work with Currentzis after he steps down. Star Maestro With Russian Ties to Depart German Orchestra 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

“It bonded me to the orchestra right away, in a very deep way,” she said. After a Last-Minute Conducting Triumph, Her Own Orchestra 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

She’s written for orchestras like the Los Angeles Philharmonic, but her signature works remain vocal: from her first, acclaimed opera, “Song from the Uproar,” to the pop-song like “Cathedral City.” Perspective | The top 35 female composers in classical music 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

In addition, and very smartly, the orchestra is also recognizing the interactive potential of the community relationships it’s developing — the importance of listening as well as giving. The ‘N’ in NSO stands for ‘National,’ and sometimes ‘Neighborhood’ 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

The orchestra cooperated with articulate woodwinds and portentous lower brasses. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z

Vocal lines are set in twisting, mock-oratorical phrases as the orchestra bustles with Minimalist-like strings of racing sixteenth notes and pummeling chords. Review: ‘Anatomy Theater,’ an Opera, Puts Convicts Under the Knife 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

In that spirit, the orchestra devised ways of performing live during pandemic months, using a variety of precautions. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Two Gods’ and ‘Conan’ 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

But according to Mark Volpe, the orchestra’s managing director, he does speak freely and encouragingly about what he still needs and hopes to learn. Critic’s Notebook: Andris Nelson Is Latest of Orchestras’ Young Leaders 2013-05-19T21:50:33Z

Her voice sounded thin, vying with the pumped-up orchestra under Michael Christie’s vigorous baton, and her character, initially quirky, became largely two-dimensional. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Jonny Greenwood’s hovering music for string quartet and orchestra underlines the mood of seething emotional turmoil. | 'Norwegian Wood': ?Norwegian Wood,? From Haruki Murakami Novel - Review 2012-01-05T22:21:44Z

South Korean orchestras, though, are less commonly encountered here, which made a visit by the Korean Symphony Orchestra to on Tuesday night a rare and enticing proposition. Music Review: Korean Symphony at Carnegie, Brahms via Seoul 2010-06-02T21:50:00Z

In the '70s, the orchestra built a special program at the Bowl around "Star Wars" that was widely copied around the world for years. John Williams' mastery on display at L.A. Philharmonic season opener 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Her widest-reaching project, the 2004 symphonic poem “Made in America,” has been performed by more than 65 orchestras in all 50 states. At 80, Joan Tower Says Great Music Comes ‘in the Risks’ 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

On a different front, a number of orchestras are conducting a nationwide food drive, now in its second year, led partly by the League of American Orchestras. Carnegie Hall Haiti Benefit to Win Less Cash Than Attention 2010-03-17T22:42:00Z

He took it for granted that Erede and the compliant orchestra players would follow him, as they manage to do. Met?s Archive Yields Past Treasures 2011-03-25T14:26:04Z

Fetchingly ramshackle, the wooden hall offers an acoustic that is as comfortable for string quartets as for the festival’s orchestra, and it draws an audience that listens closely. A Road Trip to Sample America’s Many, Many Music Festivals 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

The proposals, according to the unions, call for the elimination of the need for orchestra approval to play anywhere but Lincoln Center and City Center. Unions Say City Opera Offer Would Gut Chorus and Orchestra 2011-07-11T22:00:32Z

Critics tend to be placed midway up the orchestra rows and — especially helpful for quick getaways — on the aisles. Getting the Most Ballet (View) for Your Buck 2011-02-03T23:08:37Z

He said the size of an orchestra matters in ways that may not be immediately obvious. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Backs Performers 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

But because most of the attention thus far has been on the solo piano pieces, Dupree’s disc with the Württemberg orchestra is particularly valuable. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

But there's no denying that being based in the centre of Europe does put you in close proximity to many fantastic orchestras and many possibilities of finding great players to work with. Jonathan Nott: conducting the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra 2011-08-12T21:55:18Z

There are, however, no fly space to hang big sets, no orchestra pit and no sound-reflecting wall. Forced Out By Flooding, Houston’s Opera Gets On With the Show 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

On her debut, her husband - a saxophone player who plays in the orchestra pit of a show in Germany - was there, as were her parents. 'This is the top' _ Dutch singer on Broadway debut 2013-03-04T12:46:09Z

The composer's theatre, the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, was designed with a covered orchestra pit so the music appeared miraculously to emanate from nowhere. Opera North tackles Wagner's Ring Cycle – minus the financial dramas 2012-06-12T16:15:28Z

The orchestra sounded in good shape, with particularly fine work from the woodwinds in the Shostakovich slow movement. Critic’s Notebook: Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-13T22:06:48Z

Beloved by this orchestra, particularly in this composer, Bronfman built imperceptibly through the first movement to organ-like grandeur in his cadenza. Review: The Philharmonic Tries Out Another Temporary Home 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

The numbers soar from hundreds to thousands to millions, sending your cursor back and forth across the browser window like a baton in front of an orchestra. The Unexpected Philosophical Depths of Clicker Games 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

But there are jittery passages for three murderous witches, and Mr. Andriessen, as he has for decades, likes to send his orchestra into churning, repetitive heaves, like an old-fashioned engine going through its paces. Review: ‘Theater of the World’ Journeys With a Polymath 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

As usual, the orchestra responded beautifully to Mr. Christie’s direction, playing with poise, hair-trigger responsiveness and generally lustrous tone. Music Review: Juilliard415 Plays ?Fairy Queen? and ?F?tes d?H?b?? 2012-01-31T23:26:55Z

True, the setting was a stately sanctuary rather than a well-appointed private salon, but the orchestra was configured as an 18th-century working band. Music Review: Artek, an Early-Music Orchestra, at Immanuel Lutheran Church 2013-01-01T22:41:21Z

During term-time the children in the orchestra receive tuition in after-school clubs, and in the holidays they are taught five times a week. Stirling sistema 2011-03-16T15:55:14Z

It turns out that this New York tradition began with a daily crossing: Carlos Moseley, the orchestra’s longtime administrator, walked through Central Park to Lincoln Center every day. Classical Music This Week: Philharmonic in the Parks, Free Music and Nina Stemme 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

Arguably stealing the show, though, was an endearing piece for youth chorus and orchestra about the Erie Canal, which filled the stage with Washington-area kids singing wholeheartedly. Review | Festival probes formula for orchestral creativity. Bottom line: good music. 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

Some light amplification was required, even with an orchestra of 100 and a chorus of 80, since the space is not a concert hall with natural acoustics. Review: A Must-Hear Maestro Leads ‘Requiem’ at the Shed 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

For the last measures he stepped off the podium, stopped conducting and let the orchestra create delight on its own in what seemed a final tribute to the conductorless Orpheus. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra explores Mozart by way of Sacred Harp, Haydn by way of flamenco 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Last week, Mr. Runnicles was quoted in The Guardian, criticizing the lockout as “a one-sided attempt to force the orchestra to its collective knees.” Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Backs Performers 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

But her voice shimmers with emotion and carries excitingly over the orchestra. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z

It was his debut with the orchestra, and he was as compelling as ever. Mark Swed hits the road for a weekend of SoCal orchestra listening 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

The violin is supported by plush, shifting harmonies in the orchestra. Jaap van Zweden Conducts New York Philharmonic 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

I don’t pretend for a minute that it was easy on them — the orchestras and the audiences. James Levine Says He?s Ready to Work Again 2010-09-18T00:31:00Z

The music director Rob Berman and the Encores! orchestra are suitably seductive as they take on the ample score. Review: God and Devil Gamble on a Soul in ‘Cabin in the Sky’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z