symphony orchestra

noun

a large orchestra composed of wind, string, and percussion instruments and organized to perform symphonic compositions.

symphony orchestra

music an orchestra capable of performing symphonies, esp the large orchestra comprising strings, brass, woodwind, harp, and percussion

First recorded in 1880–85

Enjoyed fully, a diverse, global ensemble of comedians can feel a lot like the buildup to a crescendo in a symphony orchestra.

From Ozy

When we listen to a symphony orchestra, amid all that sound, the addition of any single instrument may be hard to hear.

In summer, enjoy outdoor concerts at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Among them: Marin Alsop, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra.

The son of a French horn player in a symphony orchestra, he began playing the piano “against my will,” he laughs, at age 3.

By age 9, each had performed with a major symphony orchestra.

It must be something to learn to play in a city where there is a symphony orchestra, Betty thought.

A world-famous pianist was to play with the Symphony Orchestra that afternoon.

A symphony orchestra is very fine, but simple people like ourselves, we also love a band.

My first teacher was my father, a good violinist and concertmaster of the Vilna Symphony Orchestra.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is something more than half a century old.

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