string orchestra
Britishnoun
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When the blood really starts hitting the fan, Göransson asked his wife and a string orchestra to help escalate the drama, and he had violins bend notes just like his slide guitar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Guests then walked through a live string orchestra and a tableau of performers dressed as woodland creatures — in tunics and tights — frolicking in the forest.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
“Madman’s Eyes” is set to an ominous, Middle Eastern-tinged modal riff and buttressed by a moaning, swooping string orchestra, as Matthews howls, “Don’t sacrifice another child!”
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Also during the pandemic, Salonen wrote a clarinet concerto, “Kinema,” a smaller-scaled score with string orchestra in five short movements, like scenes from a movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2023
It sounded like he was waiting for a full string orchestra to come in, something out of The Sound of Music.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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