string orchestra
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Jancevskis’s “Lignum” for string orchestra and chimes, played with deep sensitivity by the chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica, progresses from dissonance to resounding affirmation to an open-ended conclusion.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
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
I’ve heard a small string orchestra play Vivaldi in the magical light of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and I’ve flown solo to Los Angeles just to hear Bon Jovi in a big arena.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 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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