How to Use the orchestra in a Sentence

the orchestra

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Definition of the orchestranext
  • There’s one bass, one Rhodes, one drum pad, one with a crazy sound, and of course the orchestra.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
  • He’s known many of the orchestra players for a long time.
    — Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Michelle Yeoh rushed down the aisle of the Dolby Theater just as the show kicked off and the orchestra began.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Even so, stuff did happen with the orchestra, and that appeared to stoke Thile.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the scene involved the use of the master shot of Cooper conducting the orchestra.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Among the orchestra’s players, Dudamel was the favorite from the start.
    — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This will showcase the orchestra in an amazing way, with a choir and solo singers.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • Paul Agnew conducts the orchestra and its choir Le Jardin des Voix.
    — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The last bar of the score is unclear as to whether the tam-tam is meant to continue vibrating after the rest of the orchestra has cut out.
    — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Only then was there enough confidence for the orchestra to start to swell and the cameras to cut to the Oppenheimer cast and crew.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The 2023 edition was special because the orchestra was on stage for the first time in several years.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And in front of a rapt audience, whether sitting in the orchestra or in the second-to-last row, their talent towers.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Groups of seats surround the stage on all sides, including behind the orchestra.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • There was a video presentation of many of the actors who had played key roles in the show over the years, and the orchestra seats were crowded with Christines, Raouls and Phantoms.
    — Mark Kennedy, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Written as a quartet, Adams has transformed the work for the entire string ensemble of the orchestra.
    — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Those seated for the show inside the Dolby in the orchestra or first balcony sections also had to test.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The ballet begins with the curtain down as the orchestra strikes Poulenc’s first dramatic chords.
    — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Seated in the fourth ring, Ms. Robb grew entranced as a ballerina twirled onto the stage to the Stravinsky score swelling from the orchestra pit.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Apart from some blurry wind tuning at the start, the orchestra played splendidly.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • But the orchestra was soon replaced by an empty B-stage, from which Bunny performed the middle section of the show.
    — Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
  • The effect allows the audience to glimpse the orchestra’s musicians and to feel closer to the action.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 7 June 2023
  • Leading the orchestra will be Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops for the past 28 years.
    — cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • Basking in colorful lights, the cast struck their final poses as the orchestra’s last chord rang out.
    — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Then, the camera tracks with Bernstein as the set opens onto the orchestra, in a delirious shot that ably evokes the dizzying nature of his sudden rise to celebrity.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The finale streaked across the sky like a comet, with Kavakos riding high and the orchestra hanging on by its fingertips but never falling off.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Knowing that my work plays a part in the orchestra’s performance is very rewarding.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin paced the performance smartly but let the orchestra blare too loudly.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Sax-section moments are playing along with the orchestra.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 July 2023
  • For the event, Metro, dressed in a plain tux and sporting sunglasses and white gloves, stood poised behind decks atop a towering podium that overlooked the orchestra.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Over the next four years, the orchestra considered about 27 guest conductors, Johnson said.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024

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