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Recent Examples of orchestral
Hollywood Bowl The oldest venue on our list, the Hollywood Bowl opened on July 11, 1922, and in addition to its traditional orchestral performances has hosted such pop stars as the Beatles, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix in the ’60s on through to the cream of the modern pop rock world today.
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Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
In October, Grande premiered several orchestral live performance videos of the album’s song that showcased the singer alongside a 10-piece band.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
On an orchestral track like the opening scene to John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the instruments sound vibrant and full.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
Plans major in music performance with the eventual goal to earn a full-time position as an orchestral trombone player.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
In October, Grande premiered several orchestral live performance videos of the album’s song that showcased the singer alongside a 10-piece band.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
On an orchestral track like the opening scene to John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the instruments sound vibrant and full.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
Plans major in music performance with the eventual goal to earn a full-time position as an orchestral trombone player.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestral
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Shortly after that, a harmonic convergence took place.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2024
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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One of Them Days chooses moments of sincerity carefully but succeeds in navigating those tonal shifts.—
Fred Topel,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Both stand on rounded heels and are decorated with tonal embroidery based on designs sketched by James.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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Or, as a more chilled alternative to the market, head across the island instead to the bountiful buffet brunch at the Atlantis Historic Inn (120 dollars per person), which comes with a rhythmic soundtrack of Atlantic waves pounding the craggy coast.—
Patrick Scott,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The repetitive, rhythmic nature of rowing can be incredibly calming, Pryor says.—
Christa Sgobba,
SELF,
3 Jan. 2025
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The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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At its heart is the creation of new vocal datasets, polyphonic AI models capable of blending human and machine voices, pulling audiences into an immersive, participatory experience.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
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Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
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The slow-rolling single with skittering drum machine beats mashed against both mens’ drawling vocals is of a piece with Jelly’s frequent lyrical focus on mental health and his battles with substance use.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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Another music star who has been rumored to possibly appear during Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show is Lil Wayne, as the two lyrical titans recently cleared the air regarding the drama surrounding Kendrick being selected over Weezy.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
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Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
25 June 2022
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“Orchestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestral. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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