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An orchestral performance.

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Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.

He also wrote a number of songs and orchestral works, of a realistic national type.

Richard Strauss, in his edition of Berlioz's works on Instrumentation, paradoxically characterizes the classical orchestral style as that which was derived from chamber-music. Now it, is true that in Haydn's early days orchestras were small and generally private; and that the styles of orchestral and chamber music were not distinct; but surely nothing is clearer than that the whole history of the rise of classical chamber-music lies in its rapid differentiation from the coarse-grained orchestral style with which it began.

The beginning of Mendelssohn's F minor quartet is, again, a case usually, but perhaps wrongly, condemned for its orchestral appearance on paper.

The very sense of dramatic fitness has temporarily vanished from public musical opinion, together with the sense of musical form, in consequence of another prevalent habit, that of presenting shapeless extracts from Wagner's operas as orchestral pieces without voices or textbooks or any hint that such adjuncts are desirable.

A red-haired Jew, he possessed a magnetic and artistic temperament, and had various special methods of arousing and restraining the revolutionary masses, including orchestral and vocal concerts of high excellence in the formerly royal theatres and the opera house of Munich.

It is in the attempt to supply the place of this continuo (or _ figured bass) by definite orchestral parts that modern per formances, until the most recent times, have shown so radical an incapacity to grasp the nature of 18th-century instrumentation.

For example, it has often been said that the extent to which their orchestral viola parts double the basses is due, partly to bad traditions of Italian opera, and partly to the fact that viola players were, more often than not, simply persons who had failed to play the violin.

But it is equally certain that the pure violoncello tone in large masses belongs to a distinctly different region of orchestral effect.

There is hardly one of Wagner's orchestral innovations which is not inseparably connected with his adaptation of music to the re q uirements of drama; and modern conductors, in treating Wagner's orchestration, as the normal standard by which all previous and contemporary music must be judged, are doing their best to found a tradition which in another fifty years will be exploded as thoroughly as the tradition of symphonic additional accompaniments is now exploded in the performances of Bach and Handel.

The accuracy and the paraphernalia are equally exemplified in all Wagner's additions and alterations of the classical orchestral scheme, for these all consist in completing the families of instruments so that each timbre can be presented pure in complete harmony.

The Queen's Hall, Langham Place, is used for concerts, including a notable annual series of orchestral promenade concerts.

The enormous dramatic development in the symphonic music of Beethoven made the problem of the Mass with orchestral accompaniment almost insoluble.

His appeal to musicians was made in a threefold capacity, and we have, therefore, to deal with Liszt the unrivalled pianoforte virtuoso (1830 - r848); Liszt the conductor of the "music of the future " at Weimar, the teacher of Tausig, Billow and a host of lesser pianists, the eloquent writer on music and musicians, the champion of Berlioz and Wagner (1848-1861); and Liszt the prolific composer, who for some five-and-thirty years continued to put forth pianoforte pieces, songs, symphonic orchestral pieces, cantatas, masses, psalms and oratorios (1847-1882).

Liszt transcribed this work, and its influence ultimately led him to the composition of his " Poemes symphoniques " and other examples of orchestral programme-music.

During this period he acted as conductor at court concerts and on special occasions at the theatre, gave lessons to a number of pianists, wrote articles of permanent value on certain works of Berlioz and the early operas of Wagner, and produced those orchestral and choral pieces upon which his reputation as a composer mainly depends.

In his orchestral pieces Liszt appears - next to Berlioz - as the most conspicuous and most thorough-going representative of programme music, i.e.

In pieces such as Liszt's " Poemes symphoniques," Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (1848-1856), after a poem by Victor Hugo, and Die Ideale (1853-1857), after a poem by Schiller, the hearer is bewildered by a series of startling orchestral effects which succeed one another apparently without rhyme or reason.

Liszt's masterpiece in orchestral music is the Dante Symphony (1847-1855), the subject of which was particularly well suited to his temperament, and offered good chances for the display of his peculiar powers as a master of instrumental effect.

Besides the works mentioned he has written incidental music to plays, as, for instance, to Ravenswood, The Little Minister, and Coriolanus; concertos and other works for violin and orchestra, much orchestral music, and many songs and violin pieces.

In the orchestral ballad, La Belle Dame sans Merci, he touches the note of weird pathos, and in the nautical overture Britannia his sense of humour stands revealed.

There are numerous vocal and orchestral societies, some of which have brought their art to a very high pitch of perfection.

The Note Perfect training aids have an orchestral accompaniment with the voice part highlighted with piano.

Dynamic contrasts were well-judged and orchestral textures sounded crystal clear in the intimate auditorium.

The Orchestral Library has about 4,000 sets of orchestral parts, constantly augmented with new acquisitions.

He studied bassoon and choral and orchestral conducting, and began his career as teacher and conductor.

We must hope that his few remaining unrecorded orchestral works will make it to disk alongside his half a dozen plus chamber orchestra cantatas.

With a marriage of voice and symphony unlike any other, most critics consider this work the apex of sacred choral and orchestral music.

The venue will be Dorchester's St Mary's church, an excellent and popular venue for orchestral concerts.

Most importantly, that is achieved without saccharine orchestral crescendos or larger-than-life displays of emotion.

Even with flat response earplugs you get a feeling of being disconnected from the world, which isn't good for orchestral playing.

Concerto A piece in which an instrument (or ensemble) contrasts with an orchestral ensemble.

Wind & Brass players must also include two orchestral excerpts.

I am not familiar with the music of popular culture - I am a boring old fart who delights in the orchestral repertoire.

Flowing orchestral sounds and simple piano lines provide the backbone, while the occasional highlight is provided by short guitar interjections.

There is some truly beautiful music here, especially in the lengthy orchestral interludes.

He had with him one of his wooden flue pipes, orchestral oboe.

More a pop orchestral mishmash than a well-defined rock opus, Bat III is dark, seemingly hopeless at times, and über dramatic.

Instead of sticking to a purely orchestral sound, however, innovative combinations of sounds flicker between songs like scenes in a film.

It sounds almost orchestral in places, which is interesting.

He is capable of a very orchestral drumming style.

Other work includes numerous theater productions, private functions such as weddings, and freelance orchestral concerts.

Kitt hopes to become a professional trumpet player combining mainly orchestral playing with some solo performing.

American clarinetist Jean Johnson enjoys a varied musical career that includes orchestral, chamber, and solo performances.

It has a catchy chorus, a gorgeous melody and even manages to throw in an orchestral break without sounding overblown.

Please note that saxophones, harps and orchestral percussion are included.

The orchestral prelude begins with hushed strings presenting the ' Judgment ' theme.

In addition the theater hosts the annual welsh proms and has a packed program of orchestral concerts from the BBC National Orchestras of Wales.

A flourishing Musical Society organizes choral, orchestral and chamber concerts, as well as instrumental recitals throughout the year.

The top manual was a small solo with a 16ft. orchestral reed.

Now, there is a unique opportunity for composers to apply to the NYO to join the Composers Class which runs alongside orchestral rehearsals.