noun
definition
A full-size symphony orchestra.
adjective
definition
Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance
Examples of philharmonic in a Sentence
In 1855 he accepted an invitation to London, where he conducted the concerts of the Philharmonic Society with great success.
Philharmonic choir gave a spirited interpretation of Messiah with the accompanying Orchestra da Camera, under the excellent direction of the eminent Nicholas Cleobury.
I invite you to join the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world's finest symphony orchestras.
Forks intended for this vibration number, stamped "Philharmonic," were sold as late as 1846.
Complete Beethoven and Brahms symphony cycles with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Masur at the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens.
I invite you to join the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world 's finest symphony orchestras.
The London Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra have even performed music from Final Fantasy.
Stein tuned Mozart's piano to a fork a' 421.6, and the Broadwood pianos used at the London Philharmonic Society in its first concerts (1813) were tuned to a fork c 2 506.8, which gives a mean tone a' 423.7.
But the Philharmonic Society adopted the Diapason Normal in 1896, and the military bands have not gone with it.
Among musical organizations may be mentioned the Handel and Haydn Society (1815), the Harvard Musical Association (1837), the Philharmonic (1880) and the Symphony Orchestra, organized in 1881 by the generosity of Henry Lee Higginson.
No one of these works is now known to be in existence; the only example we possess of Zarlino's compositions on a grand scale is a MS. mass for four voices, in the library of the Philharmonic Lyceum at Bologna.
From 1892 to 1899 he conducted the Philharmonic Concerts, and was knighted in 1894.
In addition, philharmonic concerts from world-famous conductors form a sizeable part of the Opera House's repertoire.
She has been principal double bass with the Slaithwaite Philharmonic since 1998.
Jiri Belohlavek became Assistant Conductor with the Czech Philharmonic upon graduation from the Prague Academy of Arts where he studied with Celibidache.
Philharmonic halls in Germany are not.
A resident of the Royal National Institute of the Blind in England, he has played with the Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra and has been featured on Five TV's Extraordinary People and 60 Minutes.
About that time, or it may be a few years earlier, Sir George Smart established a fork for the Philharmonic Society, a' 433.2.
The British army is bound by His Majesty's Rules and Regulations to play at the Philharmonic pitch, and a fork tuned to a' 452.5 in 1890 is preserved as the standard for the Military Training School at Kneller Hall.