The phrase "age orchestra" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is unclear what context or meaning is intended, making it unusable as it stands.
Example: "The age orchestra was a unique concept that brought together musicians of all generations."
Alternatives: "age ensemble" or "age group performance".
In the apt phrase of Stephen Johnson in the program notes, Mr. Ruders is the "Richard Strauss of the computer-age orchestra".
The versatile Balinese musician I Wayan Gde Yudane has teamed with the Melbourne-based Mr. Grabowsky to create a new-age orchestra that is part gamelan and part jazz band and that offers a live soundtrack to one of the world's oldest screen arts, the Balinese wayang.
While the average age in the orchestra is in the mid-60s, there has recently been some younger blood added.
Mozart seems not to be interested in writing tunes, but instead – in keeping with his age – treats the orchestra like a new toy.
LORIN MAAZEL Music director of the New York Philharmonic DATE OF BIRTH -- March 6 , 1930AGE AT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTING DEBUT -- 9, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS HE PLAYS -- Violin, piano, clarinet, trumpet FAVORITE POPULAR MUSIC -- George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, the Beatles.
It is against the spirit of our non-discriminating times to openly prefer one sort of music to another, so let's just say that hearing grand orchestral music in a public place is exhilarating in a way that hearing popular music never can be, if only because, in a popular music age, a full orchestra is less familiar to our ears.
I was conducting the Barquisimeto Youth Orchestra aged 14 - that was normal.
His passion for music was bred in Sydney, where he played the oboe in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra aged 16.
She went forward with the plan to play the Grieg with the hope, she says, that the audience members, the players of the youth orchestra (ages 18 to 28) and Mr. Pintscher (who has written a violin concerto for her) would "forgive my mistakes".
Leon Fleisher, 79, made his piano debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at age 16.
