Sentence examples for orchestra dominated from inspiring English sources

Mr. Khalife's "Arabian Concerto," a 30-minute work composed for five Oriental- instrument soloists and orchestra, dominated the first half.

In the late 17th century, the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully directed for the royal court an orchestra dominated by stringed instruments but including woodwinds, such as oboes and bassoons, and sometimes also flutes and horns.

ON first acquaintance, "You Are (Variations)" (2004), a four-movement work for voices and a chamber orchestra dominated by piano and pitched percussion instruments, recalls aspects of both "Tehillim" (1981) and "The Desert Music" (1984).

The orchestra dominates; the choral accompaniment is gray and muted.

The orchestra dominates the score of this talky opera, but the orchestration is often alluring.

Down on the parterre level, where the critics sit, the orchestra dominates, and smaller-voiced singers are in danger of being drowned out.

The orchestra dominates the musical scene there in a way that the Philharmonic cannot in New York, since the great orchestras of the world come here to perform almost every week.

As in Wagner, the thick-textured orchestra dominates, slowly churning away under the vocal lines, which are delivered mostly in melodramatic arioso with occasional lyrical flights: echoes of sultry Spanish folk songs for Salud, and Italianate outpourings for Paco that make him seem out of place and not to be trusted.

Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles (2002) Until the arrival of Youssou N'Dour and his frantic mbalax style in the 80s, Orchestra Baobab dominated the Dakar music scene with their fine harmonies and blend of Latin and African styles.

Evoking the tradition of the Baroque concerto grosso, which juxtaposed smaller and larger groups of instruments, Mr. Dalbavie contrasts a main orchestra group dominated by a wild variety of percussion instruments with smaller soloistic groups, some onstage, some in the balconies.

| Aug. 22 at 8 30: The Boston Symphony Orchestra, naturally, dominates the final weekend, with three all-Beethoven concerts.