Sentence examples for poor orchestra from inspiring English sources

The poor orchestra, conducted by Stuart Stratford, sounded cold.

Instead, the concerto lasted for an hour, with the poor orchestra players repeating the same brief passages, and the choir chanting "freedom," "world peace" and "let's have fun," punctuated by Mr. Markov's blaring riffs on an electric violin.

The Fine Arts Quartet play the Kreisler and Zimbalist quartets with admirable dedication to authentic performance but the poor Philharmonic Orchestra of Europe must have been ill for days after swooping their way through Ysaÿe's Harmonies du soir.

The piano could easily have seemed merely a poor substitute for an orchestra.

How could they ever build up an orchestra, for poor as well as rich?

The Philharmonic's involvement in this concert brought the orchestra some poor publicity when the news came in June.

If you offer the guy the chance to play in an orchestra with poor musicians, he will not be happy.

Despite poor relations with the orchestra, Mahler brought five new operas to the theatre, including Bizet's Carmen, and won over the press that had initially been hostile to him.

Conservatory students, orchestra-poor, move on, too, and at least one eventually set up a shop where violins are rented, bought and played with friends.

"We knew there was no market for a good amateur orchestra, because a poor professional one would always be better," Mr. Stevenson said.

He looks a bit like an orchestra conductor with poor motor control when he gestures, and his little hand chops are often just off the beat of the syllable he is emphasizing.