Sentence examples for substantial orchestra from inspiring English sources

Teenage future opera stars were armed with lances, spears, swords and daggers as they carried out an elaborately choreographed, intricate, stylized and acrobatic fight scene, all to the clash of cymbals, drums, wooden clappers and a substantial orchestra of Chinese string and woodwind instruments.

At the same time, Bartók was expanding the catalog of his compositions, with many new works for the piano, a substantial number for orchestra, and the beginning of a series of six string quartets that was to constitute one of his most impressive achievements.

Revenues were substantial, and the orchestra seemed to many to be entering into a golden age.

Both works make substantial demands on an orchestra and test a conductor's interpretive ingenuity.

Mr. Dutoit ended the program with Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, another substantial vehicle for virtuosity.

The baritone John Hancock and the Bard Festival Chorale provided substantial contributions, and the orchestra, superbly responsive to Mr. Botstein's driven interpretation, sounded exceptional.

On its tally sheet, the orchestra counts substantial artistic dividends from the music directorship of Hans Vonk, the 58-year-old Dutch conductor now in his fifth season at the helm.

This Messiaen and Bruckner programme came at the end of a short European tour with the LSO and marked Rattle's third substantial appearance with the orchestra this season – more than some music directors manage when they are already in post.

The orchestra receives substantial support from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Underwood Trust; they have no single home resident hall and no appointed resident conductor.

HOUSTON SYMPHONY Monday evening houstonsymphony.org Founded: 1913 Music director: Hans Graf Annual operating budget: $26 million Endowment: $65 million Full-time players: 87 Previous Carnegie appearances: 16 The Houston Symphony is among the orchestras with substantial Carnegie Hall experience in this festival.

Mr. Ma and the orchestra added a substantial encore, a transcription of the Andante cantabile movement from Tchaikovsky's First String Quartet for cello and strings.