symphony
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A similar feeling must haunt the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic, who are widely perceived, collectively, as the world’s greatest symphony orchestra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Winfrey, in a video announcement, described the show as “an immersive symphony of awe, wonder and joy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Then came a symphony of chimes, crystal bowls, wave drums and rain sticks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The former red-light district downtown has been transformed into a dedicated cultural district containing galleries, theaters, museums and a world-class symphony.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
While I’m worried about adding a third instrument to the symphony, I’m thrilled for Harlow.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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After emigrating from Russia as a child, Arkatov became the principal cellist at the Pittsburgh and San Francisco symphonies before landing in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Stravinsky had spent nearly two decades working inside self-imposed forms—neoclassical symphonies and ballets built on borrowed material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
It’s a fascinating way to see songs, airs and symphonies: full of lost moments and feelings, waiting to stir within us and leap before our eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Tense discussions of life-altering events are matched by the diegetic decibels of smooth jazz or string symphonies.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025
How long, then, will it be before our musical culture will be shuddering towards extinction, needing some earnest lover of the old and the 'authentic’ to rescue our songs and symphonies from oblivion?
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Vocabulary lists containing symphony
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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