symphonies
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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
For more than three decades — beginning at a time when live performances of these symphonies, each a psychical experience, were not commonplace — the local Mahler Society held annual “Mahlerthons.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
In the Fifth and Ninth symphonies, Beethoven used the trombone as a noisemaker.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
