violin
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The German composer adapts several Scottish folk songs in a work for orchestra and violin that beautifully evokes a place and its people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The name reflects the offensive's four stages, or seasons - like the Italian composer's violin concerto.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
As Beethoven does in his violin concerto, Bruch uses virtuosic passagework only insofar as it enables us to better know the melody.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But the tracks are enriched with synthesizers, violin, flute, trumpet and clarinet — all five members are multi-instrumentalists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“You would need a new violin teacher. Someone who lives in Ottenville,” Jessie said.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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Uruguay: “Tyrants: Tremble!/We shall cry out ‘Liberty’ in battle!” — a boast backed by flutes and violins that make it sound like a Rossini overture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Where do the world’s best violins come from?
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
The royal orchestra marches in with stringed misens and violins and cellos, and the first waltz of the evening begins.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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