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Recent Examples of orchestral
Asake’s last live outing in North America was his Red Bull Symphonic concert, which transformed many of his fan favorites into reworked orchestral versions backed by classical instrumentalists and Nigerian talking drummers alike.
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Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 26 May 2026
Harding will oversee orchestral programming across the organization, including presentations at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford, while also helping guide Youth Orchestra Los Angeles.
—Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 26 May 2026
The record follows Smith’s pair of 2025 records, the electronic LP Gush and the more orchestral mini-album Thoughts on the Future.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
In such conditions, the orchestral model does not seem relevant, as it is largely based on predictability and on the assumption that the score is predefined and followed through.
—Naira Velumyan, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 26 May 2026
Harding will oversee orchestral programming across the organization, including presentations at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford, while also helping guide Youth Orchestra Los Angeles.
—Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 26 May 2026
The record follows Smith’s pair of 2025 records, the electronic LP Gush and the more orchestral mini-album Thoughts on the Future.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
In such conditions, the orchestral model does not seem relevant, as it is largely based on predictability and on the assumption that the score is predefined and followed through.
—Naira Velumyan, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestral
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In the first etude, strings play on open strings, which creates a sense of harmonic healing by leaving nature well enough alone.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Humanoid robots built on harmonic drives, a type of gear system used to transmit torque with very high precision, often used in industrial robots, can weigh 150 to 200 pounds.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Paula’s fact-checking colleagues give Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed a broader tonal brush to play with.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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The stripes themselves were textured with a ribbed effect, where thinner tonal lines sat inside the larger bands, adding dimension and movement to what could have otherwise been a simple pattern.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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That approach helps give the record its unusually loose rhythmic feel.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2026
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For Ginsberg, ever-attuned to the rhythmic physicality of verse, the central atom of poetry wasn’t the line or the foot, but rather the breath, emphasizing that his were longer than his free verse hero Whitman because the good, grey poet probably had smaller lungs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Refusing the unisonic testimonial altogether and relying more on cacophonic simultaneity, Harryman explores with a polyphonic troupe how outside social forces inform the inner psyche.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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All operatic singing, especially the polyphonic (multipart) style known as bel canto, requires tremendous breath control and vocal skill.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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Halberstam called Heat games on radio from 1992 to 1998, displaying a lyrical style and a rich command of the English language.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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The lyrical direction of this record intrigued me.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.—
Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
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“Orchestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestral. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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