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Recent Examples of sinfoniettaAnd much of the balance between his group and the sinfonietta was yet to be hashed out.—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
The digital revolution of the early eighties prompted the record companies and their stables of conductors, orchestras, soloists, and opera singers to redo the entire repertory once more.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
Well, there’s a live jazz orchestra to keep the crowds swinging and live radio plays to deliver suspense and thrills.
Now, instead of the brass bands from which Frank shied away, the fanfare for more recent national spelling bees has been more about ESPN interviews and live streams.
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Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
As the animals fought, brass bands played and clowns entertained.
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Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
The symphony’s parts for the Sphere show were recorded on the Sphere stage and will be incorporated into the visuals, Brown says.
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Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
15 July 2025
There were still a few lots of uncleared rubble on the commercial strip, like frozen images from a lingering nightmare, but there was music as well — a buzz-saw symphony of new construction.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
The Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee is happy performing with symphony orchestras or with the Grateful Dead but jazz fans associate him with the Branford Marsalis Quartet, featuring Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis and Justin Faulkner.
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Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
The idea of a hip-hop/classical music fusion harks back to another melding in the ‘60s and ‘70s when groups like the Moody Blues, Procol Harum, ELO and Deep Purple all recorded rock albums with symphony orchestras.
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