A stringed orchestra played softly behind the potted palms, and Delphine circulated graciously among her guests, chatting airily of the forthcoming races, the latest fashions from Paris, and Louisiana politics.

The orchestra was obviously on its mettle and it played most responsively.

The opening theme, played pianissimo over string tremolos, so much resembles the sound of an orchestra tuning, many commentators have suggested that was Beethoven's inspiration.

In the booklet for the first volume of Music for a Darkened Theatre, Elfman described the first time he heard his music played by a full orchestra as one of the most thrilling experiences of his life.

On October 15, 1951, Arnaz co-starred in the premiere of I Love Lucy, in which he played a fictitious version of himself, Cuban orchestra leader Enrique " Ricky " Ricardo.

Traditionally, double bassists stood when playing solo and sat when they played in the orchestra or opera pit.

The opera was immediately stopped, and the orchestra played Chopin's Funeral March for the stunned audience.

Many passages for solo harp can be found in 19th century ballet music, particularly in scores for the ballets staged for the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg, where the harpist Albert Zabel played in the orchestra.

They are chromatic instruments and are usually played in an East Asian harmonica orchestra instead of the " push-button " chromatic harmonica that is more common in the European / American tradition.

It is a kind of symphony played by an orchestra of both electric and natural instruments and frozen into its idealized form by means of a multichannel tape recorder.

The orchestra on the other hand is more repetitive and pulse like: the left hand continually plays the high A and it is not until the 5th measure where another note is added, but the A continues to be played throughout always on the off beat.

Originally, it had blocks of sponsored airtime that played music from a live orchestra.

By the 19th century, accompagnato had gained the upper hand, the orchestra played a much bigger role, and Richard Wagner revolutionised opera by abolishing almost all distinction between aria and recitative in his quest for what he termed " endless melody ".

A symphony orchestra will usually have over eighty musicians on its roster, in some cases over a hundred, but the actual number of musicians employed in a particular performance may vary according to the work being played and the size of the venue.

Others such as Electric Light Orchestra played rock music with orchestral arrangements and / or orchestra backing.

" Conducting an orchestra, he might stop and order a violinist who had played a sour note to get off the stage, then resume the performance and have the other members of the section move up to fill the empty seat while they were still playing.

Herschel moved to Sunderland in 1761 when Charles Avison immediately engaged him as first violin and soloist for his Newcastle orchestra, where he played for one season.

Mozart conducted the orchestra, Schikaneder himself played Papageno, while the role of the Queen of the Night was sung by Mozart's sister-in-law Josepha Hofer.

For several years, however, Verdi did not allow his work to be played here, as some of his music had been modified ( he said " corrupted ") by the orchestra.

Like Haydn and Mozart, Ellington conducted his orchestra from the piano – he always played the keyboard parts when the Sacred Concerts were performed.

Bruckner never heard it played by an orchestra.

He also played in a popular orchestra called the " White Viennese Band ", conducted by Stanislas Wurm.

* 2004 – Abel Korzeniowski created a score for Metropolis played live by a 90-piece orchestra and a choir of 60 voices and two soloists.

On the stage at the left side of the Hall of Pillars, amid a veritable garden of flowers, a complete symphony orchestra in black tailcoats played classical music.

A full orchestra would have two bass instruments called gulu with three or four wooden keys played standing up using heavy mallets with solid rubber heads, three tenor dibinda, with ten keys and played seated, and the mbila itself, which has up to nineteen keys of which up to eight may be played simultaneously.

Del Rosario became famous in 1972 for his OMB ( One Man Band ) which could play the entire orchestra to the tune of cha-cha, boogie, and others.

The calm " Praeludium " is followed by a catchy tune for the orchestra providing opportunities for violin virtuosity.

Other pieces which are also well-known and widely played include the Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, which includes an arrangement of the tune " Hey Tuttie Tatie ", best known for its use in the song Scots Wha Hae by Robert Burns.

( released December 2009 ) The show was toured in 2009 with 8 different regional orchestras joining the banter-the gags are surreal-the orchestra play the Nokia theme tune and a French Horn concerto turns into the theme from Coronation Street.

Little wonder that Barry Tuckwell, the principal hornist of the LSO, spoke of the élan and enthusiasm Kertész could coax out of the orchestra, many of whose members Tuckwell regarded as " old codgers not bloody likely to dance to any youngster's tune.

When playing with fixed-pitch instruments such as the piano, the orchestra will generally tune to them — a piano will normally have been tuned to the orchestra's normal pitch.

* Niccolò Paganini wrote a set of variations on this tune for violin and orchestra in 1828, under the title Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale

The low strings suddenly begin a quick march-like tune that is answered by increasingly frantic violins, and point-like interjections from the rest of the orchestra.

It would begin with the orchestra playing his signature tune, Mary from the Dairy.

As they are joined by the other four, the familiar tune is carried by the orchestra, while, above it, the Valkyries greet each other and sing their battle-cry.

Despite the difficulties in keeping the four mellophoniums ( which formed their own separate section ) in tune, this particular Kenton orchestra had its exciting moments ; the albums " Adventures in Jazz " and " West Side Story " ( arrangements by Johnny Richards ) each won Grammy awards in 1962 and 1963.

Two songs appear in the film: " La Paloma ", a Spanish – Cuban – Mexican tune sung by popular Chilean singer Rosita Serrano ; and " La Cumparsita ", a classic Uruguayan tango tune performed by German bandleader Adalbert Lutter and his orchestra.

Page and Plant released a longer live version, recorded with an Egyptian / Moroccan orchestra, on No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded ( 1994 ) and continued to perform the tune with an orchestra on their 1995 tour.

In 1953 she arranged for string orchestra William Byrd's keyboard setting of an old Irish tune, Sellinger's Round.

" Take the ' A ' Train " is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.

Before the play resumes, Felix gives the orchestra sheet music for a love ballad written by Kelly to replace Oates ' unpopular tune.

On the original release, the introduction to the tune is played on a Turkish flute, whereas the later reissue of the album uses an Arabian string orchestra for the introduction.

Although the majority of tracks are clean hard rock, more so than on the previous ... Very ' Eavy ... Very ' Umble, the album features forays into both jazz-fusion on " The Park ", whose tune is borrowed from a traditional Andean / Bolivian song " Nacimiento ", and square progressive rock on the band's first foray into large – scale composition, the 16 – minute title track featuring a 24 – piece orchestra.

In 2004, Robert Steadman arranged the tune for orchestra featuring an off-stage trumpet and a thumping, dance-music influenced finale.

The rousing theme tune was provided by the Rostov Balalaika orchestra.

As KABL, the station combined a mixture of easy listening string and orchestra music with light classics and an occasional Latin cocktail hour tune.

In August, 1948, when trumpeter Howard McGhee soloed with Machito's orchestra at the Apollo Theatre, his ad-libs to " Tanga " resulted in " Cu-Bop City ," a tune which was recorded by Roost Records months later.