philharmonic
Large classical ensemble
Philharmonic means devoted to or loving music, from Greek roots meaning "friend of harmony." The word appears almost exclusively as part of the proper names of symphony orchestras and musical societies: the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic.
Used alone as a noun, it typically refers to such an orchestra or to the hall where it performs.
We have tickets to the philharmonic tonight.
One who directs musicians
- violinBowed string instrument
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
- violaMidrange bowed instrument
- bassDeep pitch or fish
flute · oboe · clarinet · bassoon · trumpet · trombone · tuba · timpani
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- tone poemNarrative orchestral composition
- suiteConnected hotel rooms
requiem · serenade · rhapsody · movement · adagio · allegro · scherzo · finale
Live musical performance
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- hallInterior connecting pathway
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
- stageRaised performance platform
program · intermission · applause · encore · premiere · ovation · tickets · venue
German classical music giant
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- BachGerman composer surname
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- MahlerAustrian composer-conductor
Tchaikovsky · Haydn · Handel · Schubert · Mendelssohn · Dvorak · Sibelius · Rachmaninoff
conductor
One who directs musicians
bass · flute · oboe · clarinet · bassoon · trumpet · trombone · tuba · timpani · percussion
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- tone poemNarrative orchestral composition
suite · requiem · serenade · rhapsody · movement · adagio · allegro · scherzo · finale · opus
concert
Live musical performance
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- hallInterior connecting pathway
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
stage · program · intermission · applause · encore · premiere · ovation · tickets · venue · season
Beethoven
German classical music giant
Tchaikovsky · Mahler · Haydn · Handel · Schubert · Mendelssohn · Dvorak · Sibelius · Rachmaninoff · Shostakovich
Vienna
Austrian capital
Cleveland · Chicago · Los Angeles · Czech · Israel · Seoul · NHK · Rotterdam · St. Petersburg · Munich
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, strings, string orchestra, woodwinds
- cultural institutionsart museum, national library, museum, history museum, public library
- ensemblesband, choir, orchestra, quartet, quintet
- music groupsband, choir, orchestra, chorus, duo
philharmonicunmusical
Lacking melodic ability
nonmusical · tone-deaf · cacophonous · discordant · disharmonious
philharmonicchamber ensemble
Few instrumentalists performing together
solo · soloist · chamber orchestra · string quartet · trio
- philharmonic orchestraLarge classical music ensemble
- New York PhilharmonicManhattan's premier symphony orchestra
- Berlin PhilharmonicPremier German symphony orchestra
- Vienna PhilharmonicFamed Austrian symphonic group