1.   A site devoted to contemporary classical music, with reviews, biographies of composers and links to symphonic orchestras, opera companies, record companies and magazines.

2.   Gathering backstage, the symphonic orchestra is the usual pre-concert cacophony of instruments being tuned.

3.   Yes, Toshiba, the electronics giant, has its own symphonic orchestra.

4.   A symphonic orchestra, pealing bells, giant cranes and immense podium draped in the white and yellow Vatican colors set a dramatic stage for the pope.