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Sympathy Is a Knife
Sympathy Is a Knife (stylized "Sympathy is a knife") is a 2024 Charli XCX song, track 3 on Brat, about insecurity toward a rival pop star; its Ariana Grande remix charted at UK #7.
Sympatric speciation
Sympatric speciation is the evolution of reproductive isolation between populations occupying the same range without a physical barrier, long dismissed but now accepted as real.
Symphogear (戦姫絶唱シンフォギア)
Symphogear (戦姫絶唱シンフォギア) is a Japanese original TV anime franchise by Noriyasu Agematsu and Akifumi Kaneko, produced by Satelight, first aired January 6, 2012. Five seasons (2012-2019, 65 episodes) follow girls in Symphogear armor fighting the Noise by singing.
Symphonia
Symphonia L.f. (Clusiaceae, Malpighiales) is a genus of tropical trees with 16 accepted species native to Mexico to Tropical America, tropical Africa, and Madagascar; best known for Symphonia globulifera, a pantropical timber and gum tree with pore-like stigmas and bird pollination.
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal, also called opera or orchestral metal, is a heavy metal subgenre built on orchestral, choral, and classical elements. Key acts: Therion, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica; defined against gothic and power metal.
Symphonic Suite Akira
Symphonic Suite Akira (交響組曲アキラ) is Geinoh Yamashirogumi's 1988 Invitation album (VDR-1532) of Shoji Yamashiro's complete, unremixed score for Otomo's film Akira, distinct from the dialogue-containing original soundtrack.
Symphonic Variations (ballet)
Symphonic Variations is Frederick Ashton's one-act abstract ballet for six dancers to César Franck's Variations symphoniques, premiered 24 April 1946 by the Sadler's Wells Ballet at Covent Garden, a signature work of The Royal Ballet.
Symphonie fantastique
Symphonie fantastique, also known as the Fantastic Symphony, is a five-movement program symphony by Hector Berlioz, first performed in Paris in 1830 and regarded as a landmark of French musical romanticism.
Symphony
Symphony: large-scale multi-movement work for orchestra, from Greek symphonia; grew from opera overtures, codified in four movements by Haydn, expanded by Beethoven and Mahler, still central to orchestral music.
Symphony (Clean Bandit song)
Symphony is a 2017 dance-pop single by Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson, written by Jack Patterson, Ina Wrolsden, Steve Mac, and Ammar Malik. A UK number one from the album What Is Love?, it passed 1.5 billion streams and went viral on TikTok in 2024.
Symphony Center
Symphony Center, Chicago: concert complex at 220 S. Michigan Avenue housing Orchestra Hall (1904, Daniel Burnham) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; expanded 1995–97 for $110–120 million, opened as Symphony Center October 4, 1997.
Symphony Hall, Boston
Symphony Hall is a Boston concert hall, opened in 1900 as home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and often cited among the world's best-sounding venues.
Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl
Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl is an 1861–1863 oil painting by James McNeill Whistler, modeled on Joanna Hiffernan and held at the National Gallery of Art.
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") by Gustav Mahler: his first symphony, mainly composed 1887–1888, premiered in Budapest in 1889 as a five-movement symphonic poem, later cut to four movements.
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, the "Resurrection" Symphony (Auferstehungssinfonie), is an 1888–1894 five-movement work for orchestra, chorus, and soloists, premiered complete in Berlin on 13 December 1895, with a Klopstock-based choral finale.
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, the Eroica (Sinfonia Eroica), composed 1803–1804, dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz, once titled Bonaparte, premiered publicly 7 April 1805, published 1806.
Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)
Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, the "Great G minor," completed 25 July 1788 between Symphonies 39 and 41; one of only two minor-key Mozart symphonies, revised with clarinets for 1790 Vienna concerts.
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1803 to 1808 and premiered in Vienna in 1808.
Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)
Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor (1901–1902), premiered Cologne 18 October 1904; five movements in three parts, famous Adagietto for strings and harp, ends in D major.
Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)
Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100 (Симфония № 5), a 1944 wartime symphony premiered in Moscow on January 13, 1945, conducted by the composer, in four movements, about 46 minutes long.
Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, the Pastoral Symphony, is a five-movement 1808 work depicting country life, premiered 22 December 1808 in Vienna alongside the Fifth, titled 'More an expression of feeling than painting.'
Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, the Pathétique (Патетическая), his last completed symphony: composed February–August 1893, premiered in Saint Petersburg 28 October 1893, dedicated to Vladimir Davydov, famous for its 5/4 waltz and slow, despairing finale.
Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, composed 1811–1812, premiered 8 December 1813 in Vienna; Wagner's 'apotheosis of the dance', famous A-minor Allegretto encored at the premiere.
Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, the "Leningrad" (Ленинградская), a four-movement 1941 symphony begun under siege and premiered in Kuibyshev on 5 March 1942, famous for its invasion episode and 9 August 1942 blockaded-Leningrad performance.
Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák)
Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163, the "English" Symphony: composed 1889 at Vysoká, premiered Prague 1890, a cheerful, folk-inflected pastoral symphony published by Novello.
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (1824), Beethoven's final symphony, introduces a choral finale setting Schiller's Ode to Joy; its melody is the European anthem adopted in 1972.
Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World" (also New World Symphony), composed January–May 1893 in New York, premiered 16 December 1893 at Carnegie Hall under Anton Seidl.
Symphony No. 94 (Haydn)
Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94, the "Surprise" Symphony (German: Mit dem Paukenschlag), composed 1791 for Salomon's London concerts, premiered March 23, 1792; famous for the fortissimo chord in its Andante second movement.
Symphony of the Seas
Symphony of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean Oasis-class cruise ship, the world's largest cruise ship from 2018 until Wonder of the Seas took the title in 2022.
Symphony orchestras of Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and Africa
A survey of symphony orchestras in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa, tracing Japan's Meiji-era adoption, China's post-1949 development, and leading ensembles in Hong Kong and Australia.