What is a conductor? What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the ...

The modern-day violin was also developed around this time, and eventually replaced the instruments of the viol family. The ...

Evans had no immediate family, says Gigliotti ... Gigliotti playing his father’s bassoon in the orchestra. Gigliotti will next play the instrument in this week’s performances of Mahler ...