Instrumentation
The work is scored for the following orchestra:
- woodwind: piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons
- brass: 4 horns, 8 trumpets, 3 trombones, Ophicleide
- percussion: timpani, bass drum
- strings: violins I, II, violas, violoncellos, double basses.
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