Instrumentation
The score calls for:
- 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (one doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (one doubling E♭ clarinet), 4 bassoons
- 4 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas/ophicleides
- 2 pairs of timpani, cymbals, suspended cymbal, tenor drum, bass drum, bells (sounding C and G)
- 2 harps
- strings
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