Instrumentation
The instrumentation is:
- Woodwinds: a piccolo, a flute, 2 oboes (1st doubles cor anglais), 2 clarinets in A and 2 bassoons.
- Brass: 4 horns (2 in G and 2 in E), 2 trumpets in E, 3 trombones.
- Percussion: 2 timpani, triangle, bass drum and cymbals.
- Strings: first violins, second violins, violas, violoncellos and double basses.
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