Instrumentation
The revised version is scored for high voice (soprano) and:
- 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling English horn), 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet in A, 2 bassoons, contra-bassoon;
- 4 horns in F, trumpet in F, 2 tenor trombones;
- timpani, percussion, harp, celesta;
- strings: violins I and II, violas, violoncellos, double basses.
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