Instrumentation
- Woodwinds
- 3 flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling on piccolo)
- 2 oboes
- English horn
- 2 clarinets in B flat (both also in A)
- bass clarinet in B flat
- 3 bassoons
- Brass:
- 4 horns (all 4 doubling on natural horns (Waldhorn))
- 4 trumpets in F (1st and 2nd doubling on cornet in F)
- 3 trombones
- 2 contrabass tubas
- percussion for 4 percussionists
- triangle
- cymbals
- tamtam
- bass drum
- timpani
- Other
- 6 harps
- strings
- Fernorchester
- piccolo (small flute)
- 2 flutes in D flat (or in C)
- 2 clarinets in E flat
- 2 clarinets in B flat
- 3 bassoons
- 4 flugelhorns in B flat (3 doubling on trumpets in F)
- 2 cornets in E flat
- timpani
- triangle
- cymbals
It includes a mixed choir (SATB) and vocal soloists: soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, boy soprano, boy alto.
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