Instrumentation
The work is scored for a large orchestra of the following forces:
- woodwind: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- brass: 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in F and C, 3 trombones, tuba
- percussion: timpani, tam-tam
- strings: 2 harps, violins i, ii, violas, cellos, double basses.
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