Instrumentation
Lincoln Portrait is scored for a speaker and an orchestra, preferably including:
- 2 flutes (doubling 2 piccolos)
- 2 oboes
- English horn (optional)
- 2 clarinets in B-flat
- bass clarinet
- 2 bassoons
- contrabassoon (optional)
- 4 horns
- 3 trumpets in B-flat (two required; one optional)
- 3 trombones
- tuba
- timpani
- snare drum
- cymbals
- bass drum
- tamtam
- glockenspiel
- sleigh bells
- xylophone
- celesta (optional)
- harp
- strings
Note that the English horn, the bass clarinet, the contrabassoon, the 3rd trumpet, and the celesta were deemed not essential for performance by the composer and may be omitted from the performance ensemble as necessary.
The composition has also been transcribed for other ensembles, such as wind ensemble.
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