Instrumentation
The Symphony is scored for the following orchestra:
- Woodwinds: piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes (ob. 4 doubling cor anglais), E-flat clarinet, 3 clarinets in B-flat, A, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (bsn. 4 doubling contrabassoon)
- Brass: 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
- Percussion: timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, 3 bells, glockenspiel
- Strings: 2 harps, violins I & II, violas, violoncellos, double basses
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