INSTRUMENTATION
Piccolo (doubles flute 3) 2 Flutes 2 Oboes English Horn b 2 Clarinets in B b (2nd doubles E clarinet) 2 Bassoons Contrabassoon 4 Horns 3 Trumpets 2 Tenor Trombones Bass Trombone Tuba Timpani (4 chromatic drums) 3 Percussionists (a scene-by-scene list with the parts includes possible substitutions) Glockenspiel Vibraphone (sometimes bowed) Xylophone b Tubular chimes (including bass chimes B and G) Triangle Cowbells (one high, one low, mounted) Mark tree Tibetan shaman bells (may be obtained from the composer, or substituted) Tambourine Concert castanet (mounted) Brake drum Bell plate (played with a heavy metal hammer) Thunder sheet Claves (one pair, low) Wood block (high pitched) Whip (slapstick) Piccolo drum (or toy drum) Snare drum Field drum Tenor drum Concert Tom-toms (4 double-headed instruments, low-to-high) Bass drum Crash cymbals (2 pairs) Suspended cymbal (sometimes played with a penknife blade) Finger cymbal (1 instrument played with a light triangle beater) Fake period drum set (medium snare drum, ride cymbal, 24”-28” bass drum) Tam-Tam Wind Gong (22” with fabric-wrapped Asian gong beater) Maori Log Drum (may be obtained from the composer, or substituted)
Piano Harp Military-style reed organ on-stage (may be substituted electronically, but in the pit) Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass
(9 players minimum) (9 players minimum) (6 players minimum) (6 players minimum) (4 players minimum, at least 2 with C extensions)