Instrumentation
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Orchestra:
- 3 piccolos, 2 flutes, 3 oboes, English horn, heckelphone,
- 2 piccolo clarinets (E♭), 3 clarinets (B♭), [contra]bass clarinet (B♭), 3 bassoons, 2 contrabassoons
- 8 horns (F), 5 trumpets (C), 4 trombones (4th also contrabass trombone), tuba, contrabass tuba
timpani, percussion (6 players, see below), strings (basses low string tuned to low C)
Percussion (6 sets, 1 player for each set):
- 1. medium gong, chinese (or crash cymbal), high tam-tam, bass drum, triangle
- 2. low tam-tam, slap stick, bass drum, triangle, tambourine
- 3. snare drum, guiro, triangle, chinese blocks (high and low with drumsticks)
- 4. side drum, tambourine, suspended cymbal (with drumsticks)
- 5. cymbals, string drum, coconuts
- 6. xylophone, glockenspiel, 2 chinese blocks (high and low with metal sticks),
- rattle, tambourine, bells, guiro, cymbals, triangle
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