Instrumentation full version
2 Flutes
2 Oboes (2nd doubling Cor anglais)
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Bassoons (2nd doubling Contrabassoon)
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in Bb
2 Tenor Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (5)*
Strings
*tubular bells, riq (or tambourine), 3 low drums (or floor tom-toms), darbuca (or goblet drum), bass drum, finger cymbals, cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam-tam (low).
Note. The percussion used in the recording includes many instruments indigenous to the Middle East. However, the work can be performed with more commonplace percussion.
Reduced version
Oboe (doubling Cor anglais)
2 Horns in F (2nd ad lib)
Trumpet in Bb
Percussion (2 or 3)
Organ
Strings (min 1.1.1.1.1) (12 members)
Intended Version
Oboe
Flute
2 Horns in F
Trumpet and Bugel in Bes
Trombone
Persussion (2)
Organ
Strings (1.1.1.1.1)
Choir
Sopraan – Mezzo – Alt – Tenor 1 – Tenor 2 – Bas 1 – Bas 2
In general with four voices.
In some pieces the choir splits to five or seven voices.
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Duration: 62 minutes
