Instrumentation
Courtesy of Mark Wiseman:
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
4[1.2.3.pic] 4[1.2.3.4/Eh] 4[1.2.Ebcl.bcl] 4[1.2.3.cbn] — 8 5 3 1 — tenor tuba — tmp+4 — 2hp — str
perc: sd, cym, tri, tamtam, bd, td, sus cym
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)
3[1.2/afl.3/pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 4[1.2.3/Ebcl.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 8 6 6 1 — tmp+5[7] — 2hp — pf — str
perc: xyl, sd, tri, tambn, tamtam, cym, bd, 2opt sd[2extra players]
Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/Eh] 3[1.2.3/bcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+1 — 2hp — str
perc: bd, cym, sus cym, sd, tri, tamtam
A 2nd percussionist is required if alternate ending is used. Cbn used only in final movement (11 bars).
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7
2 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — 4 Wagner tubas [2tenor, 2bass] — tmp+2 — str
perc: cym, tri
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture
3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — 2tmp+4 — hp — str
perc: tri, tambn, cast, cym
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5
4[all/pic] 3[1.2.3/Eh] 3[1.2.3/D-cl/bcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 6 4 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — str
perc: sd, tri, tamtam, glock, whip, cym, bd/cym, bd