2024 Instrumentation

Mahler Symphony #7

Strings
mandolin (used only in movement 4)
guitar (used only in movement 4)
2 harps
1st violins
2nd violins
violas
cellos
double basses

Woodwinds
piccolo
4 flutes (4th doubling 2nd piccolo in movement 1)
3 oboes
cor anglais
E♭ clarinet
3 B♭ and A clarinets
bass clarinet
3 bassoons
contrabassoon

Brass
tenorhorn (used only in movement 1)[a]
4 horns
3 trumpets
3 trombones
tuba

Percussion
4 timpani
bass drum
snare drum (used only in movement 1)
cymbals
triangle
cowbells (used offstage in second movement; onstage in second and fifth movements)
tambourine (used only in first movement)
tam-tam
rute (used in movements 2 and 5)
untuned bells (used only in movement 5)
glockenspiel

Holst Planets

Strings
violins i, ii
violas
cellos
double basses
two harps

Woodwinds
four flutes (third doubling first piccolo and fourth doubling second piccolo and “bass flute in G”, actually an alto flute)
three oboes
one cor anglais
three clarinets in B♭ and A
one bass clarinet in B♭
three bassoons
one contrabassoon

Brass
six horns in F
four trumpets in C
two trombones
one bass trombone
one tenor tuba in B♭
one tuba

Percussion
six timpani (two players)
side drum
cymbals
bass drum
Tam Tam
glockenspielKeyboards: organ, celesta