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