"The work is scored for a large orchestra consisting of two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, cor anglais, three clarinets (3rd doubling E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets (3rd doubling bass trumpet), three trombones, tuba, timpani, three percussionists, harp, piano (doubling celesta), and strings.