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2025 Instrumentation
The 2025 Concert will include performances by the Festival Wind Ensemble performing Jean Sibelius’ “Valse Triste” and Alexander Borodin’s Ballet Music from the Opera “Prince Igor” followed by the Festival Orchestra’s performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10.
Orchestration
Mahler Symphony No. 10
Woodwind
4 Flutes (4th doubling on piccolo)4 Oboe (4th doubling on English horn)
5 Clarinet (4th doubling on Eb and 5th plays Bass Clarinet)
4 Bassoon (3rd and 4th both doubling on contrabassoon)
Brass
4 Horn F
4 Trombone
4 Trumpet
1 Tuba
String sections
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass
1 Harp
Timpani
2 Timpani
Percussion, 3 percussionists
1 Bass drum military with cymbals attached.
1 Cymbal suspended.
1 Cymbals clash.
1 Glockenspiel.
1 Ruthe.
1 Snare drum.
1 Tam tam.
1 Triangle.
1 Xylophone.
Orchestration
Sibelius’ Valse Triste
Flutes (Fl 1, Piccolo, Fl 3)
Oboe
Bassoons (1 and 2)
Clarinets (Solo, Eb, Cl 1, 2 and 3, Bass Cl)
Saxophone (Alto, Tenor, Bari)
Cornets and Trumpts (1 and 2)
Horn (1,2 3 and 4)
Trombone (1, 2 and bass trombone)
Euphonium
Basses (tubas and 1 string bass)
Percussion: Timpani, Bass Drum, Snare, Triangle, Crash Cymbal
Orchestration
Borodin’s Prince Igor
Piccolo and Flute
Oboe
Clarinet (Solo, Eb, Cl. 1, 2, 3, Bass Cl)
Bassoon
Saxophone (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bari)
Cornet and Trumpets (1 and 2)
Horn (1, 2, 3 and 4)
Trombone (1, 2 and bass)
Euphonium
Basses (tubas and 1 string bass)
Percussion: Timpani, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Triangle, Crash Cymbal