1812 Overture [SEP] instrumentation
"Swan Lake".
Instrumentation.
The "1812 Overture" is scored for an orchestra that consists of the following:
- Brass band: "Open" instrumentation consisting of "any extra brass instruments" available. In some indoor performances, the part may be played on an organ. Military or marching bands also play this part. Note: the brass band or its substitute is meant to play during the finale only.
- Woodwinds: 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 English horn
- "Church Windows" – trumpet
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Festive Overture – 4 horns, 3 trumpets and 3 trombones
- "Song of the Forests" – 6 trumpets and 6 trombones
- Richard Strauss
- "Eine Alpensinfonie" – 12 horns, 2 trumpets and 2 trombones
- "Ein Heldenleben" – 3 trumpets
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- "1812 Overture" – "Open" instrumentation consisting of "any extra brass instruments" available.
- Giuseppe Verdi
- "Falstaff