Beschreibung
nstrumentation is flexible; the following is a guide:
Part 1 - Violin 1, flute 1 (doubling piccolo if possible) oboe 1,
Part 2 - Violin 2, flute 2, oboe 2 (doubling tenor recorder if possible), clarinet 1, trumpet
Part 3 - Viola, clarinet 2, horn in F, Eb horn (2 players doubling harmonicas in C)
Part 4 - Cello, bassoon
Part 5 - Double bass, bass guitar (or Cello 2 - playing as if usual bass clef, but an octave lower where possible)
SATB voices (doubling metal spoons and pitch pipes)
Optional:
Percussion (one player) - claves, glockenspiel (could be a child!s toy instrument such as an "Angel! glockenspiel), mark tree, spring drum (thunder shaker), frame drum, musical jewellery box (or similar clockwork device)
Keyboard instrument with sustaining capability - piano sound
The parts include a special part used during performance where flutes play the glockenspiel part, then play the untuned percussion as normal.