mimed voice, voices, mixed chorus
Orchestra: 3 flutes (2nd and 3rd take piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani (chromatic), percussion (large drums, cymbals, triangle, Basque drum, tambourine, glockenspiel, celesta, suspended gong (French tam-tam), bell, 3 harps, strings