• 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 3 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 percussionist, 1 timpani, 2 harp, 1 celesta, 1 harpsichord (also 1 piano), 24 violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 5 five-strings double basses, 3 double basses, 1 violin [ensemble ripieno] , 1 viola [ensemble ripieno] , 1 cello [ensemble ripieno] , 1 double bass [ensemble ripieno] , 1 flute [ensemble ripieno (version augmentée)] , 1 oboe [ensemble ripieno (version augmentée)] , 1 clarinet [ensemble ripieno (version augmentée)] , 1 bassoon [ensemble ripieno (version augmentée)] , 1 trumpet [ensemble ripieno (version augmentée)] , 2 unspecified narrators [ad lib. : Brahms et Haendel]

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