Dmitri Schostakowitsch
8. Symphonie
(1943)
C minor
for orchestra
Short instrumentation: 4 3 4 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(6), str (16 14 12 12 10)
Duration: 62'
Dedication: Jewgeni Alexandrowitsch Mrawinski gewidmet
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
3rd flute (+1st picc)
4th flute (+2nd picc)
1st oboe
2nd oboe
cor anglais
clarinet in Eb
1st clarinet in Bb, A
2nd clarinet in Bb, A
bass clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
contrabassoon (+3rd bsn)
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
3rd trumpet in Bb
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
tuba
timpani
percussion (6 players): xylophone
triangle
susp. cymbal
cymbals
tam-tam
tambourine
side drum
bass drum
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass