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| No. | Instrument | Excerpt from: | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | first violins | Concerto in D major | Ludwig von Beethoven |
| 2 | second violins | Concerto in D major | Ludwig von Beethoven |
| 3 | violas | Der Schwanendreher (Concerto after Folk Songs), Mvt. 3 | Paul Hindemith |
| 4 | cellos | The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) | Camille Saint-Saens |
| 5 | doublebasses | The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals) | Camille Saint-Saens |
| 6 | flutes | Badinerie (Orchestra Suite No. 2) | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 7 | oboes | Symphony No. 9 (From the New World), Largo | Antonin Dvorák |
| 8 | clarinets | Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin |
| 9 | bassoons | Peter and the Wolf | Serge Prokofiev |
| 10 | horns | Minuet (fr Water Music, Suite No. 1) | Georg Frideric Handel |
| 11 | trumpets | Fanfare for the Common Man | Aaron Copland |
| 12 | trombones | Oryºs Creole Trombone | Kid Ory |
| 13 | timpani | Also Sprach Zarathustra (heard in 2001: A Space Odyssey) | Richard Strauss |
| 14 | percussion | Sorbet No. 4: Woodblocks and Falling Instruments | Evelyn Glennie |
| 15 | piano | Rustle of Spring | Christian Sinding |
| 16 | harp | Impromptu, Op. 86 | Gabriel Fauré |
| 17 | conductor | Symphony No. 5 (Adagio molto) | Ludwig von Beethoven |