The typical symphony orchestra consists of four proportionate groups of similar musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.

In the form in which Mahler left it, the symphony consists of five movements:

The second movement, the first of two brilliant Scherzo movements, consists of two main ideas, the first of which is notated in consistently changing metres, which would have proved a challenge to Mahler's conducting technique had he lived to perform the symphony.

While much of the symphony consequently consists of sound effects rather than music, the work possesses an unquestionable vitality and incorporates the basic elements of the musical language he used in the rest of his career.

The symphony is scored for a large orchestra which consists of 4 flutes ( 3rd and 4th doubling piccolos ), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons ( 3rd doubling contrabassoon ), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, tambourine, cymbals, snare drum, triangle, xylophone, tamtam, and strings.

This symphony consists of four movements:

The symphony consists of five separate movements, each illustrating a personage or an important episode from the series.

The peculiarity of this work consists, to put it briefly, in importing Wagner's dramatic style into the symphony.

Yet the work is sometimes called a symphony ; it consists of two powerful outer movements framing a lighter, faster piece which acts as a type of scherzo.

The first A is an expansive threnody on solo cello ( Schmidt's own instrument ) whose seamless lyricism predates Strauss's Metamorphosen by more than a decade ( its theme is later adjusted to form the scherzo of the symphony ); the B section is an equally expansive funeral march ( deliberately referencing Beethoven's Eroica in its texture ) whose dramatic climax is marked by an orchestral crescendo culminating in a gong and cymbal crash ( again, a clear allusion to similar climaxes in the later symphonies of Bruckner, and followed by what Harold Truscott has brilliantly described as a " reverse climax ", leading back to a repeat of the A section ).

Hector Berlioz, who coined the term " choral symphony ", built on this concept in his " dramatic symphony " Roméo et Juliette while explaining his intent in the five-paragraph introduction in that work's score ( Berlioz 1857, 1 ).

This allowed him to focus on writing the " dramatic symphony " Roméo et Juliette for voices, chorus and orchestra.

He understood at once that the symphony was a dramatic form to an extent that he had not previously realized, and that in Beethoven he saw a way to the dramatic manner in which he desired to compose.

At different times, he shared evolving versions of a program for the third symphony with various friends, including Natalie Bauer-Lechner, a close friend and confidante, Anna von Mildenburg, the dramatic soprano and Mahler's lover during the summer of 1896 when he was completing the symphony, and Max Marschalk, a music critic.

Czukay: "' Bel Air ' 20 minute-long track which took up the whole of side two on the Future Days original vinyl LP showed Can in a state of being an electric symphony group performing a peaceful though sometimes dramatic landscape painting.

It includes the Symphony in B-flat, his sole symphony, Poème for violin and orchestra, an important piece in the violin repertoire ; and the dramatic, and haunting, song-cycle Poème de l ' amour et de la mer.

" However, Shostakovich provides a solid symphonic framework for the work-a strongly dramatic opening movement, a scherzo, two slow movements and a finale ; fully justifying it as a symphony.

In Munich he studied with Josef Rheinberger ; also in Munich he composed his first significant works, including a symphony and a dramatic cantata.

Usually the character of the work is lighter than other multiple-movement works for large ensemble ( for example the symphony ), with tunefulness being more important than thematic development or dramatic intensity.

His second symphony ( D minor, opus 42 ) shows some commonality of style with Beethoven, particularly in the dramatic first movement, and with Schubert.

" Symphonic drama " appears to allude to the " dramatic symphony " Hector Berlioz had written nearly eighty years earlier: and as usual, when Satie makes such allusions, the result is about the complete reversal of the former example.

The route is sparsely populated, but the scenery is beautiful and can be quite dramatic, the Kyle line having been likened to a symphony in three parts: pastoral, mountain and sea.

Tying in with Sibelius ' philosophy on the art of the symphony ( he wrote that he " admired symphony's severity of style and the profound logic that created an inner connection between all the motifs ..."), the work grows almost organically out of a rising three-note motif heard at the opening of the work, which, after appearing in many guises throughout the entire symphony ( and indeed forming the basis for most of the material ) forms the dramatic theme of the finale.

The 1963 symphony is a dramatic work written for a large orchestra, a full choir, a boys ' choir, a soprano soloist and a narrator.

Composed against the backdrop of the First World War, this symphony is among the most dramatic that Nielsen wrote, featuring a " battle " between two sets of timpani.

Recent commissions include “ Earthquake !” a ballet that premiered at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in April 2006 ; “ Little Shimmers ” for the TroMetrik ensemble, which premiered at ODC in San Francisco in April 2006 ; “ Daredevil ” for the ArrayMusic chamber ensemble, which premiered in Toronto in 2006 ; A concert-length sequence of works for orchestra and virtual worlds ( including " Canons for Wroclaw ," " Khaenoncerto ," " The Egg ," and others ) celebrating the 1000th birthday of the city of Wroclaw, Poland, premiered in 2000 ; A triple concerto, " The Navigator Tree ," commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Composers Forum, premiered in 2000 ; and " Mirror / Storm ," a symphony commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, which premiered in 1998.

In fact, Symphony No. 1 can be regarded as a result of Beethoven's bold musical experimentation and advancement which he presents five years after Haydn's last symphony and twelve years after Mozart's final Jupiter Symphony: Unusually, Beethoven's symphony No. 1 starts with a sequence of repeatedly accentuated dominant-tonic chord sequences, however, in the " wrong " key and untouching and leading away from the tonic, so that the listener only gradually realizes the real key ( or home key ) of the symphony.

Stravinsky himself regarded this ostinato as " the root idea of the whole symphony ", a four-note set consisting of a sequence of " two minor thirds joined by a major third ", and stated that it initiated in the trumpet-harp motive at the beginning of the allegro section of the third movement, which was composed first.

According to Rudolf Kloiber, the third symphony " opens the sequence of Bruckner's masterpieces, in which his creativity meets monumental ability of symphonic construction.

According to Rudolf Kloiber, the third symphony " opens the sequence of Bruckner's masterpieces, in which his creativity meets monumental ability of symphonic construction.

The Albert Hall sequence drew some inspiration from H. M. Bateman's comic " The One-Note Man ", which followed the daily life of a musician who only plays one note in a symphony, similarly to the cymbal player in the film.

It is a music like the music from a great organ or a vast orchestra playing a symphony.

125, is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770 – 1827 ).

Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best-known works of the Western classical repertoire.

The symphony is scored for the following orchestra.

The symphony is in four movements, marked as follows:

Forms such as the concerto and sonata were more heavily defined and given more specific rules, whereas the symphony was created in this period ( this is popularly attributed to Joseph Haydn ).

It is the second largest bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, the double bass being the largest.

The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, bass fiddle, bass violin, doghouse bass, contrabass, bass viol, stand-up bass or bull fiddle, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2 ( see standard tuning ).

The double bass is a standard member of the string section of the symphony orchestra and smaller string ensembles in Western classical music.

In a further sign of regeneration in the area, the Docklands now has its own symphony orchestra-Docklands Sinfonia-which was formed in January 2009 and is based at St Anne's Limehouse.

The scherzo of this precociously accomplished symphony ( which shows a mature absorption of Bruckner and Richard Strauss ) is especially noteworthy, while Schmidt demonstrates his contrapuntal skills in the Finale.

This is Schmidt's longest symphony in terms of duration and employs a huge orchestra.

The concert harp is large and technically modern, designed for classical music and played solo, as part of chamber ensembles, and in symphony orchestras as well as in popular commercial music.

The essence of Rajasthani music is derived from the creative symphony of string instruments, percussion instruments and wind instruments accompanied by melodious renditions of folk singers.

It is now the only Indian symphony orchestra that functions and performs on a regular basis with a concert standard of performance.

It is a kind of symphony played by an orchestra of both electric and natural instruments and frozen into its idealized form by means of a multichannel tape recorder.

The symphony currently is located at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

The current music director and lead conductor of the symphony is Michael Stern.

A symphony orchestra is an ensemble usually comprising at least thirty musicians ; the number of players is typically between seventy and ninety-five and may exceed one hundred.

A symphony orchestra is divided into families of instruments.