The Peacemakers

fl(=picc&optional bfl)-5-string fretless bass gtr(or classical/acoustic gtr)-perc(3):2tom-t(low floor;different tensions)/goblet drum(i.e.darbuca,tablas,bodhrán)/tambourim/pandeiro or riq (or tamb)/bamboo chimes/mark tree/SD/TD/BD/tam-t(low)/cyms/glsp/crot/t.bells/marimba/tgl/susp.cym/2bells(E,B)-strings

Optional instruments: ssax.descant recorder.tin whistle.Uilleann pipes-3tpt.3ttrbn.btrbn.tuba-timp-organ or electric keyboard-solo violin.

PERCUSSION: 3 +TIMP

Percussion, player 1: apart from in movement 2 ('Fanfara'), this part involves specialist 'hand' and 'ethnic' drumming improvisatory parts. Even so, there remain two highly specialised instruments in the score (Irish bodhrán and Indian tablas) that may be simulated by using a goblet drum (eg darbuca).

Percussion, players 2 and 3 play standard orchestral percussion and can interchange parts. The tuned bells represent Buddhist temple bells; hand-bells may be used but since the dynamic is piano the bells should be mounted and struck, not played with the clapper.

'Ethnic' percussion

2 low Floor Tom-toms (different tensions)

Goblet Drum (eg Darbuca, Tablas, Bodhrán)

Tambourim

Pandeiro or Riq (Tambourine may be substituted)

Bamboo Chimes

Mark Tree

Standard percussion

Glockenspiel

Crotales

Tubular Bells

Marimba (Marimba notes all fit into the treble stave, so one octave would do!)

2 Tuned Bells (E, B - see performance note above)

Triangle

Snare Drum

Tenor Drum

Bass Drum

Tam-tam (low)

Cymbals

Suspended Cymbal