| The instrumental ensemble is comprised of flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two French horns, and a double-bass. |
| There are no cellos, a disproportionately large number of double-basses, and big brass and wind sections but no oboes and bassoons. |
| And they sing and play oboes and clarinets and violins and cellos and recorders on through the late afternoon in a warm, close auditorium. |
| A 1900 train journey inspired Train Music, and Grainger envisioned it for a huge orchestra of 150 players, including 8 oboes and 6 bassoons. |
| It described noble savages playing oboes and amorously frolicking in tropical glades. |
| The second became the desire to do the same thing for all five oboes from musette to bass. |
