Premiere Symphonie des Noels

1 Condensed Score - 0 Piccolo - 0 Flute I + II - 0 Oboe I + II - 0 Bassoon I + II - 0 Clarinet Eb - 0 Clarinet I - 0 Clarinet II - 0 Bass Clarinet - 2 Soprano Saxophone - 4 Alto Saxophone - 2 Tenor Saxophone - 1 Baritone Saxophone - 1 Flugelhorn Eb - 8 Bugel Solo + I - 8 FlugelHorn II + III - 8 Trumpet I + II - 4 Horn I + II Eb - 4 Horn I + II F - 2 Trombone I C - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone I Bb (BC) - 4 Trombone II + III C - 2 Trombone II/III bv - 2 Trombone II/III bb - 2 Baritone C - 2 Baritone Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone Bb (TC) - 2 Baritone II C - 2 Baritone II Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC) - 2 Tuba C - 1 Stringbass - 1 Timpani

The French composer and organist Michel Richard de Lalande (Paris, 1657 – Versailles, 1726), a contemporary of Jean-Baptiste Lully, was music teacher of the daughters of King Louis XIV and was appointed Court Composer and conductor (Maître et compositeur de la chapelle royale, surintendant et compositeur de la musique de la chambre). His music was a harmonious synthesis of the French and Italian styles. He mainly composed ballet and religious music.