Soon after, a call-and-response melody is featured between high and low woodwind.

The melody of the second strain is normally played with the basses (low brass and low woodwinds).

After a short percussion entrance, the piece progresses with slow and dramatic chords voiced by the low woodwinds and mirrored by the low brass.

The performance started well, with strong, thoroughly blended tone from horns and low woodwinds, followed by the entire string section taking up the story with imposing weight and drive.

Strauss's An Alpine Symphony opens on a unison B-flat in the strings, horns, and lower woodwinds.

More low woodwind and timpani accompany the soloist in several runs.

The movement ends with the sonorous theme which was first stated by the lower woodwinds at the beginning of the symphony.

He uses the darkest colours of the orchestra to express all this: low woodwind, low strings, double-basses.

The music now had a different sound, lots of chiming bells and some low woodwind behind a female trio.

The first is a rousing melody typically given to the horns, trombones, and strings over a churning accompaniment provided by low woodwinds and percussion.