For piccolo (doubling flute), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion (2 players), piano (the player functioning frequently as a third percussionist), violin, violoncello, and double bass. "Surma is a demon in Finno-Ugric mythology, the guardian of Kalma, goddess of the grave"--Prelim. p. Reproduced from holograph. Caption title: Surma ritornelli.