Antonín Dvořák wrote his Carnival concert overture (Karneval, koncertní ouvertura), Op. 92, in 1891. It is the second part of his Nature, Life, and Love trilogy of concert overture, the other being In Nature's Realm, Op. 91, and Othello. The Carnival overture, sometimes referred to by its Burghauser catalogue number, B. 169, is scored for two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, tambourine, harp, and strings. A standard rendition lasts around 9 minutes.
