 The choreographer Frederick Ashton used "The Nursery Suite" for a new ballet (his last) in 1986 for the Queen's sixtieth birthday gala at the Royal Opera House.It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets (both in B & C), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani (3), 2 percussionists (first with triangle, tambourine and glockenspiel, second with snare drum, triangle, tambourine, bass drum and cymbals) and string section.Not all these instruments are played in all movements.