Question: where does the oboe sit in the orchestra
Answer: The woodwind section of the late 19th - century symphony orchestra ( for instance , in compositions by Wagner , Brahms , Bruckner , Tchaikovsky , and Richard Strauss ) typically includes : flutes ( sometimes with one doubling piccolo ) , oboes ( sometimes with one doubling cor anglais ) , clarinets ( sometimes with one doubling bass clarinet and / or another doubling E-flat clarinet ) , bassoons ( sometimes with one doubling contrabassoon ) .