In the days of Mozart new operas used to be arranged for brass/woodwinds immediately. Mozart did so himself, but also others made arrangements. The standard instrumentation was: oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, always arranged in pairs. Every year Non Piú Andrai is played by a concert band for the occasion of the birthday of the Queen of England during the 'Trooping the Colour'. In this aria Figaro ironically depicts the soldier's life for the page Cherubino.