Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

Slow. The first four bars are a quiet introduction. The Grail theme then begins (A), and each time it comes back, as A′ and then as A, it is richer in sound, with a transition before each return moving the music on. The loud climax falls within that last long statement of A. The closing section and the coda bring the sound down again to a whisper.

1. 0:05Introduction
2. A