The vorspiel to "Parsifal" is based on three of the most deeply religious motives in the entire work.
From the opening phrase of the vorspiel Forbes became a Wagnerian.
This vorspiel, like that to "Lohengrin," is short and delicate.
This "Valkyr" vorspiel is a masterly representation in tone of a storm gathering for its last infuriated onslaught.
The vorspiel of "Siegfried" is expressive of Mime's planning and plotting.
Through themes which are familiar from earlier portions of the work, the vorspiel rises to a crashing fortissimo.
In the early portion of this vorspiel only the string instruments are used.
Then to the sombre, questioning phrase of the Motive of Fate, the action begins to disclose the significance of this vorspiel.
In the sense that it precedes the rise of the curtain, this orchestral composition is a vorspiel, or prelude.
This concluding passage in the vorspiel thus brings out with great eloquence the inner significance of "Die Meistersinger."