Here the orchestra with its modulated tone predicts the future splendor of the cathedral scene, while a lute plays low notes, embellished by a delicate weaving in of the violins, and produces a remarkable and unprecedented effect.

He introduced on the stage the ensembles of wind instruments (I do not mean the brass) which are so frequent in Mozart's great concertos.

An illustration of this is the entrance of Alice in the second act of _Robert_.

An echo of this is found in Elsa's entrance in the second act of _Lohengrin_.

Another illustration is the entrance of Berthe and Fides in the beginning of the _Le Prophete_.