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 melancholy prayer of Agltha, as she contemplates the summits of the trees silvered by the rays of the night , Der Freischütz, "Softly sighs." planet." Weber makes the listener almost shudder in the Wolf's Glen scene, by giving the two flutes long sustained chords on the low register while Caspar is mixing the ingredients for the magic bullets. The weird effect thus produced somewhat resembles that in Wagner's Lohengrin (ii. 2), where Elsa says "Wer ruft? wie schauerlich und klagend ertönt mein Name durch die Nacht," whilst the two flutes sustain C♭ and A♭ pianissimo.In this same scene of Freischültz we find the two flutes on their low register playing in unison with the second violins to produce a, Der Freischütz. veiled and gloomy impression, and later on to express agitation. In Oberon (ii) the flute is used to create a fairy effect, the first flute and first clarinet playing the