Queen - In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited

After such a successful first two performances, Wagner's benefit concert naturally took place, and the musicians expressed a desire to play it for free, thereby expressing the highest degree of respect for the composer. The composer himself recalled: “The success of the concert exceeded all expectations. Never before has the public seemed to accept me with such enthusiasm as here. Even at the first moment, the reception arranged for me by its duration and turbulence completely embarrassed me, which was rarely the case with me. This enthusiasm of the public was greatly facilitated by the fiery animation of the orchestra itself, because it was the musicians who again and again renewed the frenzied storm of applause. In St. Petersburg, this, apparently, was an unusual phenomenon. I heard them exchanging exclamations: “Only now we have learned what music is.”