oven said that The visions of the first three movements are such as to reduce man to the apparent size of a microbe; but a man conceived them so , let us all rejoice in our potentialities'. The third movement, the Adagio, leads us up to the finale. It is the slow movement that grows into a warmth. It complements the finale which brings us to the fast exaltation of joy . The finale, the most outstanding part of this symphony, has a lot involved. It is felt that the choral finale is a natural outcome of the rest. The movement begins with an exceptional passage lasting for a quite a while. The strings are in the lead here, where the melody can be heard. A shorter recitative can then be heard that reminds us of the very start of the symphony. Out of this there is an expressive change of pace. There is a closing diminuendo and the wind instruments coming in. There is a bass soloist now emulating the melody that the strings were playing before. The bass pronounces the word freude ( joy) with the men answering him accompanied by the strings. This then leads into the lower voices of the chorus repeating the last eight bars of the bass solo. When the whole chorus finally joins in there is a sense of a light being poured out and u can feel the exaltation of the music. The music then slows down to a verse " Seid umschlungen , Millionen!" ( Be embraced, ye millions!), it is given at first by men's voices, trombones, and low strings in unison. It is someway evoking a church chant. At the repeat of this section Beethoven has an almost mystical sounding chorus , singing pianissimo. It seems to float above everything that is earthly. The sound then breaks off to a crescendo with the solo quartet following at a rapid pace. The music then returns to a light woodwind sound with the strings behind and the chorus growing into it. Breaking off once again into a solo quartet as to slow things down. After a break of silence everyone is back again with full...
