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For along time I thought that a symphony dedicated to God the Almighty should end when He has decided it should. But after having listened to the completed symphony performed by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra I was shaken. Whilst the symphony, ending with the adagio, ends in agony it now ends in triumph. This is Bruckner's real elevation to heaven; the victory of a pious mind over death. Really upsetting - I was shivering after the symphony had ended.