The wonderful hushed chord just before the brass and percussion start the
end of the third movement of Mahler's 3rd.

The final "Gott" just before the village band section in the last movement
of Beethoven's 9th.

The final "Dona nobis pacem" in Mozart's Coronation Mass.

All of the second theme in the first movement of Schubert's String Quintet.

The cowbells in the second movement of Arnold's 7th (very sardonic magic).

The inevitable "breath" where the piano has resolved its dialogue with the
cor anglais in the slow movement of Ravel's Piano Concerto, and then the
flute enters.  Magic of the highest order!

And then there's...

Richard Pennycuick
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