Karl Miller wrote:

>>However, when I listened to the 9th, I felt profoundly moved...not unlike
>>my response to the Mahler 10th...and Copland's Inscape...works which,
>>for me, really seem to reach for the infinite...which suggests to me an
>>interesting question...what music do all of you find that seems to be
>>looking for...and I don't mean to sound flip...some meaning for all that
>>there is?  ...

and Roger Hecht adds:

>The slow movements of Elgar's First Symphony and Violin Concerto come to
>mind.

I would add to the list.  Schnittke's Eighth Symphony.

Bernard Chasan