Her pianissimo, crescendo and decrescendo were breathtaking. The piece also has extreme dynamic contrasts, ranging from "fortissimo" to "pianissimo" (see Dynamics). Beethoven shifts gears&colon; from G to B, from to , from "pianissimo" to "fortissimo". The orchestral strings are muted, and the dynamic throughout is pianissimo or softer. Anton Bruckner generally uses them for pensive melodic passages at "piano" to "pianissimo" dynamics. The movement ends with a cheeky "pianissimo" nod from the piccolo and contrabassoon. Instead, Haydn ends each movement "piano" or "pianissimo". The first movement opens with a cushion of pianissimo strings pulsating gently. The "A" section ends with the piano holding a high F major chord, pianissimo. The strings twice repeat a pianissimo thirteen-bar progression, so slowly it has a static feel. He ends the piece in G major, surprisingly, with a descent from "piano" to "pianissimo". The "invasion" theme begins very softly in the strings, "pianissimo". It begins very loud, then drops to "pianissimo", which is played by the strings. The oratorio ends quietly, on an extended "pianissimo" "Lord". The movement then fades to a pianissimo conclusion.