Gretchaninoff, Op. 2.
This is developed, with much spirit and variety of treatment, until with slackened speed it merges into a “moderato e tranquillo,” to which reference has been made as containing, near its close, the “motto theme.” After this the first subject of the scherzo is resumed, and the movement runs on to a climax, in which, with excellent effect, the original theme is given out by the violins in octaves.
The finale commences with a slow introduction, whose first notes are made up of a unison passage in the minor mode, which is closely akin to the motto theme. At the commencement of the vivace which follows this introduction we again have the motto in the major mode:—
Gretchaninoff, Op. 2.
