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+# Whole-piece analysis
+Across roughly 8:26, the performance projects the Scherzo as a large alternation of three sharply differentiated sound worlds: the incendiary Scherzo complex, the quieter but increasingly obsessive Agitato episodes, and the broad central interlude. The recurring Scherzo material is recognizable not only through pitch but through a consistent theatrical grammar: clipped bass gestures, quick answering figures, abrupt high-register attacks, extended descents, and a closing refrain that repeatedly withdraws into long-held sonorities. The Agitato material retains the short-breathed rhythmic profile but converts it into sequential ascent and accumulation. The central interlude, beginning at 03:09.99, reverses nearly every earlier parameter: tempo broadens radically, attacks soften, bass notes become spacious anchors, and melody is suspended over resonant, slowly changing harmony. The later returns therefore carry accumulated memory rather than functioning as literal resets.
+B minor is the principal tonal field, but its stability is repeatedly qualified. The opening sonority at 00:00.46 is a glaring E-minor/added-sixth complex over C-sharp and G, followed by an A-sharp-based dominant sonority at 00:04.11; the tonic is approached through threat rather than stated calmly. In the Scherzo proper, F-sharp and A-sharp repeatedly energize dominant function, while E-natural, G, C-sharp, and chromatic neighbors keep the surface volatile. The slower closing refrains and the middle interlude offer more sustained tonal reference points, though even they favor suspensions, added tones, and prolonged dominant color. The coda finally converts this harmonic ambiguity into propulsion. Its ascent, chordal plateau, and cadential punctuation bring the work to a forceful B-minor conclusion at 08:23.78, after a preceding B sonority containing C-sharp and E has delayed unambiguous closure.
+The most important large-scale climax is not a single isolated attack but the coda’s sustained plateau beginning around 08:00.92 and intensifying through the fortississimo complex at 08:07.52. Earlier climaxes—especially the first Agitato release at 01:05.92, its later counterparts, and the repeated E7 peaks of the Scherzo theme—are brief summits followed by descent. In the coda, high intensity is held and reiterated, then redirected into the con brio descent and chromatic ascent. This makes the closing B-minor affirmation feel earned by cumulative pressure rather than by a conventional, smoothly prepared resolution. The discussion below is based on the supplied timed performance representation, not on direct listening.
+## Opening motto and first Scherzo complex — introduction followed by the first large presentation of the fiery principal material
+This opening section establishes the work’s characteristic alternation between violent public gesture and unstable, almost furtive motion. The motto occupies a huge registral span and is allowed to resonate; the principal theme then compresses the pulse into short, articulated cells whose upper line shoots upward in stages. The descending continuation broadens that energy into long sequential sweeps, while the closing refrain progressively strips it away. Thus the section does not simply present fast material and then stop: it moves from summons, through ignition and expansion, into a remarkable loss of momentum. By 00:36.20, the earlier attack has been transformed into sustained E octaves, and the final B-minor sonority at 00:46.08 is extremely quiet.
+### Opening motto — dramatic introductory summons
+The first sonority at 00:00.46 spreads from G4 and C-sharp5 through E and G to B5, E6, and B6. Its combination of E-minor tones with C-sharp produces an added-sixth or suspended dominant color rather than a settled tonic. The upper B6 and B5 are among the strongest attacks, while the broad resonance and immediate diminuendo make the sound behave like a struck alarm receding through space. Pedal sustains it almost continuously until the change at 00:04.11. The four-bar span is not articulated by repeated attacks; it is one prolonged harmonic glare.
+At 00:04.11 the register suddenly opens downward to A-sharp1 and A-sharp2, under F-sharp, C-sharp, E, and another F-sharp. This is a dominant sonority in B minor, colored by E-natural as a seventh. The bass A-sharp gives it a sharpened, unstable foundation rather than the more ordinary F-sharp root position. The attack is forceful, but its shorter bar pacing—about 0.70 seconds against roughly 0.91 seconds previously—creates a perceptible tightening. The motto therefore moves from an ambiguous, resonant upper sonority to a low, concentrated dominant threat. Its function is introductory in the strongest sense: it withholds tonic confirmation while establishing the registral violence and sudden dynamic recession that govern the Scherzo.
+### Scherzo principal theme — first presentation of the principal thematic complex
+The theme begins at 00:06.89 with an accented lower gesture, E-sharp2/D3–F-sharp2–B1, followed by a separated upper response. The E-sharp acts as a chromatic lower neighbor to F-sharp, and the descent to B gives the motive a compressed dominant-to-tonic implication without producing repose. Against it, the right-hand line rises from E-sharp3 through F-sharp3 and B3, then curls through D4, A-sharp3, C-sharp4, and B3. These are not two versions of one melody but interacting strands: the lower voice supplies the springing launch, while the upper voice elaborates it in a higher register. The first two cycles remain comparatively restrained, though the accented E3–G3 sonority at 00:07.41 and its stronger recurrence at 00:08.33 sharpen the G-natural against the surrounding F-sharp/B-minor field.
+A decisive change occurs with the detached D5 at 00:08.79. The line then climbs through increasingly wide registral leaps over staccato B and F-sharp/D supports. Representative peaks include C-sharp6 at 00:09.58, E6 at 00:09.87, and the isolated B6 at 00:10.16. The short sounding lengths of the supports—often only about 0.04–0.05 seconds—contrast with the more connected slurred ascent. That opposition between dry harmonic punctuation and airborne melodic continuity is a central performance decision. The performer also lets the B6 hang for about 0.18 seconds before two empty beats, turning it into a flash rather than blending it into what follows.
+The second half transposes and intensifies the process. At 00:10.69 the lower launch changes to F-sharp2/E3–G2–B1, while the upper response centers on A-sharp, B, and E. The harmony leans toward E minor and its dominant-related colors: A–C at 00:11.19 under G and D-sharp creates a bright dominant-seventh complex around E, and the recurrence at 00:12.11 is markedly stronger. The top-line staccato E5 at 00:11.66 is attacked with exceptional force, after which the accompaniment rebuilds. From 00:12.58 the line ascends again through G5, A5, C6, F-sharp6, and finally E7 at 00:14.10. That final E7 is the theme’s first major local climax: it is the strongest upper attack of the passage, coincides with a forceful E-containing support, and is followed by a full two-beat void. The spacious release makes the peak sound more extreme than continuous loudness would.
+### Scherzo descending continuation — extended continuation derived from the principal theme
+At 00:14.95, the high F-sharp6 initiates a long descent over an F-sharp-centered sonority containing A-sharp, C-sharp, and E. The E-natural makes the harmony dominant-seventh-like in B minor, and the melodic line immediately turns through G6, F-sharp6, F6, E6, D6, C-sharp6, B5, A5, and G5. Sustained pedal causes adjacent tones to overlap, producing a blurred, cascading band rather than a sequence of isolated points. Yet the accented E6 at 00:15.65 and F-sharp5 at 00:16.16 preserve structural ledges within the descent.
+The continuation then becomes more chromatic and contrapuntal. From 00:17.17, B-flat, G-sharp, A, F-sharp, and D sound over a persistent F-sharp region; at 00:18.12 A-flat and D are set against B, F-natural, and F-sharp. These diminished and tritone-rich collections intensify tension by refusing a simple dominant resolution. The texture now contains a held or reiterated F-sharp foundation, moving inner voices, and the descending upper strand. Pedal refreshes at 00:17.82 and 00:18.15 briefly renew resonance without obscuring each new chromatic harmony.
+At 00:19.10 a clipped F-sharp4 ends the first chromatic chain, and the low F-sharp octaves at 00:19.32 restart the descent with greater weight. The upper line passes through G4–F-sharp4–F4–E4, then continues down to B2 by 00:21.11. The performer shapes this as a broad diminuendo: the accented F-sharp3 at 00:20.13 remains strong, but the line is markedly lighter by 00:21.01. This is followed by a rebuilding arpeggiation over C-sharp and G beginning at 00:21.21. A-sharp–C-sharp–E–G outlines a diminished-seventh sonority, and the chromatic D-sharp–E–E-sharp–F-sharp ascent at 00:21.73–21.98 tightens toward the dominant.
+The passage’s most forceful rebuilding begins at 00:23.25, where G3 and C-sharp3 sustain under an ascending A-sharp–C-sharp–E–G collection. The dissonant C-sharp/G tritone remains fixed while the upper line rises to G5 at 00:24.08. It then snaps off into three fortissimo chordal blows: C-based at 00:24.43, B-based at 00:24.65, and A-sharp-based at 00:24.90. This chromatic bass descent C–B–A-sharp drives directly toward B, but the arrival is delayed by the ritenuto G and A-sharp octaves at 00:25.24 and 00:25.46. The broadening is pronounced: the last beat lasts about 0.31 seconds, almost twice many earlier beats, converting momentum into suspended expectation.
+### Scherzo closing refrain — lyrical and cadential closing material
+The B octaves at 00:25.77 provide the first prolonged tonic foundation, though the following material complicates rather than simply confirms it. Over the held B, soft upper chords enter at 00:26.54 and 00:26.86, then the melodic F-sharp4 resolves downward to E4 at 00:27.21–27.43. The accompanying G and C-sharp create a suspended, subdominant-tinged color over B. E is held far longer than F-sharp, so the resolution is both melodic and agogic. The bass then slips through A-sharp, A, G, and back toward A-sharp at 00:27.60–28.20, delaying stable B minor.
+The pattern returns with greater emphasis at 00:28.80, where E–G–E is strongly attacked over the sustained B bass. D–G–D and then G–D–G follow, while F-sharp again falls to E at 00:29.72–30.14. This repeated F-sharp–E motion functions as a plaintive refrain. Its texture is chordal but transparent: low B foundation, quiet G/C-sharp inner suspension, and one clearly projected upper note. The performer uses pedal to join the sonorities, then releases it around 00:30.29 so the soft repeated B and A-sharp bass notes become exposed.
+From 00:30.32 the refrain dissolves. Repeated B octaves are alternated with A-sharp, while E4 falls to D4 over F-sharp/B inner support. The pace broadens progressively: bars around 00:30.94 last about 0.69 seconds, but by 00:33.25 the bar expands to 1.53 seconds. The bass then rises B–C-sharp–D at 00:33.26, 00:33.64, and 00:34.11 before settling on E at 00:34.78. Above it, D4 falls to C-sharp4, creating a 7–6-like relaxation against the E-centered harmony.
+The long E octaves beginning at 00:36.20 are a striking transformation of the opening’s sustained summons. Here the sonority is quiet and thinned, and parallel D–C-sharp–B lines appear against the held E at 00:38.42–38.97. Their descent produces successive seventh- and sixth-like suspensions before C-sharp settles at 00:39.21. A renewed E octave at 00:39.70 is decorated by low G and upper E/B resonance, then the same inner descent returns at 00:42.12. The final harmony at 00:43.65—F-sharp in the bass with E, F-sharp, A-sharp, and C-sharp above—is a dominant sonority with added seventh; it lasts across two bars before resolving at 00:46.08 to B–D–F-sharp. This is an authentic cadence in B minor: the prolonged F-sharp dominant begins at 00:43.65, and the quiet tonic arrives at 00:46.08. Its subdued intensity makes the closure provisional rather than final.
+## First Agitato episode — contrasting episode with sequential expansion and climactic descent
+The Agitato episode retains the Scherzo’s rapid pulse but changes its expressive center. Instead of brilliant public declaration, it begins sotto voce with compact bass hooks and displaced upper replies. Its harmonic motion is more sequential and chromatic, and its repeated high staccato goals puncture otherwise subdued textures. The developmental build-up then regularizes the figure into rising, pedalled modules. Accumulation rather than sudden thematic ascent drives the climax. At 01:05.92 the stored energy releases into a fortississimo descent spanning several registers, after which an E-centered ostinato stabilizes the texture without fully calming it.
+### Agitato theme — first presentation of the contrasting thematic idea
+At 00:47.57, F-sharp2/D3–G2–B-flat1 forms a dark, compressed bass gesture. The B-flat spelling emphasizes distance from B minor, while the upper response D3–G3–D4 outlines G minor-like color. The next unit shifts to A1–G2–C-sharp3 under an accented E4, producing a tritone-laden sonority and continuing tonal uncertainty. The delivery is quiet but not smooth: bass attacks are short and separated, while the upper E4 is held distinctly longer. This difference gives the upper note the status of a reluctant melodic arrival.
+The sequence rises by stages. At 00:48.47 the bass begins G-sharp/F-sharp–A–D, and the upper line reaches repeated F-sharp4 before the isolated F-sharp5 at 00:48.93. That high note is very short and followed by a full-bar gap. A parallel process begins at 00:49.49 and reaches A5 at 00:50.77. These punctuating peaks are less brilliant than the Scherzo’s B6 or E7 because they emerge from sotto voce figuration and immediately vanish. Nevertheless, the A5 is slightly stronger than the earlier F-sharp5, so the sequence visibly and audibly accumulates.
+From 00:51.30, the pattern moves through D- and E-related regions, then becomes densely chromatic: C-sharp/D-sharp, double-sharps, B-sharp, A-flat, and C-natural appear in close succession from 00:52.12 onward. The upper strand sustains C-sharp5, D-sharp5, B-sharp4, D5, B4, and C-sharp5 across changing lower gestures. These held tones create friction with the mobile bass rather than functioning as stable chord members. The diminuendo from 00:52.71 allows this chromaticism to sound inward and unsettled. The last C-sharp5 at 00:54.92 is allowed to overlap into the next stage, making the boundary a transformation rather than a break.
+### Pedalled Agitato build-up — developmental expansion of the Agitato figuration
+At 00:55.02 the pattern is regularized around C-sharp5, A-sharp3, F-sharp2, and F-sharp4. Each module places a lower arpeggiated gesture beneath a high arrival, and each is individually pedalled. The frequent pedal renewals—at 00:55.14, 00:56.07, 00:56.50, and onward—create a chain of resonant cells while preserving the harmonic steps. The sequence ascends through D, E-sharp, G-sharp, F-double-sharp, and B regions. The upper goals likewise rise from F-sharp5 at 00:55.92 to G-sharp5 at 00:56.80, A-sharp5 at 00:57.22, and B5 at 00:58.09.
+Intensity is not monotonic. After reaching B5, the performer briefly withdraws through 00:58.14–59.03, then begins a more aggressive high-register phase at 00:59.17. Here the right hand repeatedly strikes F-sharp6, G-sharp6, A-sharp6, and B6 while the lower hand supplies accented chordal cells. The texture expands to three layers: lower accented harmony, a high repeated or doubled pitch, and an inner descending answer. Short pedal windows keep these attacks brilliant rather than muddy. B6 at 01:01.25 is especially prominent, arriving with very high intensity over an F-sharp/B sonority.
+From 01:01.97 the harmony thickens substantially. C-sharp–F-sharp–A-sharp, D–B, C-sharp–A-sharp, C–A, and B–G-sharp sonorities cycle over a persistent F-sharp anchor. Upper dyads such as C-sharp6/F-sharp6 at 01:02.11 and D6/G6 at 01:02.50 intensify the registral spread. Sustained overlap becomes extreme from 01:02.38 onward, so the modules accumulate into a continuous harmonic mass. The local peak comes at 01:03.44 with forceful C6/F6, followed by repeated A/F and G-sharp/E sonorities. The E5 at 01:04.72 is exceptionally strong, but the process does not release until the huge E–G–A-sharp–C-sharp–E chord at 01:05.35. Its diminished-seventh content over F-sharp/C-sharp makes it a dominant preparation saturated with dissonance.
+### Agitato climactic descent — fortississimo release and sequential descent
+The release begins at 01:05.92 with E6, immediately answered by C-sharp6 and the high E7 at 01:06.23. The texture is distributed between two melodic layers: one descends in accented high-to-low gestures—E6 to G5 to C-sharp5—while the other answers with C-sharp6, G/A-sharp, and E7. The sustained E7 creates a brilliant ceiling over subsequent motion. Each following unit transposes the configuration downward: C-sharp6/A-sharp5, A-sharp5/G5, G5/E5, E5/C-sharp5, and so on. Harmonic tension comes from diminished and dominant-seventh collections that are carried down sequentially rather than resolved immediately.
+The performer keeps the first descent remarkably compressed, with most bars around 0.40–0.48 seconds. Accented attacks remain strong, but inner tones are softer, so the contour reads as a series of hammered summits surrounded by resonance. By 01:08.45 the material has descended to A-sharp4 and G4, and the long pedal field is finally cleared near 01:09.29. This clears space for the ostinato-like release beginning at 01:09.31.
+That release fixes E4 as a repeated accented upper-middle note against G3 and descending bass tones C-sharp, C, B, and A-sharp. Simultaneously, the upper voice repeatedly outlines C-sharp–G–E or related fragments, and an inner sustained C-sharp4/C4/B3/A-sharp3 reinforces each bass station. The bass chromatic descent supplies the tension: C-sharp at 01:09.44, C at 01:09.91, B at 01:10.38, and A-sharp around 01:10.83. Timing becomes irregular in the surviving record around 01:10.6–11.2, but the attacks still show a conspicuous hesitation and expansion before the pattern resumes. From 01:11.18 onward the same four-note cycle is restated more clearly and broadly through C-sharp, C, B, and A-sharp. The section ends not with a cadence but with the ostinato suspended over A-sharp, primed to return to the Scherzo’s B-minor field.
+## Repeated Scherzo complex — large-scale return of the opening Scherzo material
+The return at 01:13.76 restores the principal complex almost immediately, with no introductory motto. That omission increases continuity: the Agitato’s A-sharp tension snaps directly into the Scherzo launch. The section broadly retraces the earlier trajectory—principal theme, descending continuation, closing refrain—but the execution is somewhat more emphatic in the middle register and more settled in its slow close. Familiar landmarks are now heard as structural pillars rather than discoveries.
+### Scherzo principal theme — first large return of the principal thematic complex
+The lower E-sharp/D–F-sharp–B launch returns at 01:13.76, followed by the upper E-sharp–F-sharp–B response. Compared with 00:06.89, the bass attacks are slightly stronger and the E3/G3 response at 01:14.23 is more rounded and sustained. The same articulation contrast remains: connected inner motion against very short B and F-sharp/D supports. The staccato B4 at 01:14.70 and D5 at 01:15.66 are crisp markers separating the stages of ascent.
+The registral trajectory is unchanged—C-sharp6 at 01:16.49, E6 at 01:16.78, B6 at 01:17.08—but the B6 is considerably stronger than in the first presentation. Its extremely brief sounding duration makes it almost percussive. The second sequence likewise intensifies around E: E5 at 01:18.57, strong A–C support at 01:19.02, and the final ascent from G5 at 01:19.49 through F-sharp6 to E7 at 01:21.02. The E7 and its supporting E harmony form an even stronger local summit than the first presentation, aided by pedal resonance lasting into the silence.
+### Scherzo descending continuation — return of the extended descending and rebuilding continuation
+The high F-sharp descent resumes at 01:21.88. The same F-sharp dominant-seventh color supports G6–F-sharp6–F6–E6 and the continuing downward line. Here the opening F-sharp5 in the inner layer is stronger and more sustained, giving the descent a thicker initial sonority. The performer again reduces intensity through 01:23.14–24.13 before entering the chromatic F-sharp pedal passage.
+From 01:24.13, B-flat/G-sharp/A figures and later A-flat/D combinations recreate the diminished, tritone-rich middle. The inner voice G4 at 01:24.63 and F-natural4 at 01:25.13 stand out against F-sharp, sharpening the semitone friction. The rebuild at 01:26.36 uses low F-sharp octaves and a descending line, then the diminished-seventh arpeggiation begins at 01:28.28. The final G/C-sharp pedal at 01:30.28 is stronger than its earlier counterpart, sustaining into the ascent to G5.
+The fortissimo C–B–A-sharp chordal sequence at 01:31.44, 01:31.64, and 01:31.91 is closely matched in spacing, giving it a disciplined hammering quality. The ritenuto begins abruptly at 01:32.24; the bass G and A-sharp are quieter and longer, so the transition again converts violence into expectation.
+### Scherzo closing refrain — return of the lyrical and cadential closing material
+At 01:32.73, B octaves initiate the refrain. The upper F-sharp–E resolution at 01:34.14–34.35 is slightly more compressed than before, but E is again prolonged. The bass descent through A-sharp, A, G, and A-sharp follows, with the A and G octaves at 01:34.69 and 01:34.85 especially full. The second E-major-colored upper chord at 01:35.61 is forceful, but its decay into D/G sonorities preserves the refrain’s elegiac character.
+The dissolving portion begins at 01:37.10. Quiet B/A-sharp repetitions and E–D melodic falls lead to the B–C-sharp–D bass ascent at 01:40.06–40.90 and the E foundation at 01:41.61. The subsequent E octaves at 01:42.93 are held with notably even tone; the D–C-sharp–B inner descent at 01:45.05 is more compact than in the first statement, then the renewed E sonority at 01:46.31 expands again. The dominant at 01:50.32 contains F-sharp with E, A-sharp, and C-sharp and resolves to B minor at 01:52.78. This is again an authentic cadence in B minor, but the tonic’s low intensity and immediate silence keep the music open for another episode.
+## Repeated Agitato episode — large-scale restatement of the contrasting episode
+The second Agitato restatement follows the same three-part design but increases the contrast between subdued thematic presentation and high-pressure development. The initial material is quieter and more secretive, whereas the build-up reaches stronger high-register attacks. The descent itself is comparable in shape to the first, but the ostinato release contains a conspicuous broadening and temporal disturbance around 02:16–20, making the approach to the next Scherzo return feel less mechanically regular.
+### Agitato theme — second presentation of the contrasting theme
+At 01:54.42, the opening bass hook returns with lower intensity than at 00:47.57, and the response D–G–D remains restrained. The accented E4 at 01:54.89 is clear but not forceful. The F-sharp5 goal at 01:55.83 is softer than the first episode’s corresponding note, whereas the later A5 at 01:57.70 is extremely strong and short. This wider dynamic span gives the sequence a more pronounced sense of eruption from concealment.
+The chromatic later half begins around 01:58.31. C-sharp/D, F/E, D-sharp/E, and double-sharp inflections move beneath sustained C-sharp5, D-sharp5, and B-sharp4. The performer uses slightly longer connections in several upper notes, especially C-sharp5 at 01:59.53 and B4 at 02:01.30, making the melodic thread more continuous than the detached bass. The end settles onto C-sharp5 at 02:01.80, which carries into the build-up.
+### Pedalled Agitato build-up — second developmental expansion
+The C-sharp-centered module begins at 02:01.90. Compared with the first build-up, resonance is initially more generous: C-sharp3 and F-sharp2 overlap for much of the bar while C-sharp5 remains present. The sequential ascent through D, E-sharp, G-sharp, F-double-sharp, and B again becomes progressively brighter. High goals such as G-sharp5 at 02:03.59 and A-sharp5 at 02:03.99 are stronger than in the first expansion.
+The high-register phase from 02:05.94 repeats F-sharp6 and then climbs through G-sharp6, A-sharp6, and B6. Some onset information around 02:06.6–07.4 is temporally compressed or displaced, but the musical profile remains clear: accented lower harmonies, repeated very high notes, and quick inner responses. The B6 region around 02:07.9 is especially concentrated, after which the pattern falls briefly to G-sharp6 and launches the thick fortissimo modules at 02:08.69.
+From 02:09.10 the same sustained-overlap sequence accumulates, with D/G, C-sharp/F-sharp, C/F, and B/E sonorities. G-sharp4 at 02:11.10 is attacked with unusual force, and the upper E6/F6 chords remain heavily resonant. The final chord at 02:12.12 is a dense F-sharp-based dominant preparation whose E–G–A-sharp–C-sharp content again combines seventh and diminished-seventh tension. The bass F-sharp/C-sharp/E support is sustained unusually long, creating a continuous bridge into the climax.
+### Agitato climactic descent — second fortississimo descent and ostinato release
+The second release starts at 02:12.69 with E6 and reaches E7 at 02:13.06. The descending modules closely follow the first episode, but several inner tones are more sharply differentiated. For example, A-sharp5 at 02:13.29 is stronger than the accompanying E6/G6, and G5 at 02:13.68 dominates its C-sharp/E support. The resulting contour is a series of clear accented pillars rather than a homogeneous wash.
+By 02:15.19 the line has reached A-sharp4 and G4, and the pedal clears near 02:16.10. The ostinato begins with E4 over G3 and C-sharp at 02:16.07–16.20. Thereafter the timing record shows a major local broadening: the next associated attacks extend across 02:17.75–18.51, far longer than the preceding half-second modules. Whatever the exact micro-order of overlapping strands, the audible implication supported by the long durations and repeated pedal renewals is a substantial hesitation and resonance-heavy suspension. The C-sharp, C, B, and A-sharp bass stations remain the organizing sequence, but their spacing is no longer even. This destabilized release finally yields to the Scherzo return around 02:20.47.
+## Third Scherzo complex and calando close — further return of the Scherzo material, extended into a dissolving transition
+This third Scherzo complex is structurally familiar but has a new destination. Its principal theme and descending continuation remain forceful; the closing refrain, however, is expanded far beyond its earlier cadential function. Chromatic bass inflection and repeated sustained E/F-sharp sonorities lead into an explicit calando. The result is not another routine closure but a large-scale evaporation that prepares the central interlude.
+### Scherzo principal theme — second large return of the principal thematic complex
+The theme re-enters around 02:20.47 with strong bass accents and a relatively compressed pulse. The upper B4 at 02:21.39 and D5 at 02:22.29 remain sharply detached. The first ascent again culminates in B6 at 02:23.66, but the note is less forceful than the E7 climax later in the theme. The second sequence grows through E5 at 02:25.21 and strong A–C support at 02:25.67. Its closing ascent reaches F-sharp6 at 02:27.30 and E7 at 02:27.68, the latter sustained with pedal into a long rest.
+The performance remains comparatively consistent with earlier returns, which itself has structural meaning: the Scherzo is now a fixed recurrent object. Small variations occur in balance—inner chords are often stronger than before, and several high passing notes are less accented—but the overarching articulation and timing remain deliberately recognizable.
+### Scherzo descending continuation — second return of the extended continuation
+At 02:28.59 the descent begins with another broad F-sharp dominant-seventh sonority. G6 is especially strong at 02:28.91, after which the line diminishes toward the F-sharp pedal. The chromatic middle from 02:30.89 is clearly layered: F-sharp sustains below, inner voices move through C-sharp/D/F-sharp/G/F-natural/E, and the upper line traces B-flat/E, G-sharp/A, and F-sharp/D shapes. The G4 at 02:31.37 is strongly projected against F-sharp, heightening semitone tension.
+The rebuild starts at 02:33.05 with low F-sharp octaves and proceeds into the diminished-seventh arpeggiation at 02:35.02. The final G/C-sharp pedal at 02:37.10 sustains the tritone while the upper voice climbs to G5. The fortissimo C–B–A-sharp chords at 02:38.27, 02:38.48, and 02:38.75 are exceptionally strong, with the A-sharp chord carrying the greatest upper intensity. The transition to the refrain is again broadened, but the G and A-sharp bass at 02:39.07–39.26 are stronger than in previous statements, preserving tension rather than fully relaxing.
+### Scherzo closing refrain — second return, expanded toward dissolution
+The B foundation begins at 02:39.52, and the F-sharp–E resolution follows at 02:40.91–41.16. A new chromatic inflection appears in the bass at 02:41.60: G-sharp is inserted between A and G. This makes the descent A–G-sharp–G–A-sharp more explicitly chromatic and intensifies the return to B at 02:42.08. In the second upper chordal statement, E-flat replaces E-natural at 02:42.67 before D follows at 02:42.87. That E-flat is a significant darkening: it introduces a semitone descent E–E-flat–D above the B foundation, making the refrain less diatonic and more dissolving.
+The quiet repeated B/A-sharp bass pattern resumes at 02:43.97, followed by E–D over F-sharp/B support. From 02:46.87, the tempo slows more markedly; B–C-sharp–D takes almost 1.6 seconds, and the E foundation at 02:48.46 is correspondingly spacious. Long E octaves begin at 02:49.83, with the familiar D–C-sharp–B inner descent at 02:51.71. A renewed E sonority at 02:52.85 leads to another inner descent at 02:55.15.
+The explicit calando begins at 02:56.37. E octaves with low G resonance are held, then contract to C-sharp at 02:57.77. At 02:58.55 E-sharp replaces E-natural, producing a sharpened dominant color before C-sharp returns at 03:00.23. The next long sonority centers on F-sharp at 03:01.35, with C-sharp/E inner tones at 03:04.03; the final F-sharp octave at 03:06.02 is extraordinarily prolonged. Pace, intensity, and harmonic motion all recede together. Rather than cadencing decisively, the music suspends on dominant-associated F-sharp and allows the central interlude to emerge from the emptied space.
+## Molto più lento central interlude — extended lyrical middle section contrasting with the Scherzo and Agitato materials
+The central interlude is the work’s largest contrast and its expressive center. Its basic texture combines a widely spaced bass arpeggiation, sustained inner harmony, and a high lyrical strand often circling F-sharp5. The pulse remains in three, but each bar now spans roughly two seconds or more, eventually stretching beyond three seconds. Repeated returns of the lyrical theme are separated by increasingly ornamented developments. The harmony moves through B-major/minor-related regions, C-sharp and D-sharp areas, and chromatic mediant colors without losing the recurrent B/F-sharp axis. Pedal is essential: each bar forms a resonant harmonic field, but frequent renewals preserve the bass changes.
+### Molto più lento lyrical theme — first presentation of the central lyrical idea
+At 03:09.99, a low B supports F-sharp3, B3, and D-sharp4, while the upper strand alternates D-sharp4 and F-sharp5. This is a quiet B-major sonority, a striking modal brightening after the long B-minor conflict. The melody is not simply the repeated F-sharp5: D-sharp4 is the lower initiating tone, and the inner D-sharp4 sustains as a separate supporting voice. The performer connects these registers with generous overlap, producing ben legato continuity despite the large leaps.
+The harmony changes subtly rather than cadentially. E4 replaces D-sharp4 at 03:12.20, creating a suspended or added-fourth color over B; C-sharp4 at 03:14.27 introduces a dominant/subdominant inflection; G-sharp4 at 03:16.29 broadens the sonority toward an E/G-sharp color. Each two-bar wave grows and recedes. The F-sharp5 attacks around 03:10.48, 03:12.53, and 03:14.62 remain restrained, while the lower chord tones shape the harmonic change.
+A more animated rise begins at 03:18.39. The same B/D-sharp framework grows toward the brighter B-sharp/G-sharp region at 03:20.40. F-sharp5 is then joined by G-sharp5 at 03:21.82. The phrase expands into C-sharp-based harmony at 03:22.65, where A-sharp5 and then G-sharp5 form a melodic crest. The performer emphasizes A-sharp5 at 03:23.15 but immediately softens G-sharp5, making the summit expressive rather than dramatic.
+The line returns through F-sharp-centered harmony at 03:25.01 and then restates the opening B material at 03:27.35. The sequence is varied but structurally stable: B/D-sharp, suspended E, C-sharp/E, and G-sharp colors recur. The ritenuto at 03:37.70 broadens the D-sharp-centered statement; the following C-sharp harmony at 03:40.35 leads to an E–A-sharp–D-sharp sonority over F-sharp at 03:42.01, a dominant complex. At 03:42.83 the bass moves to B and the upper B4 is sustained, providing a quiet tonic arrival in B. This is a soft authentic resolution from the F-sharp dominant color at 03:42.01 to B harmony at 03:42.83, though the retained D-sharp keeps the mode luminous.
+### Ornamented central melody — development and expansion of the lyrical theme
+The development begins at 03:44.85 over G-sharp/E harmony. B4 descends to A-sharp4 and G-sharp4 while the bass arpeggiates widely. The melody is now more continuous and locally embellished. At 03:46.40, a turn-like figure around G-sharp4—F-double-sharp, A-sharp, G-sharp—precedes the descent to F-sharp4. The ornament is softly placed before the main arrival, so it sounds like expressive inflection rather than virtuoso display.
+From 03:47.98, the register rises. A preparatory D-sharp/F-sharp flourish leads to D-sharp5, then C-sharp5 and B4. At 03:49.63 a mordent-like decoration around B4 intensifies the G-sharp/C-sharp harmony, and A-sharp4 is repeated with increasing force at 03:50.61 and 03:50.84. The con anima passage at 03:51.07 marks the central development’s principal surge. F-sharp5 falls through E5 to D-sharp5 over D-sharp/B-sharp harmony, while A4 sustains as an independent inner strand. The dissonance between A-natural and the surrounding D-sharp/G-sharp field adds expressive strain.
+At 03:52.98, D-sharp5 resolves toward C-sharp5 over E/G-sharp harmony. The next unit, beginning 03:54.64, introduces C-double-sharp5 in the inner voice and ornaments G-sharp5 with a mordent before moving through F-double-sharp5, G-sharp5, and A-sharp5. This is the development’s brightest melodic expansion. The performer does not rush the ornaments; their sounding durations overlap generously with the harmony, keeping the passage lyrical.
+The intensity recedes at 03:56.74. F-double-sharp5 is sustained over D-sharp harmony, then D-sharp5 and C-sharp5 lead into a piano continuation at 03:58.55. The following alternation between C-sharp-based and D-sharp-based sonorities becomes increasingly repetitive. From 04:06.06, C-sharp5 is sustained across multiple bars while inner F-double-sharp and G-natural shift beneath it. The G-natural at 04:09.80 is especially tense against C-sharp, forming a tritone. The ritenuto at 04:09.78 and the further broadening at 04:11.83 allow this dissonance to lose energy rather than resolve sharply. By 04:13.36, F-sharp/E support remains, and the melody has dissolved into a held C-sharp.
+### Molto più lento lyrical theme — first varied return of the central theme
+At 04:14.58 the B/D-sharp/F-sharp theme returns, now marked by an even gentler dynamic field. The initial F-sharp5 at 04:15.02 is soft, but the lower D-sharp4 response grows more warmly. The familiar E4 suspension follows at 04:16.66, then C-sharp/E color at 04:18.71 and G-sharp/F-sharp color at 04:20.65. The return is varied mainly through balance: upper F-sharp5 is less dominant, while middle-register harmony receives more weight.
+The rising central portion from 04:22.78 repeats the earlier B/D-sharp growth, reaching the B-sharp/G-sharp harmony at 04:24.77. The upper F-sharp5 and G-sharp5 are projected with controlled strength, not with the brilliance of the Scherzo. C-sharp harmony at 04:26.96 supports A-sharp5, which then recedes to G-sharp5. This recreates the earlier melodic crest but with a smoother diminuendo.
+The closing sequence again passes through F-sharp harmony, B material, and suspended E/C-sharp/G-sharp colors. The ritenuto at 04:41.62 is broad and deliberate. At 04:44.10 the C-sharp field leads to the F-sharp dominant complex at 04:45.80, then the B harmony at 04:46.68. The B4 arrival is slightly stronger than in the first presentation and is sustained through the bar, providing a clear but still quiet tonal return.
+### Ornamented central melody — varied return of the lyrical development
+The second ornamented development begins at 04:48.71 with the same B4–A-sharp4–G-sharp4 descent over G-sharp/E. The turn around G-sharp at 04:50.25 is more clearly separated than before, and the F-sharp4 arrival at 04:51.60 is firmer. The D-sharp/F-sharp flourish at 04:51.80 again rises to D-sharp5, then descends through C-sharp5 and B4.
+At 04:53.40 the mordent-decorated B4 is more resonant, and the repeated A-sharp4 at 04:54.50–54.73 grows toward the forte entrance at 04:55.11. F-sharp5 then falls to E5 and D-sharp5, with A-natural sustained underneath. The performer gives E5 a long, singing duration rather than accenting each note equally. This makes the line a genuine lyrical descent, supported by the D-sharp/B-sharp harmony rather than fragmented into ornament.
+The E/G-sharp passage at 04:56.71 resolves D-sharp5 to C-sharp5. The C-double-sharp/G-sharp episode at 04:58.32 again ornaments G-sharp5 and rises to A-sharp5, but the intensities are slightly more contained than in the first development. F-double-sharp5 is then prolonged from 05:00.35, and D-sharp5 at 05:01.63 guides the music toward the piano statement at 05:02.48.
+From 05:06.10, C-sharp5 again becomes a long-held upper pitch. Beneath it, F-double-sharp and G-natural alternate through 05:13.93. The G-natural against C-sharp at 05:13.93 is the last strong chromatic friction. The tempo broadens further, and the final F-sharp/E support at 05:16.17–19.25 allows the upper C-sharp to fade without a conventional melodic resolution.
+### Molto più lento lyrical theme — second varied return, progressively slowing and diminishing
+The last lyrical return begins pianissimo at 05:19.24. B major is present through B, F-sharp, and D-sharp, but the bass and middle voices are now extremely light; F-sharp3 at 05:20.76 is barely attacked. The succeeding E suspension at 05:21.46, C-sharp color at 05:23.60, and G-sharp color at 05:25.64 repeat the established harmonic circuit with steadily diminishing physical weight.
+A modest recovery occurs at 05:27.76 and especially in the B-sharp/G-sharp passage at 05:29.87, where F-sharp5 and G-sharp5 regain some projection. Yet the subsequent C-sharp and F-sharp regions remain restrained. From 05:36.77 the bass pattern changes slightly, using F-sharp and B-sharp under D-sharp/F-sharp melodic tones. At 05:38.86 the continuing diminuendo and rallentando become decisive. Bars lengthen, attacks soften, and the repeated F-sharp5 becomes less a melodic goal than a distant resonance.
+The final sequence moves through C-sharp-related colors at 05:40.94 and 05:43.12, then returns to B at 05:45.64. D-natural appears over B-sharp/F-sharp at 05:47.84, darkening the modal field. The closing sonority begins at 05:50.12 over C-sharp, with C-sharp4/5 repetitions and E-sharp/G-sharp support. By 05:52.62 the bass and inner voices are sustained almost motionlessly while C-sharp octaves recur ever more slowly. No cadence is asserted; instead the interlude ends on a prolonged C-sharp-major/dominant-related color whose unresolved quality enables the violent retransition.
+## Dramatic retransition — reawakening from the central interlude and preparation for the Scherzo return
+The retransition opens at 05:56.22 with the same large sonority as the work’s opening motto: G, C-sharp, E, G, B, E, B. Its return after the hushed C-sharp ending is shocking because the registral span and fortissimo attack suddenly restore the Scherzo’s public rhetoric. The sonority is held for more than five seconds, but it immediately diminishes. Thus the reawakening is not a simple acceleration; it is a huge flash followed by suspense.
+At 05:59.50, quiet C-sharp octaves descend to B3 under a ritenuto. This converts the opening sonority’s C-sharp tension into a direct approach to the B-minor field. At 06:01.88, A-sharp octaves and an F-sharp–C-sharp–E–F-sharp chord recreate the opening motto’s second dominant sonority. Its fortissimo bass is sustained for more than six seconds, while the upper F-sharp/C-sharp/G figures at 06:02.75–06:06.49 are pianissimo and smorzando. The simultaneous loud residual bass and dying upper fragments produce a striking stratification: dominant threat below, extinguished motion above. The final F-sharp4 at 06:06.49 lasts into the silence, leaving the dominant unresolved until Tempo primo.
+## Tempo primo Scherzo return — recapitulation-like return of the principal Scherzo complex
+The Tempo primo return restores the principal complex with unusual directness. After the vast, slow middle, the half-second bars feel even more compressed than before. The theme and continuation are familiar, but their function has changed: they now reassert the work’s governing identity. The closing refrain once again quiets into a B-minor cadence, acting as a temporary recapitulation close before the final Agitato cycle.
+### Scherzo principal theme — Tempo primo return of the principal theme
+At 06:08.51 the E-sharp/D–F-sharp–B gesture reappears at moderate intensity. The first response is relatively light, making the return feel quick and nimble rather than immediately massive. The E3/G3 chord at 06:09.01 is accented, and B4 at 06:09.42 sharply separates the second cycle. The performer keeps the pulse extremely stable through the first ascent, culminating in B6 at 06:11.63.
+The second sequence from 06:12.17 is stronger. A–C support at 06:12.66 and 06:13.58 pushes the upper line through G, B, and E-related material. The final rise from G5 at 06:14.06 reaches C6, F-sharp6, and E7 at 06:15.52. The E7 is the strongest event of the theme, and its pedal-supported release into silence mirrors earlier returns. The lack of broad rubato before the peak preserves con fuoco momentum.
+### Scherzo descending continuation — Tempo primo return of the extended continuation
+The F-sharp6 descent begins at 06:16.35 over the dominant-seventh sonority. The performer reduces intensity quickly through E6, D6, and the lower descent, then gives the chromatic F-sharp-pedal passage at 06:18.57 a clear crescendo. G4 at 06:19.05, F-natural4 at 06:19.52, and E4 at 06:19.84 sharpen the semitone and tritone tensions against F-sharp.
+A slight temporal disturbance occurs around 06:19.5–20.3, where several voices overlap across unusually compressed beat positions. Musically, however, the layering remains intelligible: sustained F-sharp, chromatic inner motion, and the upper descent toward B. The low F-sharp restart at 06:20.71 is forceful and restores rhythmic clarity. From there the familiar diminuendo leads to the diminished-seventh ascent at 06:22.60 and the fixed G/C-sharp tritone at 06:24.62.
+The C–B–A-sharp chords at 06:25.75, 06:25.94, and 06:26.21 are hard and concise. The final ritenuto G and A-sharp bass at 06:26.51–26.69 is quieter, preparing the refrain without erasing dominant tension.
+### Scherzo closing refrain — Tempo primo return of the closing material
+The B foundation at 06:26.96 is followed by strong upper D/G and G/D sonorities, then F-sharp resolves to E at 06:28.31–28.54. The bass includes the chromatic A–G-sharp–G–A-sharp descent at 06:28.72–29.22, retaining the darkening introduced in the third Scherzo complex. The second chordal statement again uses E-flat at 06:30.14 before D at 06:30.33, reinforcing the semitone descent E–E-flat–D.
+From 06:31.46, the texture dissolves through repeated B/A-sharp bass, E–D motion, and gradually lengthening bars. The B–C-sharp–D ascent at 06:34.36–35.20 leads to E at 06:35.90. Long E octaves begin at 06:37.28; D–C-sharp–B descends against them at 06:39.57–40.03. A renewed E sonority at 06:40.57 leads to the dominant F-sharp complex at 06:44.55. The tonic B-minor chord arrives quietly at 06:46.98. This authentic cadence again uses prolonged F-sharp dominant harmony moving to B minor, but its low intensity leaves room for the final Agitato return.
+## Final Agitato episode — last full return of the contrasting Agitato complex
+The final Agitato episode is the clearest and most goal-directed of the three. Its opening remains sotto voce, but the developmental ascent is more direct and reaches sustained high intensity with fewer expressive withdrawals. The final descent is forceful yet controlled, and the ostinato release locks into a stable repeating cycle that pushes immediately toward the last Scherzo complex.
+### Agitato theme — final full presentation of the contrasting theme
+At 06:48.45 the bass hook returns with a compact, even delivery. The upper response D–G–D and the accented E4 at 06:48.92 are clear but restrained. F-sharp5 at 06:49.79 is stronger than in the second episode, and the sequence toward A5 at 06:51.56 grows more steadily. The high attacks remain sharply detached, each followed by an empty bar, preserving the theme’s characteristic puncture-and-withdraw pattern.
+The chromatic continuation from 06:52.08 follows the familiar D/E/C-sharp regions. C-sharp5 at 06:53.28, D-sharp5 at 06:53.69, B-sharp4 at 06:54.16, D5 at 06:54.61, and B4 at 06:55.07 create a descending, sustained upper thread over mobile bass hooks. The dynamic recedes through this sequence, and C-sharp5 at 06:55.61 is carried directly into the developmental build-up.
+### Pedalled Agitato build-up — final and most direct developmental expansion
+The opening C-sharp/F-sharp module at 06:55.69 is already under a continuing crescendo, so the sequence has less repose than before. F-sharp5 at 06:56.57, G-sharp5 at 06:57.42, and A-sharp5 at 06:57.84 form an efficient ascent. The B5 goal at 06:58.70 is not strongly isolated; instead the music passes quickly into the return through E-sharp and A-sharp regions.
+At 06:59.73 the high-register phase begins with F-sharp6. G-sharp6 follows at 07:00.55, A-sharp6 at 07:00.97, and B6 at 07:01.81. The A-sharp6 at 07:01.39 and B6 at 07:01.81 are particularly brilliant. Pedal refreshes are close and regular, creating clean resonant blocks. The lower harmonies become progressively thicker, culminating in the fortissimo C-sharp/F-sharp/A-sharp module at 07:02.50.
+From 07:02.90 the sustained chordal sequence drives through D/G, C-sharp/F-sharp, C/F, and B/E fields. Unlike the first build-up, there is little dynamic sag: upper dyads repeatedly approach or exceed high intensity, and G-sharp4 at 07:04.95 is very strongly accented. The E5 at 07:05.29 remains powerful, and the final F-sharp-based diminished dominant chord at 07:05.94 is both dense and sharply attacked. This is the most direct developmental expansion because the sequence continually converts each arrival into the next launch.
+### Agitato climactic descent — final fortississimo descent and ostinato
+The fortississimo descent starts at 07:06.48 and reaches E7 at 07:06.88. The same sequential skeleton returns, but the accented upper notes are more consistently strong: C-sharp6 at 07:06.95, G5 at 07:07.50, E5 at 07:07.90, C-sharp5 at 07:08.34, and A-sharp4 at 07:08.77. The inner accompaniment remains softer, so each principal attack reads clearly through the dense resonance.
+The descent reaches G4/A-sharp5 territory at 07:09.19–09.40 and clears into the ostinato at 07:09.90. E4 is repeatedly accented over G3, while bass and inner support descend through C-sharp, C, B, and A-sharp. The performer makes the E attacks consistently forceful—around 07:09.90, 07:10.38, 07:10.83, and 07:11.32—while the upper answering fragments G4–E5 are lighter. The cycle repeats from 07:11.84 through 07:14.31, now with slightly broader spacing. The final A-sharp station remains unresolved, so the return of B-minor Scherzo material at 07:14.50 functions as the missing resolution.
+## Final Scherzo return and rallentando close — last complete return of the Scherzo complex before the coda
+This final complete Scherzo return is the most emphatic in its principal theme and the most exhausted in its closing refrain. The thematic ascent retains full brilliance, while the continuation and refrain increasingly expose the mechanisms of descent, dominant prolongation, and release. The final refrain does not end with the usual B-minor cadence; instead it slows on E-related sonorities and hands its residual energy directly to the coda.
+### Scherzo principal theme �� final complete return of the principal theme
+At 07:14.50 the bass launch is strong and sharply profiled. The answering E-sharp/F-sharp/B figure is controlled, but the E3/G3 chord at 07:14.98 and the B4 punctuation at 07:15.41 are more forceful than in the Tempo primo return. The first ascent reaches C-sharp6 at 07:17.09, E6 at 07:17.40, and B6 at 07:17.70. The B6 is relatively restrained compared with some earlier statements, allowing the second half to carry the larger climax.
+The E-centered sequence begins at 07:18.28. A–C support at 07:18.76 and especially 07:19.69 is full and sustained. E5 at 07:19.21 is sharply detached, and the final ascent from G5 at 07:20.16 gathers through A5, C6, F-sharp6, and E7 at 07:21.74. The supporting E harmony is exceptionally strong, and the E7 resonates into a broad rest. This is the last thematic high point before the coda and serves as a final confirmation of the Scherzo’s characteristic summit gesture.
+### Scherzo descending continuation — final return of the extended continuation
+The F-sharp descent at 07:22.65 begins with unusually strong inner and upper attacks. The first bar is broader—about 0.85 seconds—giving G6, F-sharp6, F6, and E6 more weight. The line then diminishes through the usual lower stages. In the chromatic pedal passage from 07:25.06, the B-flat/E and G-sharp/A figures are clearly connected by pedal, while the F-sharp foundation remains subdued.
+At 07:27.29 the low F-sharp restart is forceful. The line descends to B2 by 07:29.09, then the diminished-seventh arpeggiation begins at 07:29.22. The G/C-sharp pedal at 07:31.23 is heavily resonant, and the upper ascent to G5 at 07:32.05 maintains tension. The fortissimo C–B–A-sharp sequence at 07:32.41, 07:32.62, and 07:32.92 is among the section’s strongest chordal gestures. The ritenuto at 07:33.26 is brief but decisive, moving through G and A-sharp toward the refrain’s B foundation.
+### Scherzo closing refrain — final statement of the closing refrain
+The B octaves at 07:33.70 support a particularly strong version of the upper refrain. D/G/D at 07:34.43 and G/D/G at 07:34.73 are followed by an emphatic F-sharp–E resolution at 07:35.04–35.25. The bass’s A–G-sharp–G–A-sharp path at 07:35.44–35.90 is compressed and forceful. At 07:36.49 the E-major-colored chord enters with near-climactic intensity; E-flat follows at 07:36.83 and D at 07:37.09, producing the now-familiar chromatic erosion.
+The refrain then withdraws. F-sharp falls to E at 07:37.63–38.05, repeated B/A-sharp bass notes fade, and E descends to D at 07:38.86–39.12. From 07:41.18 the B–C-sharp–D bass ascent broadens, reaching E at 07:42.79. The long E octaves begin at 07:44.25, followed by the inner D–C-sharp–B descent at 07:46.46.
+Instead of proceeding to the usual F-sharp dominant and B-minor cadence, the music begins a rallentando at 07:47.76 on renewed E octaves with low C-sharp resonance. The same inner descent returns at 07:50.68, and the passage ends with E still sustained against C-sharp at 07:51.50. This is not a closed cadence: E/C-sharp functions as a suspended predominant or dominant-preparatory color. The coda’s a-tempo acceleration therefore emerges from unresolved harmonic residue.
+## Accelerating coda — final coda, transforming cadential sonorities into an increasingly brilliant drive
+The coda compresses the work’s principal processes. Sustained sonorities from the closing refrain become short pedalled summons; those summons become rising sequences; the sequences thicken into a fortissimo plateau; the plateau breaks into a con brio descent and chromatic ascent; and the final cadence is delivered as a series of increasingly definitive chordal statements. The most important change is temporal: after the long rallentando, bars rapidly contract to well under half a second, and the final ascent feels almost continuous.
+### Pedalled coda summons — opening preparation of the coda
+At 07:51.89, E octaves with G grace tones and B/E upper support recall the closing refrain’s long E sonorities, but the duration is drastically shortened. The harmony contracts to B/C-sharp at 07:52.70, then repeats a semitone higher at 07:53.05 with E-sharp. This E-to-E-sharp change is crucial: a static lyrical sonority becomes a leading-tone-bearing dominant preparation. The second attack is much stronger, and pedal resonance makes the two stages sound like an intensifying summons.
+At 07:53.97 the sonority shifts to F-sharp, with B and F-sharp above. This is followed by a clipped F-sharp/C-sharp/E/F-sharp chord against G–A-sharp–E–G at 07:54.53, then a low F-sharp dominant sonority at 07:54.99. The isolated B bass at 07:55.42 is attacked with great force. Although B suggests tonic, the absence of a full tonic chord makes it a launch point rather than closure.
+### Rising coda sequence — sequential acceleration and registral expansion
+The sequence begins at 07:55.84 with low D and an upper C-sharp–D figure. It rises chromatically and sequentially: C-sharp bass with D-sharp–E at 07:56.32, F-sharp with E-sharp–F-sharp at 07:56.77, B with A-sharp–B at 07:57.22, then D, C-sharp, F-sharp, B, D, C-sharp, and F-sharp through 08:00.44. Each unit pairs a low root or octave with an upper neighbor figure and a chordal middle attack. The harmony alternates dominant-related and tonic-related stations while climbing by register.
+The performer accelerates not by drastically shortening every bar—most remain around 0.44–0.48 seconds—but by reducing internal gaps and strengthening upper arrivals. D5 at 07:57.87, E5 at 07:58.33, F-sharp5 at 07:58.79, B5 at 07:59.27, D6 at 07:59.72, E6 at 08:00.17, and F-sharp6 at 08:00.62 trace the registral expansion. Pedal is refreshed for each module, allowing brilliance without harmonic smearing. The final F-sharp unit at 08:00.44 contains a comparatively weak A-sharp5 but a firm F-sharp6, creating a slight hollowing before the chordal climax.
+### Fortissimo chordal climax — sustained climactic plateau
+At 08:00.95 a dense chord containing G, B, C-sharp, E, and G supports an upper A-sharp–B figure and a leap to B6. The collection can be heard as an E-minor/dominant-related sonority saturated with C-sharp and A-sharp; its semitone A-sharp–B is the principal tension. The chord is repeated at 08:01.42, 08:01.90, and 08:02.39 with increasing strength. B6 at 08:01.61 is especially forceful. Unlike previous climaxes, which immediately descended, this one is sustained as a plateau through repeated full sonorities.
+At 08:02.87 the harmony shifts upward chromatically to G-sharp/B/C-sharp/E-sharp/G-sharp, while the upper line continues through A-sharp, B, B6, G-sharp6, E-sharp6, and C-sharp6. The bass then descends by register through C-sharp at 08:03.35, 08:03.81, and 08:04.25. This compresses the enormous upper sonority into increasingly low C-sharp attacks. Repeated B-sharp–C-sharp and D–C-sharp figures from 08:04.68 to 08:06.57 grind on the leading-tone/tonic semitone. Their intensities rise, with the final D/C-sharp repetitions especially sharp.
+A massive low F-sharp at 08:06.69 prepares the central coda climax. At 08:07.52, a fortississimo sonority spreads from F-sharp3 through B, D, E-sharp, and G to E-sharp5, G5, B5, D6, and G6. This is a highly dissonant dominant complex: F-sharp bass supports B-minor-related tones, but E-sharp and G create leading-tone and diminished-seventh pressure. The chord is sustained, then reattacked repeatedly from 08:08.54 through 08:09.31 and held again at 08:09.47, 08:09.90, and 08:10.38. The peak is therefore cumulative and textural, not merely the loudest isolated note. It finally shifts at 08:10.90 to an F-sharp/C-sharp/E sonority with A-sharp and F-sharp above, clarifying the dominant of B minor.
+### Con brio descending theme — brilliant final thematic drive
+At 08:11.45, B bass and B–D–B chords begin a rapid con brio descent. The upper line starts with B6/D7 and moves downward through F-sharp6, D6, B5, A-sharp5, F-sharp5, D5, B4, and progressively lower registers. Simultaneously, the bass alternates B1 with F-sharp2/D3. This produces a clear tonic–dominant oscillation in B minor while the melody descends through chord tones and leading-tone inflections.
+The articulation is exceptionally dry in the bass: each B or F-sharp/D support is staccato, while the upper descent overlaps through pedal residue and long-held tones. That opposition keeps the passage driving even as the register falls. E-sharp appears repeatedly—at 08:12.92, 08:13.88, 08:15.01, and 08:15.28—serving as the leading tone to F-sharp within the dominant field. The sequence compresses toward 08:15.17–15.43, where several attacks are nearly superimposed. The final F-sharp3 at 08:15.43 is strong and short, ending the descent on dominant energy.
+### Chromatic coda ascent — final accelerating run to the top register
+A forceful B-minor chord at 08:15.57 launches the ascent. Immediately afterward, parallel lines begin from C-sharp2/C-sharp3 and climb chromatically: C-sharp, D, D-sharp, E, E-sharp, F-sharp, G, G-sharp, A, A-sharp, B, and onward. The two hands often move in octaves, but accents at E-sharp, B, and other structural points prevent the run from sounding mechanically uniform.
+The ascent covers more than four octaves in about four seconds. At 08:16.60, B3 is accented before the run crosses into C4; at 08:17.08 E-sharp4 is strongly stressed before F-sharp4; at 08:17.54 B4 receives another pronounced accent. These accents articulate harmonic thresholds within the chromatic stream. The pace tightens further above E5 at 08:18.03. Some attacks around 08:18.7–19.1 are nearly simultaneous, creating an audible surge rather than perfectly even semitone spacing.
+The top is reached with B5 in the lower strand and B6 in the upper at 08:19.30–19.36. Both are detached, but the lower B5 is the stronger attack. The complete rest that follows clears the accumulated resonance and frames the ensuing chords as cadential punctuation rather than continuation of the run.
+### Final chordal cadence — cadential punctuation and terminal affirmation
+The first chord at 08:19.89 is an F-sharp dominant seventh: F-sharp–A-sharp–C-sharp–E, strongly accented and staccato. It is followed at 08:20.39 by B–D–F-sharp, a root-position B-minor tonic. This is a clear perfect authentic cadence in B minor, with V7 at 08:19.89 resolving to i at 08:20.39. The short durations and silence after each chord make the resolution emphatic rather than blended.
+The next pair broadens the tonal statement. E-minor harmony at 08:20.86 functions as iv, followed by another B-minor tonic at 08:21.42. The progression iv–i is plagal, though the tonic chord also carries strong cadential weight through its root-position B bass and upper B. A long silence follows, separating this confirmation from the final two sonorities.
+At 08:22.49, the bass gives B and G while the upper chord contains B, C-sharp, and E. This is not yet the final tonic: it is a B-based added-sixth/added-ninth sonority with subdominant color from E and G. Its fortississimo resonance prolongs ambiguity for two bars. The terminal chord at 08:23.78 removes C-sharp, E, and G, leaving B–D–F-sharp across the full register. The final B-minor triad is held under a fermata for about 2.20 seconds. The release of the pedal shortly after the attack keeps the chord’s identity clear, while the later resonance dies away naturally. After a work dominated by chromatic approach tones, added notes, and deferred resolutions, this bare B-minor triad provides the terminal affirmation with maximum harmonic economy.