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The autograph is dated March 1845, although it was not performed until 1905. After the optimistic vision of the first movement, a more sombre Adagio follows which itself encloses a mercurial scherzo. The syncopated opening of the Finale heralds an unusually extended movement, mostly in the tonic minor (except for a reprise of the Adagio material in the dominant) but concludes in a whirlwind of C major.

from notes by Roy Goodman © 1995