[Illustration: play music]
is given out andante in 2-4 time and repeated. Eight variations follow:
I. (Poco piu animato, major mode). Throughout the initial variation the
concluding notes of the introduction ring like a tolling of bells.
II. (Più vivace, minor mode). The clarinets and bassoons take the lead.
The violins supply an arpeggio figure.
III. (Con moto, major mode). The theme in this tranquil section is given
first to the oboes and bassoons.
IV. (Andante con moto, minor mode). New melodic material enters. Oboe
and horn announce the theme.