It is in 2/4, and modulates from F to C. The tempo remains the same, but it is marked ma più lente.
After working up to a high B in the bassoon part, it gradually slows and decreases in pitch and volume, before ending with a low B♭ on the piano.
The melody is sharply staccato, and the movement ends with the last four notes of an F major scale.
The movement returns to G minor with a long bassoon line that slowly grows into a brief Poco animato in A major.
The movement returns to G minor with a statement of the original theme, and gradually fades out, to end on a final G major chord.
About a third of the way through the movement, it abruptly modulates into D flat major, and the Poco maestoso is reached.
The last strains of the theme are heard, and the piece ends on a pedal F in the bassoon part.