The violins pick up the melody which eventually progresses, subsides, and clears the stage for the solo clarinet.
The clarinetist performs variants on that source, which later results in a determined run played by the solo instrument.
Then there is a grand pause, which provides the transition for the return of the cellos stating the main theme, but this time in the key of D-flat major rather than F minor.
The clarinet keeps playing a delicate melody, then descends towards the lower tones with a marking of "perdendosi," which tells the player to decrease in speed and sound.
Then, the clarinet starts its triplets as it did before, but this time, it flows towards a stream of agitated, virtuosic sixteenth-note runs.
After that buildup, the clarinet subsides and gives room for the French horns to play a cheerful melody.
The solo instrument responds in the same connotation as the horns did but then sneaks back to the dark theme the soloist first played.
The orchestra ends its phrase with dotted chords which give cue for the soloist to perform its next ordeal.
The sixteenths are followed by a series of determined trills with the last one ending on a high g. The orchestra returns and eventually fades away.
Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, and solo clarinet.