After a brief introduction with three glissando-like passages in a rather free time, the tempo changes to Andante deciso, and the first theme is introduced.
After some time, there is a fairly long cadenza filled with trills between the hands, as the key modulates freely.
The glissando-like passages return to be a repeated theme for the rest of the piece, especially when the tempo changes to a much faster Vivace and the key changes to C major.
After this, the darker second theme returns in E minor, this time sempre forte brioso, meaning always loud and spirited.
The entire rhapsody is based on Béni Egressy's Fogadj Isten, which was published in May 1846 in honor of Liszt.