[1] Unlike his Ninth Symphony, the Tenth has a more traditional four-movement symphonic structure.
The third movement scherzo, Ein Tanz (A dance), is dominated by percussion.
The finale, Ein Traum, (A dream) dispenses with form, and builds to a climax involving the whole orchestra.
The titles themselves are generic, that is they evoke motifs associated with them rather than any specific references.
[1][2] The work was jointly commissioned by Paul Sacher and Simon Rattle.