It slowly builds to an anguished climax only to be followed by a very swift and light-hearted allegro vivo in the key of B-flat major.
After a sudden heightening tension the Allegro Vivo theme is restated and the movement closes triumphantly.
The third movement is a rondo structure supplemented by an epilogue, not unlike the finale in Franck's Symphony in D minor.
The beginning is rather tempestuous, expressed in swift 16th figures alternating inexorably between strings and woodwind.
The conclusion of the symphony is undoubtedly the most moving of all with the theme of the first movement stealing in and fading away in the end.