A grand and passionate finale. Sabaneev, a Moscow critic, heard this piece at a concert and called it "diatonic Scriabin." Indeed, its style, which emphasizes fragmentary motives and harmonic sonorities rather than melody, inevitably brings to mind his friend, the composer. Furthermore, the powerfully rendered introduction consists of an ascending C-sharp minor scale. After the introduction, following a motive reminiscent of the so-called "fate motive" from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, passages brimming with passion and repeated chords fill the space. From measure 36, the insistent chromatic descent further heightens the tragic nature of the piece.