Second Movement

E-flat major, 9/8 time

This Adagio slow movement features ornamental passages unfolding over sustained chords. It presents two themes: one in E-flat major and another in the dominant key of B-flat major.

In the middle section (from m. 31), motives comprising the first theme are developed. In the latter part (from m. 47), both themes are recapitulated in the tonic key of E-flat major.

This tonal plan and structural method are remarkably close to sonata form, suggesting an attempt to incorporate sonata form into a slow movement.