Second Movement: Andante, D minor, 6/8 time

The second movement is in two parts. In the first part, an instrumental theme (motive a) is presented, based on a two-measure motive from the beginning. This motive is primarily played by the piano, with the flute responding to the piano's motive as an obbligato. The melody then shifts to a vocal style, and the sorrowful song in D minor transitions to the relative major, transforming into a simple, pastoral aria (motive b). The second part plays the instrumental theme from the first part in F major, but gradually modulates, returning to the main key's theme (a''). Here, for the first time, the flute also plays the motive, leading to a climax with strong tension. This motive is developed using an ascending chromatic scale pattern, similar to what was seen in the first movement (flute and piano right hand). Furthermore, this chromatic scale, interrupted by dotted sixteenth rests, also possesses characteristics of the rhetorical figure suspiratio (seen also in Mozart's Fantasia in D minor, K. 397), which expresses emotional agitation and urgent feelings. It conveys strong emotion through the clash of minor seconds, the pulsating sixteenth notes in the piano's right hand, and the close imitation between the piano's left hand and the flute. Although this unstable emotional state temporarily resolves in D minor, it modulates to A major in the coda. This leaves the dramatic completion of the movement unresolved, deferring the expectation of resolution to the fifth measure of the third movement.

How to Read the Formal Diagram

This formal diagram is read from left to right for each row, and from top to bottom, following row 1, row 2, and so on. Due to the musical structure, common elements are vertically aligned, making it easy to see at a glance where each motive appears. The roles of the numbers and other elements in each row are as follows:

• 1st row: Section name
• 2nd row: Measure numbers
• 3rd row: Motive and motive's measure numbers
• 4th row: Key
• 5th row: Cadence (ped indicates a dominant pedal point)

The "!" at the bottom outside the box indicates points where the music intentionally deviates from the listener's expectation, such as a disrupted cadence.