Variations employing meter changes and the minor mode

This quartet starts out with imitative voicing and then yieilds to a cello solo line. After a brief transition to a new key the lower voices give way to melodic material only to be answered by the violins in duet form. The third section features the first violin with light accompaniment in the lower voices and then explodes to a sense of finality. Then, rests in a sense of submission.