As the recapitulation approaches its end, the closing theme material is
revisited in measure 210. In this variation of the closing theme group, Ewazen
chooses a brighter key of E major as opposed to the original statement in C
minor.From the coda until the final cadence in measure 239, the movement
comes to a calm and surreal moment. Ewazen sets up the coda and final
cadence in G major, rather than E-flat minor, the key in which the sonata began