Starting with the first theme, the solo viola picks up the musical ideas introduced by the orchestra and develops them with virtuoso passages, including octaves and arpeggios in high positions. Then, an ample modulating bridge leads to the second theme played by the viola soloist. After a short elaboration, the soloist gives space to the full orchestra to play the first theme in A major. A further development, of the second themewith a long passage with arpeggios in many keys, takes us back again to the original key, where some new material is introduced and developed to conclude the movement with soloist and orchestra playing together the second theme.