Theme: With determination
Variation 1: Weaving, delicate but firm
Variation 2: With firmness
Variation 3: Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
Variation 4: Marcato
Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen
Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning
Variation 7: Tempo. Lightly, impatiently
Variation 8: With agility; not too much pedal; crisp
Variation 9: Evenly
Variation 10: Comodo, recklessly
Variation 11: Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody – in strict time
Variation 12: [No tempo marking]
Variation 13: crochet = 72
Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically
Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation
Variation 16: Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal
Variation 17: LH strictly minim = 36
Variation 18: crochet = 72
Variation 19: With energy
Variation 20: Crisp, precise
Variation 21: Relentless, uncompromising
Variation 22: crochet = 132
Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato
Variation 24: crochet = 72
Variation 25: crochet = ca.84, with fluctuations
Variation 26: In a militant manner
Variation 27: Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
Variation 28: crochet = 160
Variation 29: crochet = 144-152
Variation 30: crochet = 84
Variation 31: (crochet = 160)
Variation 32: [no tempo marking]
Variation 33: [no tempo marking]
Variation 34: [no tempo marking]
Variation 35: [no tempo marking]
Variation 36: [no tempo marking]
Cadenza: with optional improvisation
Theme: Tempo I
Variation 1: Weaving, delicate but firm
Variation 2: With firmness
Variation 3: Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
Variation 4: Marcato
Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen
Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning
Variation 7: Tempo. Lightly, impatiently
Variation 8: With agility; not too much pedal; crisp
Variation 9: Evenly
Variation 10: Comodo, recklessly
Variation 11: Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody – in strict time
Variation 12: [No tempo marking]
Variation 13: crochet = 72
Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically
Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation
Variation 16: Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal
Variation 17: LH strictly minim = 36
Variation 18: crochet = 72
Variation 19: With energy
Variation 20: Crisp, precise
Variation 21: Relentless, uncompromising
Variation 22: crochet = 132
Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato
Variation 24: crochet = 72
Variation 25: crochet = ca.84, with fluctuations
Variation 26: In a militant manner
Variation 27: Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
Variation 28: crochet = 160
Variation 29: crochet = 144-152
Variation 30: crochet = 84
Variation 31: (crochet = 160)
Variation 32: [no tempo marking]
Variation 33: [no tempo marking]
Variation 34: [no tempo marking]
Variation 35: [no tempo marking]
Variation 36: [no tempo marking]
Cadenza: with optional improvisation
Theme: Tempo I