the second subject begins with a celebrated lyrical melody in that key, stated first by the cellos and then by the violins (sometimes drolly sung to sigmund spaeth's words as "this is ... the sym-phoneee ... that schubert wrote but never fin-ished") to a gentle syncopated accompaniment. this is interrupted by a dramatic closing group alternating heavy tutti "sforzandi" interspersed with pauses and developmental variants of the g major melody, ending the exposition.