0:00-0:58 Silent frame and first tread

• The recording opens with several seconds of silence before the measured figure enters.
• Early withdrawals around 0:24 and 0:40-0:58 make the pulse feel like something repeatedly gathered, not simply switched on.

0:58-1:43 Settled procession

• The tread becomes the movement's first stable law.
• The form teaches the body to expect recurrence: step, suspension, return, and another measured step.

1:43-3:17 Steady middle field

• The repeated figure holds while the orchestral color changes around it.
• Drama comes from altered density and register inside the same motion rather than from a hard contrasting scene.

3:17-5:43 Deepened hold

• The re-entry around 3:17 makes the figure feel less like accompaniment and more like the rule of the whole movement.
• The central span carries weight by persistence: each return proves that the tread can bear more pressure.

5:43-6:53 Explicit return

• The gaps and re-entries near 5:43-5:56 reveal how deeply the pulse has been planted.
• The movement sounds as if it is proving the opening was still underneath the long middle.

6:53-8:41 Thinning close

• The final span releases by subtraction, not by a solved cadence.
• After 7:42, the motion breaks into smaller withdrawals until the final silence after 8:37 completes the procession.