0:00–0:09 Holds the opening chord

• Winds and horns sustain a soft introductory chord that swells, fades, and clears the frame.

0:09–2:50 Establishes the march and stacks it to full weight

• Low strings enter with the dactylic ostinato in a hushed minor register.
• Mid strings add a countermelody; first violins lift it an octave; winds join as dynamics step upward.
• Brass and timpani gather beneath soaring lines into a full tutti climax, then brass withdraws and the texture thins toward a quiet hinge.

2:50–3:47 Opens a major pastoral contrast

• Clarinet and bassoon sing a lyrical major theme over soft running string figures; horns and flutes take the line.
• A brief minor swell interrupts, then the calm major theme returns before the march rhythm begins to creep back underneath.

3:47–5:55 Reloads the subject, fugatos it, and empties

• Pizzicato and low strings restore the dactylic march in a skeletal texture, answered by short wind fragments.
• First violins start a quiet fugato; inner strings and basses enter voice by voice; winds join as the counterpoint climbs.
• Brass and timpani drive the polyphony into a massive orchestral peak, after which pressure releases through successive withdrawals into a long silence.

5:55–8:40 Returns the contract more sparely and closes

• The rhythmic subject re-enters and holds through quieter restatements and interlocking string grids.
• Late phrases thin, loosen motor hold, and decay into terminal silence.