 The piece opens with a short introduction by the harps, with the solo violin quickly entering with the motif.After the violin plays the melody twice, the piece goes into a section marked "animato", gradually becoming more and more passionate (Massenet wrote "poco a poco appassionato").The climax is reached at a place marked "poco piu appassionato" (a little more passion) and is then followed by a short cadenza-like passage from the soloist and returns to the main theme.