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Its "Adagio molto e cantabile" third movement begins in B-flat major. The fortissimo recapitulation of its D-minor first movement led Bramwell Tovey to remark, "instead of a distant nebula we now see the heavens on fire." Its scherzo second-movement features timpani, while its surprisingly long final movement is an "inner symphony" that quotes previous movements before basses introduce the main theme, to which "Freude, schöner Götterfunken!" is later sung. With lyrics taken from Schiller's "Ode to Joy," this is, FTP, what last symphony of Beethoven?
Its "Adagio molto e cantabile" third movement begins in B-flat major.
{Beethoven's} Symphony No. {9} in D minor (accept {Choral Symphony} but do not accept “Ode to Joy”)