And into the slow, second movement, marked "adagio religioso," he incorporated the sounds of birdsong that he heard outside his window in what he knew would be his last spring; he was imagining
Und in den langsamen zweiten Satz, "Adagio religioso", hatte er die Laute eines Singvogels eingebaut, den er draußen vor seinem Fenster gehört hatte, wohlwissend,