The second movement, a waltz, opens with a lilting dance melody in C-sharp minor. The first section repeats, and the second section begins in major. string of eighth notes in the violins transitions into the second theme, also in major. The first theme returns, and Part is closed with a cadential fortissimo C-sharp minor chord.

Part opens with a modulation into the enharmonic parallel major of D-flat major. This section's theme is developed, and then Part returns. The movement ends on a C-sharp major chord.