The second theme, played by the clarinets and bassoons, commences.
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The second theme moves upward with a hymn-like power, sounding even more like a fanfare than the first theme.
Did you notice that this theme contains the "three shorts and one long" of the "Fate Motive"?
Although this theme is contrasted in almost every possible way to the first theme (including orchestration, style, length, and key), the two themes seem to be related to one another by the recurrence of the "Fate Motive".
The theme opens very gently, and pauses on a wistful dominant tone (look at the repetitions played by the violins). Then, it, quite unexpectedly, bursts in a blaze of triumph and modulates into the key of C major, revealing its martial character.
Notice the arpeggio triplet figures played by the violas, and the plucked (pizzicato) "Fate Motive" played by the lower strings, as accompaniment to the martial melody of the second theme.
