Returning to the original tempo, the woodwinds and strings play the first sequential events from the first theme.
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Did you notice the change played by the strings and echoed by the whole ensemble? Instead of playing the complete sequential events, Beethoven abruptly stops the continuation of the theme, and prepares the movement's closing.
Notice how the rests at the end of this passage contribute to the tensed emotion which rises from the music.