Are you aware of the melodic material establishing a tonal center, moving away from it, then returning? (Perhaps only practiced listeners will be able to answer this in the affi rmative.) As a...

Are you aware of the melodic material establishing a tonal center, moving away from it, then returning? (Perhaps only practiced listeners will be able to answer this in the affi rmative.)

As a movement is coming to an end, is your expectation of the fi nale carefully prepared for by the composer? Is the fi nale sensed as surprising or inevitable?