Second Movement: G major, 3/4 time

An Andante slow movement. The melody is played over an Alberti bass throughout. The melody incorporates figures such as scales and arpeggios, along with contrasting articulations like legato and staccato. While such expressive melodies are not uncommon in Mozart's works, it can be argued that these elements are employed with deliberate intent.

The movement is structured in three parts. While the first and second parts are each repeated by repeat signs, the third part has approximately twice the number of measures as the first two parts combined, suggesting it can be interpreted as a large Bar form.

In the first part, an 8-measure theme and its variation are presented. The second part (from m. 17) begins in the dominant key, then repeats the latter half of the first part in the tonic key, forming a concise binary form.

The third part (from m. 33) begins in the parallel minor, G minor, where the theme is varied. It progresses through B-flat major and C minor before returning to G minor, but then quickly modulates to G major to restate the theme (from m. 49). Finally, the movement concludes by passing through the subdominant key of C major.