This work is an expansive trio rich in romantic and impressionistic feeling. The opening Allegro begins with some lush piano writing over which the cello introduces the first thematic material. The instrumental expression is luxuriant and expansive throughout, and there are several impressionistic turns of melody and harmony that blur the expected tonal relationships. The tone is usually reserved, only once becoming noticeably emphatic.

The second movement begins in much the same tone and mood as the first, at a tempo of Lento espressivo. There is a central presto section that is intensely contrapuntal in nature. This latter section is driven by a staccato figure and features harmony that keeps the tone lush and languorous in accord with the feel of the rest of the movement. The leading motif of the second section comes back briefly in the coda.

The third movement, Allegro con brio, begins with subdued melodic lines over a nervously happy background. Part of the movement regains the work's predominantly expansive and languorous tone, and the nervously excited happiness returns for the final section.

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