The third movement, a scherzo and trio, begins in F minor with a musical quotation of the beginning of the finale of Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 66.
In the third movement, which incorporates a scherzo and trio section, the piece initiates in F minor and includes a musical reference to the beginning of Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 66, found in its final part.