sooner or later，用來表達「早晚會/遲早會…」的這種意思，對應的義大利文就是presto o tardi。而快速的動態感，是因為要達成「更早抵達」的結果。因而Allegro agitato e presto 這段術語，理解為激烈而緊迫的快板會較好，而前者的agitato，若是翻譯為「激盪」似乎更能呼應音樂內容。
而更為這段畫龍點睛的是力度是pianissimo，在極輕的力度下要做出激盪又緊迫的感覺，彷彿是危險正在遠方激盪而緊迫地席捲而來，而台上的主角卻渾然不覺那樣。
Rethinking "Tchaikovsky 5" (2)
一台車一邊加速一邊行駛著，之後駕駛看到了遠方的紅燈而減速，因為車上的人都睡了，踩得特別小心謹慎，這個狀態跟一台加速中的車在最後一秒突然發現測速照相，緊急大腳踩煞車到合法的位置，想必是相當不同的兩種情境…
Rethinking "Tchaikovsky 5" (1)
Before I really started to study the score, I've listened to this symphony like thousand times as a classical music lover (or nerd?), furthermore, this symphony was among my "most frequent played music" list back to my orchestra musician days. Therefore the "natural tempo" for me to hum this symphony is probably affected by those experiences, by recordings. I was very surprised when I found 54 is way faster than I used to; most recordings use the tempo around 38-42...