Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German Pastoral-Sinfonie[1]), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, and was completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content[2] the symphony was first performed in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808[3] in a four hour concert called the Musikalische Akademie.