Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is in many ways his most startlingly original. It has a programmatic content, it is in five movements rather than the normal four, and its mood is quite different from the usual barnstorming image of the composer.
1.The concert of 22 December 1808; 2. Background; 3. Genesis and reception; 4. Design and orchestration; 5. Technique and image; 6. 'Mehr Malerei als Empfindung'.