Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German Pastoral-Sinfonie), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), and was completed in 1808. It is One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content.

Beethoven was a lover of nature who spent a great deal of his time on walks in the country. He frequently left Vienna to work in rural locales. He was, however, not the first composer of his time to depict nature symphonically; The symphony portrayed the loveliness of nature, peasant dance, a thunderstorm, bird song, and other 'pastoral' imagery.

Feelings of joy and gratitude after the Storm) is a hymn of gratitude towards nature. This movement is considered by many as the finest music of the whole symphony," starts quietly and gradually builds to an ecstatic culmination for the full orchestra.

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