In the second movement of this piece, the clarinets, oboe, and flute imitate a cuckoo, quail, and nightingale.
In the beginning of an F-minor movement of this piece, the first violins play a slurred C – G-flat – F motif twice as the second violins play soft, rapid staccato eighth notes. The timpani and piccolo only appear in that fourth movement of this piece. In the second movement of this piece, the clarinets, oboe, and flute imitate a cuckoo, quail, and nightingale. The lower strings play a gently rocking melody, evoking flowing water, to open this piece's second movement, Scene by the Brook. In this symphony, the fourth movement Thunderstorm transitions immediately to the final movement Shepherd's Song. For 10 points, name this programmatic symphony by Beethoven, nicknamed the Pastoral.
In the beginning of an F-minor movement of this piece, the first violins play a slurred C – G-flat – F motif twice as the second violins play soft, rapid staccato eighth notes.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 [or Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony; accept just 6 or Sixth Symphony after “Beethoven” is read; accept Pastoral Symphony until “Pastoral” is read]