Beethoven’s *Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”* follows a day in the countryside, moving from open-air ease to a brief storm and a quiet return to order. Written in 1808, it is an early landmark of musical storytelling, with scenes suggested rather than spelled out. New York heard the symphony in the city’s earliest concert era, and it has remained a touchstone for how American orchestras talk about nature in sound. At NJPAC, the New Jersey Symphony treats it as architecture as much as atmosphere.