The symphony has 4
movements, and is scored for
strings, 2
oboes, 2
bassoons, and 2
French horns, the smallest orchestral force employed in his last ten symphonies:
Allegro assai, 3 4, in sonata form. The development section of this movement is based on a theme that does not appear in the exposition : the four-note figure that will become the principal theme of the
Jupiter Symphony.
Andante moderato in E♭ major, 2 4, in modified sonata form, order of first and second subjects reversed in the recapitulation