From the Alps to the Auvergne

Live at the BBC Proms: the London Philharmonic Orchestra & conductor Edward Gardner are joined by soprano Louise Alder in a programme of Tjøgersen, Canteloube & Richard Strauss

Presented by Hannah French, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Kristine Tjøgersen: Between Trees - UK premiere
Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne - La pastoura als camps; La delaïssádo; Deux bourrées; Baïlèro

c.7.30pm
Interval: Hannah talks to the composer Graham Fitkin about the influence of mountains and natural landscapes on music. Graham Fitkin recently cycled 2,500 miles through Europe, from the Carpathian Mountains to the UK, and his works are often inspired by landscapes and the natural environment.

c.7.50pm
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

Louise Alder, soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Step into the great outdoors with Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Kristine Tjøgersen’s 'Between Trees' plunges listeners into the mossy shade of a Nordic forest. Childhood walks with his father through the mountains and villages of his native Auvergne inspired Joseph Canteloube’s much-loved orchestral songs. ‘Glorious’ soprano Louise Alder – soloist at last year’s Last Night of the Proms – returns, performing these luscious miniatures, not heard at the Proms since 2010. These sonic strolls limber us up for Richard Strauss’s epic journey up to a mountain summit. Listeners must traverse glaciers, thickets and pastures, survive storms and cross streams to gain the triumphant orchestral vistas that are the climax to the composer’s mighty 'An Alpine Symphony'.