From the Alps to the Auvergne

As part of today's Prom's Marathon, another chance to catch the London Philharmonic Orchestra & conductor Edward Gardner with soprano Louise Alder in music by Tjøgersen, Canteloube & Richard Strauss.

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'.

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
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

Louise Alder, soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor