BBC Philharmonic - Alpine Symphony

The BBC Philharmonic performs Richard Strauss's epic tone poem An Alpine Symphony, accompanied by Cédric Tiberghien on piano.

The concert features Richard Strauss's An Alpine Symphony, a 50-minute, twenty-two-scene depiction of an eleven-hour climb over an Alpine mountain. Before the main work, the BBC Philharmonic performs two contrasting pieces by Robert Schumann: the Introduction and Concert Allegro and the Konzertstück. The performance requires over 100 musicians, including a wind machine and a thunder machine.