In the Alps | Classical review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London"An animated concert" is composer Richard Ayres's own description of No 42, In the Alps, a work for soprano, trumpet and orchestra that, like so much of his output, seems to thumb its nose at the buttoned-up conventions of contemporary music while creating an unnervingly charming world of its own. Ayres uses a mix of film captions, singing and music to tell the story of a girl who survives a plane crash on a remote Alpine peak, and is taught to sing by the local ani...

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