The Alps have loomed large in the artistic imagination since the Romantic poets explored them in search of 鈥榯he sublime鈥�. Ahead of tonight's performance of An Alpine Symphony, Abbie Garrington talks to writer and climber Dan Richards. His book Climbing Days tells the life of his Great-Great Aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a pioneering woman climber, and reflects on the appeal of the mountains and how the landscape can be a force for creativity, in music, art and literature. Abbie Garrington, from Durham University, has a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to work on a literary history of mountaineering in the early modern period.

Edited version broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 3 during tonight's interval

Booking is not required for this event. Entry is on a first-come-first-served basis (doors open from 30 minutes before the event begins; capacity is limited).

Photos: Abbie Garrington and Dan Richards (credit Jean-Noel Bovier)