Mountain

After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. Now they hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives.

Created in collaboration with BAFTA-nominated director and filmmaker Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa 2015, River 2021), Mountain pushed the creative possibilities of presenting music and film live in concert in an innovative new direction. Tognetti and Peedom worked closely to assemble footage and soundscapes that collectively showcased the serenity, magnitude and terror of these jaw-dropping landscapes. Mountain is shot by the world’s leading high-altitude cinematographers, with narration by British writer, Robert Macfarlane and spoken by award-winning actor Willem Dafoe.