title: Symphony on a French Mountain Air
text: The Symphony on a French Mountain Air (), Op. 25, is written in 1886 by Vincent d'Indy.
  
  As indicated by the title, d'Indy took the principal theme from a folk song he heard at Périer overlooking the Cévennes mountains (hence the work's alternative name, Symphonie cévenole).  Originally conceived as a fantaisie for piano and orchestra, the symphony is unusual in that it is scored for a prominent (but never dominant) piano part together with orchestra, and has acquired the label sinfonia concertante from some critics.
  
  It consists of three movements and lasts just under half an hour:
  Assez lent - Modérément animé
  Assez modéré, mais sans lenteur
  Animé
  The symphony begins with an evocative melody played first by a cor anglais.  The main themes of subsequent movements are based on this melody, and as the symphony progresses each subsequent variation becomes more and more like the original version.
  
  The work was dedicated to Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène, who was the soloist at the premiere in Paris on March 20, 1887.
  
  Discography
  
   1950 – Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karel Šejna with Hélène Boschi, piano.
   1959 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch with Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano.
   1976 – Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Serge Baudo with Aldo Ciccolini, piano.
   1977 – Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tamás Pál with Gabriella Torma, piano.
   1991 - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Charles Dutoit with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano.
   1992 – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Marek Janowski with Catherine Collard, piano.
  
  References
  
  Further reading
  Deruchie, Andrew. 2013. The French Symphony at the Fin de Siècle. New York: University of Rochester Press. . Chapter 5.
  
  External links
  Program notes by Paul Serotsky
  
  Compositions by Vincent d'Indy
  Romantic symphonies
  1886 compositions
  Compositions for piano and orchestra
  Indy