Sinewy roots stretch above the snowline and the skeletal frames of leafless birch trees tremble in the wind.

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Nor is it everyone's idea of a good time to scramble up to the snowline on the 3, 200-metre Kitzsteinhorn peak, just to hear an avant-garde work by an American, George Lopez, delivered by plucky players perched like mountain goats along the cliffs nearby.

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