| Esa-Pekka Salonen | Conductor |
| Philharmonia Orchestra | |
| Pierre-Laurent Aimard | Piano |
| Katy Woolley | French horn |
| Nigel Black | French horn |
| Richard Watkins | French horn |
| Michael Thompson | French horn |
A programme of extraordinary musical invention: Beethoven’s heroic ‘Emperor’ Concerto flows from the imperial majesty of its three opening orchestral chords and interspersed bubbling piano lines; while Strauss’ Nietzsche-inspired Also sprach Zarathustra climbs ever-upward from its spell-binding beginning. Alongside, the rhythmically driving, jumping, iridescent sound-world of Tansy Davies.