British trumpeter Alison Balsom also looked back to her youth, as she gave her retirement performance at the age of 46.
She bowed out of her professional career with Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, which she first heard at the Barbican as a young girl.
It was an emotional performance, with Balsom producing a beautifully rounded tone during the slower, languorous movements before switching into high gear for the dazzling pyrotechnics of the closing Rondo.
"It feels like a wonderful finale to be able to play this piece I've lived with all my musical life," she said.
"I can't say how lucky I am to have had music in my life, because it's enriched me as a human being."
As she ended her performance, Balsom was showered with roses from an appreciative audience.