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An exciting European premiere of Nicole Lizée's percussion concerto from Colin Currie, Alpesh Chauhan and the BBC SSO, followed by touching intensity in Bruckner, and an assured Shostakovich Fifth Symphony.

The concert paired strong new works by Joan La Barbara, Nicole Lizée and Paola Prestini with compositions by Luciano Berio and George Crumb for a satisfying evening of adventurous works for voice.

It's remarkable that the 39-year-old Kronos Quartet had never played at the Proms before this Tuesday evening, but they seemed set for making up on lost time, with a literally spectacular performance of a typically diverse range of works from around the world.

Playing a programme inspired by Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory, the Kronos Quartet re-imagined music from our past for a contemporary audience.Taking us back to 1926 and the newly independent country of Ireland, Kronos first performed Donnacha Dennehy’s One Hundred Goodbyes (Céad Slán). Built around Dr.