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Thierry Fischer led The Cleveland Orchestra in works of Bizet and Debussy flanking Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with Pepe Romero.

I can say with confidence that in the many years I have seen the CBSO in concert, tonight’s performance was undoubtedly their best.

In conversation with Petroc Trelawny at the fourth of the Proms Chamber Music concerts, the 25-year-old Norwegian trumpeter Tine Ting Helseth casually dismissed her ten-piece brass ensemble tenThing’s all-female set-up as “just a gimmick”.

Adoring and knowledgeable fans, lots of good humour and a tendency to wear silly hats: this description could fit any Proms audience, but Prom 2 was not quite the usual Prom. For one thing, the silly hats were mostly fezzes, and the audience’s expert knowledge extended to being able to identify the weird alien life forms that had invaded the Royal Albert Hall.