The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, directed by Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, gave the world premiere of Thea Musgrave's new bassoon concerto Out of the Darkness at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms. The performance stood out among this year's premieres partly because of the composer's remarkable pedigree: Musgrave, now 98, first had music performed at the Proms in 1960 and has a new opera due next year, while concertos for the rarely spotlighted bassoon remain scarce.

Soloist Amy Harman brought a warm, baritonal tone to the piece, which began with a dark rumble from percussion and bass instruments before her bassoon wove through the orchestral texture and journeyed physically around the stage to end at the traditional soloist's position. The rest of the programme paired Mozart and 20th-century British repertoire, including Britten's Simple Symphony, Mozart's Horn Concerto No 3 with soloist Felix Klieser (notable for playing with his feet), Elgar's Romance for bassoon with Harman returning, and Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony, though the latter's subtlety was said to struggle in the vast hall. The concert is available on BBC Sounds until 12 October, with the Proms season running until 12 September.