Like Dalí's paintings on religious themes, there is something wonderfully gaudy about the way in which sacred meets secular in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. This juxtaposition of ancient Hebrew texts with vernacular, popular musical language was heard to magnificent effect in the performance given by the joint forces of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Scotland.

Under the direction of Martyn Brabbins, Bernstein's score was brought thrillingly to life, from the explosive, rhythmic precision of the opening exhortation to the luscious, expansive final movement, worthy of the love theme from a Bernstein show.

Over the taut energy of the BBCSSO's playing, the 100-strong NYCoS held its own. With the clear, sweet voice of solo treble Tom Baird, drawn from the ranks of the National Boys Choir of Scotland, the performance was a great tribute to the work of NYCoS founder-director Christopher Bell and a fitting start to the group's 10th-anniversary celebrations.

NYCoS may be young, but what it lacks in vocal weight and power it makes up for in the focus and clarity of its sound and its true intonation. These came through clearly in the unaccompanied setting of the final psalm - a spine-tingling moment, particularly when followed by Mark O'Keefe's soaring solo trumpet in the closing Amen.

With the Chichester Psalms followed by Debussy's Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, this was a programme that highlighted once again the peerless acoustic of the SSO's new home. Brabbins ran the gamut of orchestral colours and timbres - first in a dreamlike, languorous account of the Prélude and then in a Concerto for Orchestra that, for all its drama, was elegant to the core.

Into such colourful programming, Piers Hellawell's new piece Dogs and Wolves was a nice introduction; an orchestral chase in which dancing momentum combines with Debussian sonorities, intriguingly tinted with the distinctive colour of steel drums.