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Bernard Hughes

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Bernard Hughes is a composer and writer, based in London.

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Jonn Elledge: A History of the World in 47 Borders review - a view from the boundaries

Tuesday, 23 April 2024 Read more...

Dorian Lynskey: Everything Must Go review - it's the end of the world as we know it

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 Read more...

Elmore String Quartet, Kings Place review - impressive playing from an emerging group

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 Read more...

St Matthew Passion, Academy of Ancient Music, Cummings, Barbican review - moving and humble

Saturday, 30 March 2024 Read more...

Our Mother, Stone Nest review - musical drama in a mother's grief

Saturday, 23 March 2024 Read more...

Colin Currie Quartet, Wigmore Hall review - toccatas for triangles and teacups

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 Read more...

Malofeev, BBCSO, Lintu, Barbican review - finesse as well as fireworks

Saturday, 17 February 2024 Read more...

Paraorchestra, Hazlewood, Southbank Centre review - re-thinking the orchestral experience

Saturday, 27 January 2024 Read more...

Brian Klaas: Fluke review - why things happen, and can we stop them?

Saturday, 27 January 2024 Read more...

Siglo de Oro, Spinacino Consort, Allies, Wigmore Hall review - a fun 17th century musical Christmas

Saturday, 23 December 2023 Read more...

Voces8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra, Smith, Voces8 Centre review - joyous Christmas music by Bach

Tuesday, 05 December 2023 Read more...

Grosvenor, Park, Ridout, Soltani, Wigmore Hall review - chamber music supergroup in perfect accord

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 Read more...

Accentus, Insula orchestra, Equilbey, Barbican review - radiant French choral masterpieces

Tuesday, 21 November 2023 Read more...

Ben Folds, Royal Albert Hall review - piano pyrotechnics and modern musings

Wednesday, 15 November 2023 Read more...

Justin Lewis: Don't Stop the Music - A History of Pop Music, One Day at a Time review - deft and delightful pop almanac

Tuesday, 07 November 2023 Read more...

Capuçon, Philharmonia, Bancroft, RFH review - enjoyable all-American classics

Friday, 27 October 2023 Read more...

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Supersonic Festival 2025, Birmingham review - a deep dive in...

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Album: Faithless - Champion Sound

Although they haven’t had a hit single in almost 20 years, Faithless remain a potent commercial force, continuing to rack up festival headline...

The Guest, BBC One review - be careful what you wish for

Why isn’t Eve Myles a superstar? Though well known for her appearances in the likes of Torchwood, Broadchurch and the brilliant...

Born with Teeth, Wyndham's Theatre review - electric sp...

The title refers to a line in Henry VI, Part III: the future Richard III boasts that midwives cried, "Oh Jesus bless us, he is born with...

Album: Saint Etienne - International

International is Saint Etienne’s 13th album. It is their last. According to the promotional material, it was written while recording...

BBC Proms: Barruk, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Kuusisto rev...

Every year, the Royal Albert Hall proves complicit in the magic of the quietest utterances if, as Barenboim put it, you let the audience come to...

Blu-ray: The Graduate

Can a film’s classic status expire, or be rescinded? If it can, I’d say The Graduate is a potential candidate.

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BBC Proms: Alexander’s Feast, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Whela...

Many Londoners would already have experienced the musicality incarnate of Peter Whelan and his Irish Baroque Orchestra. A smaller ensemble rocked...