Bernard Hughes

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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

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...	Adam Sisman: The Secret Life of John le Carré review - tinker, tailor, soldier, cheat Thursday, 12 October 2023 Read more...
Roomful of Teeth, Milton Court review - mellifluous minimalism with a mild manner Sunday, 08 October 2023 Read more...	I Fagiolini, Hollingworth, Kings Place review - magnificent Monteverdi Vespers Sunday, 01 October 2023 Read more...

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Insomnia, Channel 5 review - a chronicle of deaths foretold

A mixture of legal drama, medical mystery and psychological thriller with creepy supernatural overtones, Insomnia sometimes seems to be...

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's Globe review...

Shakespeare’s Prince Hal may have rejected Sir John Falstaff as a symbol of his misspent...

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The journey not the destination matters in The Road to Patagonia, an epic pilgrimage of 30,000 miles that, unexpectedly, turns into a...

Album: Mark Stewart - The Fateful Symmetry

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Bernard Hughes

Articles By Bernard Hughes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adam Sisman: The Secret Life of John le Carré review - tinker, tailor, soldier, cheat

Roomful of Teeth, Milton Court review - mellifluous minimalism with a mild manner

I Fagiolini, Hollingworth, Kings Place review - magnificent Monteverdi Vespers

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