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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Clayton, Frank-Gemmill, SCO, Kuusisto online review – small but beautifully formed

Friday, 27 November 2020 Read more...

Philharmonia, Rouvali, RFH review – wide range of American voices

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 Read more...

Cooper, Aurora Orchestra, Kings Place review - a heartwarming delight

Sunday, 18 October 2020 Read more...

The Divine Comedy: Live from the Barbican review – thirty years of great songs

Saturday, 17 October 2020 Read more...

Gillam, Miloš, Wigmore Hall review – charismatic performers, charming playing

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 Read more...

BBC Proms live online: Grosvenor, Evans, Philharmonia, Järvi review – energy and sparkle

Thursday, 10 September 2020 Read more...

BBC Proms live online: London Sinfonietta, Paterson review – varied perspectives on city life

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 Read more...

BBC Proms live online: Uchida, LSO, Rattle review – eclectic concert makes good TV

Monday, 31 August 2020 Read more...

The Opera Story: Episodes review - whimsical takes on lockdown life

Thursday, 02 July 2020 Read more...

Radio 3 In Concert, BBC Sounds - a wonderful week of music

Tuesday, 28 April 2020 Read more...

Berlin Philharmoniker, Karajan, Digital Concert Hall review - a captivating musical time capsule

Thursday, 09 April 2020 Read more...

Michael Collins, Michael McHale, London Winds, Wigmore Hall review - flying the flag for wind chamber music

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 Read more...

Elysian Singers, SPCMH, Sam Laughton, St Luke’s, Chelsea review - John Cage and friends given a rare airing

Monday, 17 February 2020 Read more...

Young people's guides to the orchestra: the making of 'Not Now, Bernard & Other Stories'

Friday, 31 January 2020 Read more...

Oriole Ensemble, Conway Hall review - sublimely peculiar chamber music

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 Read more...

Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Wickham, Kings Place review - fresh take on 'lessons and carols'

Monday, 09 December 2019 Read more...

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BBC Proms: The Marriage of Figaro, Glyndebourne Festival rev...

One door closes, and another one opens. A lot. It’s extraordinary what value those two simple additions to the Royal Albert Hall stage lent to...

Fat Ham, RSC, Stratford review - it's Hamlet Jim, but n...

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King & Conqueror, BBC One review - not many kicks in 106...

In this strangely dreary recreation of 11th century history, it’s not just grim oop north, it’s grim everywhere. King & Conqueror...

Juniper Blood, Donmar Warehouse review - where ideas and ide...

Playwright Mike Bartlett is, like many writers, a chronicler of both contemporary manners and of the state of the nation. In his latest domestic...

Album: The Hives - The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives

The Hives must be one of the most self-assured bands around – but not without good reason. Ever exuberant, all their tunes are short and sweet,...

BBC Proms: Faust, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nelsons revie...

Does the orchestra that sways together play together? Quite apart from their (reliably gorgeous) sound, the tight-packed strings of the...

Elizabeth Alker: Everything We Do is Music review - Prokofie...

Composers and musicians explore acoustic...

Album: Benedicte Maurseth - Mirra

During the opening seconds of Mirra, an unusual sound leaps out – a grunting. It’s integral to a shifting aural pallete which also...