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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Voces8, Cadogan Hall review – masterful madrigal singing and more

Friday, 05 April 2019 Read more...

Vasari Singers, Backhouse, St Bride’s Fleet Street review - rarely heard choral classic soars

Saturday, 23 March 2019 Read more...

Robin Hood, The Opera Story, CLF Café review - folk hero re-imagined as Tory villain

Wednesday, 06 March 2019 Read more...

Tynan, Appl, Burnside, Wigmore Hall review - the music of domesticity explored in song

Wednesday, 20 February 2019 Read more...

Montero, Scottish Ensemble, Kings Place review - new music with a political edge

Saturday, 16 February 2019 Read more...

Fibonacci Sequence, Conway Hall review - characterful chamber music for winds

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 Read more...

Epiphoni Consort, Reader, St Paul's Covent Garden review - historical drama with seasonal spirit

Monday, 17 December 2018 Read more...

Iestyn Davies, Aurora Orchestra, Kings Place review - arresting musical miscellany

Saturday, 24 November 2018 Read more...

Dmitri Ensemble, Ross, St John's Smith Square review - impressive minimalism for strings

Monday, 29 October 2018 Read more...

Juliana, Nova Music Opera, St John's Smith Square review - new version of a classic drama

Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Read more...

Prom 65, London Voices, BBCSO, Bychkov review - 20th century masterpieces hit home

Saturday, 01 September 2018 Read more...

Prom 33, Schultz, Reuter, BBCSO, Farnes review - powerful Brahms Requiem

Wednesday, 08 August 2018 Read more...

Prom 31, Barnatan, Minnesota Orchestra, Vänskä - American classics take centre-stage

Tuesday, 07 August 2018 Read more...

Prom 12, Weilerstein, BBCSO, Canellakis review - energetic 20th century classics

Tuesday, 24 July 2018 Read more...

Prom 4, Simpson, BBCPO, Mena review - terrific Lindberg, brooding Shostakovich

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 Read more...

The Abduction from the Seraglio, The Grange Festival review - enjoyable if conventional production

Monday, 25 June 2018 Read more...

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