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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Hardenberger, Pöntinen, Wigmore Hall review - superstar trumpeter shows his class

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 Read more...

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...

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Album: Ed Sheeran - Play

“It’s a long way up from rock bottom/There’s been times I felt I could fall further.” So runs the opening line of Ed Sheeran’s eighth studio album...

Presteigne Festival 2025 review - new music is centre stage...

If you were a devotee of Dmitri Shostakovich whose only opportunity to attend some live performances marking this year’s 50th anniversary of his...

Islands review - sunshine noir serves an ace

From its ambiguous opening shot onwards, writer/director Jan-Ole Gerster’s Islands is a tricksy animal, which doesn’t just keep...

A Single Man, Linbury Theatre review - an anatomy of melanch...

Mind, body, body, mind. Medical science confirms the powerful two-way traffic between emotional and physical health. Nonetheless the idea of...

theartsdesk Q&A: actor Sam Riley on playing a washed-up...

You won't find Sam Riley lying at the pool in a holiday resort – unless it's for work. "I'd rather stay home to be honest", says the...

Album: Motion City Soundtrack - The Same Old Wasted Wonderfu...

Everyone’s favourite angsty pop-punk nerds are back, balancing new with nostalgia and synths with guitars, this is exactly what fans have been...

Cow | Deer, Royal Court review - paradox-rich account of non...

I love irony. Especially beautiful irony. So I’m very excited about the ironic gesture of staging a show with no words at the...

Album: Baxter Dury - Allbarone

Quite why Baxter Dury isn't already a national treasure is a mystery to me. Not for his nepo connections but...

Lammermuir Festival 2025 review - music with soul from the h...

One piece that you’re unlikely to hear at the Lammermuir Festival is Lucia di Lammermoor. As co-director James Waters explained during a...