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Bernard Hughes

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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Prom 43: Endgame, BBC Scottish SO, Ryan Wigglesworth review - beautiful sounds but slow, slow drama

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Tony Williams: Cole the Magnificent - fantastical tale blends myth, poetry and comedy

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theartsdesk at the Voces8 Summer School - musical oasis offers opportunities for all

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Prom 27: Wang, Hampson, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mäkelä review - glittering night with music’s golden couple

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Prom 17: CBSO, CBSO Chorus, Yamada review - Carmina Burana presses all the right buttons

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Fiona Maddocks: Goodbye Russia - Rachmaninoff in Exile review - an affectionate biographical portrait

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Hahn, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Wigmore Hall review - Americana old and new

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Estonian National Male Voice Choir, Üleoja, Kings Place review - full-throated Baltic choral music

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Bercken, Britten Sinfonia, Milton Court review - beleaguered ensemble shows its value

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Gagarin Quartets, Modulus String Quartet, Brunel Museum review - a multimedia journey into space

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National Youth Choir, Royal Albert Hall review – a spectacular jubilee

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Facade Ensemble, Collins Rice, St Margaret Pattens Church review - meditation and reflection

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Things to Come, LSO, Strobel, Barbican review - blissful visions of the future

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Nonclassical: The Greenhouse Effect, Barbican Conservatory review - enjoyable freestyle happening

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LPO, Adès, RFH review - tempests and infernos

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Benjamin, Jaya-Ratnam, Harper, Milton Court review - black musicians take centre stage

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Album: Marina - Princess of Power

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Müller-Schott , RSNO, Søndergård, Usher Hall, Edinburgh - sp...

There was a neat conjunction of commemorations to this concert, the most obvious one being the fact that that 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of...

Hamad Butt: Apprehensions, Whitechapel Gallery review - cool...

Hamad Butt studied at Goldsmiths College at the same time as YBAs (Young British Artists) like Damien Hirst and Gillian Wearing; but whereas they...