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Bernard Hughes

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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

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...

The Yellow Wallpaper, Lilian Baylis Studio review - a tense and intimate monodrama

Saturday, 16 September 2023 Read more...

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

Friday, 18 August 2023 Read more...

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

Tuesday, 15 August 2023 Read more...

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

Saturday, 05 August 2023 Read more...

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

Saturday, 05 August 2023 Read more...

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

Friday, 28 July 2023 Read more...

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

Wednesday, 28 June 2023 Read more...

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

Wednesday, 21 June 2023 Read more...

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

Tuesday, 23 May 2023 Read more...

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

Saturday, 15 April 2023 Read more...

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

Friday, 14 April 2023 Read more...

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Classical CDs: Shrouds, silhouettes and superstition

 

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Album: Robert Plant - Saving Grace

Robert Plant is magnificently well-equipped to shine as a consummate musical survivor: not only has his voice kept its magic, with a range from...

The Code, Southwark Playhouse Elephant review - superbly cas...

Hot on the heels of Goodnight, Oscar comes another fictional meeting of real entertainment giants in Los Angeles, this time...

Can I get a Witness? review - time to die before you get old

Some time in the not too distant future, there are only two films on offer: Duck Soup, and, if you order the DVD in advance, ...

Reunion, Kiln Theatre review - a stormy night in every sense...

If you ever wanted to know what a mash up of Martin McDonagh and Conor McPherson, stirred (and there’s a lot of stirring in this...

The Lady from the Sea, Bridge Theatre review - flashes of br...

Like the lighting that crackles now and again to indicate an abrupt change of scene or mood, Simon Stone's version of The Lady from...

How to be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons, Teaċ Daṁsa review...

Anyone who has followed the trajectory of choreographer-director Michael Keegan-Dolan and his West Kerry-based company Teaċ Daṁsa (House of...