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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Bevan, Williams, Bebbington, RPO, Davan Wetton, Barbican review - Vaughan Williams celebrated

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 Read more...

Bach and Pärt St John Passions, Voces8, ECO, Cadogan Hall / Gesualdo Six, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - contrasting Easter stories

Saturday, 16 April 2022 Read more...

Ferrández, RPO, Petrenko, RFH review - music defying oppression

Friday, 25 March 2022 Read more...

Simon Trpčeski and Friends, Wigmore Hall online review – chamber music classics old and new

Tuesday, 08 March 2022 Read more...

Kopatchinskaja, Namoradze, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer, RFH review – a Stravinsky feast

Saturday, 19 February 2022 Read more...

Path of Miracles, Elysian Singers, St Pancras Church review – an ambitious musical pilgrimage

Monday, 07 February 2022 Read more...

Voces8 Live from London Christmas online review – seasonal favourites and new discoveries

Sunday, 26 December 2021 Read more...

Solomon's Knot, Wigmore Hall review - festive music for uncertain times

Tuesday, 21 December 2021 Read more...

The Sixteen, Christophers, Cadogan Hall review - polished and impeccable but slightly sedate

Thursday, 16 December 2021 Read more...

Colin Currie Group, RFH review - Reich premiere explores fresh territory

Wednesday, 20 October 2021 Read more...

Clements Prize, Conway Hall review - newly-written string trios in competition

Monday, 18 October 2021 Read more...

Two-Piano Gala, Kings Place review - five pianists, two pianos, too many pieces

Monday, 11 October 2021 Read more...

Black British Musical Theatre 1900-1950, Wigmore Hall review – a disappointing missed opportunity

Wednesday, 22 September 2021 Read more...

First Person: theartsdesk writer Bernard Hughes on composing for the BBC Proms

Thursday, 19 August 2021 Read more...

Esfahani, Gibson, Manchester Collective, BBC Proms review – variety, but not always in proportion

Wednesday, 18 August 2021 Read more...

Voces8 Live from London Summer online review - choral excellence and more besides

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 Read more...

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That Bastard, Puccini!, Park Theatre review - inventive comi...

Before Luigi Illica wrote the libretti for Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly, he had joined the composer as the...

Hamlet, Buxton International Festival review - how to re-ima...

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Friendship review - toxic buddy alert

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Album: Slikback - Attrition

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Interview: Quinteto Astor Piazzolla on playing in London and...

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