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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

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

Monday, 27 March 2023 Read more...

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

Monday, 13 March 2023 Read more...

LPO, Adès, RFH review - tempests and infernos

Thursday, 23 February 2023 Read more...

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

Wednesday, 22 February 2023 Read more...

Belcea Quartet, Wigmore Hall review - a riveting new string quartet

Monday, 23 January 2023 Read more...

A Child in Striped Pyjamas, The Cockpit review - a brave tackling of a Holocaust story

Friday, 13 January 2023 Read more...

Chasing the Night, Echo Vocal Ensemble and Friends, Latto, Kings Place review - midwinter songs from around the world

Friday, 16 December 2022 Read more...

Basel Saleh, Sansara, United Strings of Europe, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - music of sanctuary and solidarity

Saturday, 26 November 2022 Read more...

The Hermes Experiment, Purcell Room review - familiar objects, unfamiliar sounds

Saturday, 05 November 2022 Read more...

Australian Chamber Orchestra, Tognetti, Milton Court review - from Beethoven to didgeridoo

Friday, 28 October 2022 Read more...

Path of Miracles, Tenebrae, Short, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - a modern choral classic

Friday, 21 October 2022 Read more...

The Divine Comedy, Barbican review - a triumphant retrospective

Tuesday, 06 September 2022 Read more...

TUKS Camerata, Voces8 Live from London online review - a diverse choral selection

Tuesday, 30 August 2022 Read more...

Prom 52, Kuusisto, Finnish RSO, Collon review - fairytales, folksongs and a soaring lark

Saturday, 27 August 2022 Read more...

Prom 8, Kozhukhin, BBCSO, Stasevska review - Russian classics meet contemporary Iceland

Thursday, 21 July 2022 Read more...

Prom 6, BBC Philharmonic, Davis review - a bracing pair of British symphonies

Wednesday, 20 July 2022 Read more...

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