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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

Clayton, Frank-Gemmill, SCO, Kuusisto online review – small but beautifully formed

Friday, 27 November 2020 Read more...

Philharmonia, Rouvali, RFH review – wide range of American voices

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 Read more...

Cooper, Aurora Orchestra, Kings Place review - a heartwarming delight

Sunday, 18 October 2020 Read more...

The Divine Comedy: Live from the Barbican review – thirty years of great songs

Saturday, 17 October 2020 Read more...

Gillam, Miloš, Wigmore Hall review – charismatic performers, charming playing

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 Read more...

BBC Proms live online: Grosvenor, Evans, Philharmonia, Järvi review – energy and sparkle

Thursday, 10 September 2020 Read more...

BBC Proms live online: London Sinfonietta, Paterson review – varied perspectives on city life

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 Read more...

BBC Proms live online: Uchida, LSO, Rattle review – eclectic concert makes good TV

Monday, 31 August 2020 Read more...

The Opera Story: Episodes review - whimsical takes on lockdown life

Thursday, 02 July 2020 Read more...

Radio 3 In Concert, BBC Sounds - a wonderful week of music

Tuesday, 28 April 2020 Read more...

Berlin Philharmoniker, Karajan, Digital Concert Hall review - a captivating musical time capsule

Thursday, 09 April 2020 Read more...

Michael Collins, Michael McHale, London Winds, Wigmore Hall review - flying the flag for wind chamber music

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 Read more...

Elysian Singers, SPCMH, Sam Laughton, St Luke’s, Chelsea review - John Cage and friends given a rare airing

Monday, 17 February 2020 Read more...

Young people's guides to the orchestra: the making of 'Not Now, Bernard & Other Stories'

Friday, 31 January 2020 Read more...

Oriole Ensemble, Conway Hall review - sublimely peculiar chamber music

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 Read more...

Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Wickham, Kings Place review - fresh take on 'lessons and carols'

Monday, 09 December 2019 Read more...

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Oslo Stories Trilogy: Dreams review - love lessons

Rising temperatures, prickling skin, longing’s all-consuming ache: first love’s swooning symptoms overtake 17-year-old Johanne (Ella Øverbye) in...

Album: Black Honey - Soak

The default setting for Brighton indie quartet Black Honey...

Káťa Kabanová, Glyndebourne review - emotional concentration...

Even more perhaps than straight theatre, opera seems to draw attention to the meaning behind what may on the face of it appear a simple story....

The Count of Monte Cristo, U&Drama review - silly telly...

Alexandre Dumas’ novel has been filmed an immeasurable number of times (there was a new French version only last year) and...

theartsdesk Q&A: filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud on sex, lo...

"First love is always both terrible and wonderful at the same time", says the 60-year-Norwegian dramatist-novelist-director...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Lost Lear / Consumed

Lost Lear, Traverse Theatre ★★★...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Alison Spittle / Christopher...

Alison Spittle, Monkey Barrel ★★★

Alison Spittle is fat, she tells us at the top of the show. But not as...

Blu-ray: Two Way Stretch / Heavens Above

The years between 1955’s The Ladykillers and 1964’s Dr Strangelove were the years of what Sanjeev Bhaskar recently described as...

Make It Happen, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review...

You could distinctly hear the murmurs of recognition from the Edinburgh audience – responding to knowing mentions of the city’s Leith and...