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Bernard Hughes

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

Articles By Bernard Hughes

The Courtesan’s Gaze, Fieri Consort, Handel House review – historical female composers in context

Wednesday, 20 June 2018 Read more...

Ligeti Chamber Music, QEH review - inventive celebration of iconic composer

Saturday, 12 May 2018 Read more...

Anna Meredith, Southbank Sinfonia, QEH review - triumphant genre-busting treat

Monday, 30 April 2018 Read more...

Donohoe, LPO, Orozco-Estrada, RFH review – wit aplenty in rare Stravinsky

Thursday, 22 March 2018 Read more...

Sonoro, Ferris, St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate review - intriguingly programmed launch concert

Wednesday, 07 March 2018 Read more...

Coates, Tenebrae, Short, Kings Place review - effective meeting of cello and choir

Monday, 18 December 2017 Read more...

Labèques, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings Place review - good-natured Schubert and Mozart delight

Saturday, 25 November 2017 Read more...

Marnie, English National Opera review – hyped new opera doesn’t hit the heights

Sunday, 19 November 2017 Read more...

Total Immersion: Julian Anderson, Barbican review - BBC ensembles showcase leading British composer

Monday, 23 October 2017 Read more...

Angela Hewitt, Wigmore Hall review – Bach Partitas shine and sing

Thursday, 19 October 2017 Read more...

Tetzlaff, LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - a triumphant homecoming for the maestro

Friday, 15 September 2017 Read more...

Die Zauberflöte, Royal Opera review – enjoyable revival of much loved production

Wednesday, 13 September 2017 Read more...

Prom 24 review: Crebassa, Philharmonia, Salonen – thrilling performance of Adams masterpiece

Thursday, 03 August 2017 Read more...

Prom 22 review: Pygmalion, Pichon – theatrical take on Monteverdi's Vespers

Tuesday, 01 August 2017 Read more...

Prom 13 review: Rana, BBCSO, Davis – Malcolm Sargent tribute lacks punch

Tuesday, 25 July 2017 Read more...

Prom 1 review: Levit, BBCSO, Gardner - fizzing Adams finally ignites mixed First Night

Saturday, 15 July 2017 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...