Bernard Hughes
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Bernard Hughes - Hear My Heart Sing (extracts)
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Sound on for a short sampler of Hear My Heart Sing, in a new recording out later this week by the brilliant Epiphoni Consort.
Hear My Heart Sing is a choral showpiece celebrating the joy of singing together through the biology and imagery of the heart
Hear My Heart Sing is a choral showpiece celebrating the joy of singing together through the biology and imagery of the heart
This is such a great piece! Jaakko Mäntyjärvi's Pseudo-Yoik - in a great recent performance by Kantos Chamber Choir
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Pseudo Yoik | Kantos | Ellie Slorach director
YouTube video by Delphian Records
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February 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
This is such a great piece! Jaakko Mäntyjärvi's Pseudo-Yoik - in a great recent performance by Kantos Chamber Choir
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I earn a little from my books but not from my podcast or from sharing my work online. People say my posts make them feel calm & that’s worth a lot to me. Surviving as a non-AI creative is increasingly hard. If you’d like to support me: tr.ee/7UJtgiXKXj you’ll get a lovely exclusive newsletter too! ❤️
February 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I earn a little from my books but not from my podcast or from sharing my work online. People say my posts make them feel calm & that’s worth a lot to me. Surviving as a non-AI creative is increasingly hard. If you’d like to support me: tr.ee/7UJtgiXKXj you’ll get a lovely exclusive newsletter too! ❤️
Taking my bow this evening after the performance of Hear My Heart Sing by Sonoro, at their 10th birthday concert. Bravos all round!
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Taking my bow this evening after the performance of Hear My Heart Sing by Sonoro, at their 10th birthday concert. Bravos all round!
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My wife thinks she'd be good at the Skeleton as 'I'm good at lying down'
February 14, 2026 at 10:26 AM
My wife thinks she'd be good at the Skeleton as 'I'm good at lying down'
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For Valentine's Day, here's my I Sing of Love, sung by the Seattle Pro Musica
I Sing of Love
YouTube video by Seattle Pro Musica - Topic
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February 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM
For Valentine's Day, here's my I Sing of Love, sung by the Seattle Pro Musica
T20 World Cup commentators running out of ways of saying 'another 6' while sounding excited.
There are just too many of them, it's too easy for the modern players/bats to hit the ball over the rope
There are just too many of them, it's too easy for the modern players/bats to hit the ball over the rope
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
T20 World Cup commentators running out of ways of saying 'another 6' while sounding excited.
There are just too many of them, it's too easy for the modern players/bats to hit the ball over the rope
There are just too many of them, it's too easy for the modern players/bats to hit the ball over the rope
For Valentine's Day, here's my I Sing of Love, sung by the Seattle Pro Musica
I Sing of Love
YouTube video by Seattle Pro Musica - Topic
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM
For Valentine's Day, here's my I Sing of Love, sung by the Seattle Pro Musica
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Mandarins, pineapples and champagne - Scandinavian symphonies, 20th century ballet music and a versatile conductor celebrated in box form in this week's Classical CD picks from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Mandarins, pineapples and champagne - Scandinavian symphonies, 20th century ballet music and a versatile conductor celebrated in box form in this week's Classical CD picks from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
My wife thinks she'd be good at the Skeleton as 'I'm good at lying down'
February 14, 2026 at 10:26 AM
My wife thinks she'd be good at the Skeleton as 'I'm good at lying down'
A typically entertaining thread by @oddthisday.bsky.social
27 years ago today, artist John Myatt was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiracy to defraud, after painting around 200 fake works, including Chagalls and Matisses over a period of eight years, which convinced buyers despite usually being rendered in household emulsion mixed with KY Jelly 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
A typically entertaining thread by @oddthisday.bsky.social
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BIG BOX SETS this week, www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... including an excellent Sibelius package conducted by this man: @bernardhughes.bsky.social @jeansibelius.bsky.social @torontosymphony.bsky.social @delphianrecords.com #charlesmackerras #carlnielsen #leifsegerstam #herbertblomstedt
February 14, 2026 at 6:24 AM
BIG BOX SETS this week, www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... including an excellent Sibelius package conducted by this man: @bernardhughes.bsky.social @jeansibelius.bsky.social @torontosymphony.bsky.social @delphianrecords.com #charlesmackerras #carlnielsen #leifsegerstam #herbertblomstedt
Looking forward to this
Looking forward to @londiniumchoir.bsky.social's 20th birthday party tonight! A @nicomuhly.com world premiere, plus Elliott Carter, @gabrielcomposer.bsky.social, Will Harmer, Walton, Leighton, Joubert, Ravel, Byrd, Monteverdi, Clarke, Stanford, Ockeghem and a little trifle by Schoenberg...
February 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Looking forward to this
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I'm an enigma, wrapped in a banana, covered in foil, and popped on barbecue
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I'm an enigma, wrapped in a banana, covered in foil, and popped on barbecue
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"A jewel in the crown of the London choral scene" - a lovely 20th birthday message from composer @bernardhughes.bsky.social. We're delighted he will be with us and @colla-voce.bsky.social to celebrate with 'Fireworks' on Friday at St John's Waterloo! (Info www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events)
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"A jewel in the crown of the London choral scene" - a lovely 20th birthday message from composer @bernardhughes.bsky.social. We're delighted he will be with us and @colla-voce.bsky.social to celebrate with 'Fireworks' on Friday at St John's Waterloo! (Info www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events)
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A Three Thing Day is happening threely this month:
12/2: Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar London N1
19/2: @oldwoollen.bsky.social Farsley W.Yorks
27/2: Tom Thumb Theatre Margate
It's a comedy concerning affinity, vertigo and phone reception and is smart, warming and weird.
Tixdeets via Linktree in Bio.
12/2: Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar London N1
19/2: @oldwoollen.bsky.social Farsley W.Yorks
27/2: Tom Thumb Theatre Margate
It's a comedy concerning affinity, vertigo and phone reception and is smart, warming and weird.
Tixdeets via Linktree in Bio.
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A Three Thing Day is happening threely this month:
12/2: Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar London N1
19/2: @oldwoollen.bsky.social Farsley W.Yorks
27/2: Tom Thumb Theatre Margate
It's a comedy concerning affinity, vertigo and phone reception and is smart, warming and weird.
Tixdeets via Linktree in Bio.
12/2: Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar London N1
19/2: @oldwoollen.bsky.social Farsley W.Yorks
27/2: Tom Thumb Theatre Margate
It's a comedy concerning affinity, vertigo and phone reception and is smart, warming and weird.
Tixdeets via Linktree in Bio.
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★★★★ #BethanyHorakHallet #AliceEvans #SergioBucheli #OAE #NightShift - #CivilRights meet Elizabethan song
in #BayardRustin-inspired programme that had excellent music, but a bit too much chat, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
in #BayardRustin-inspired programme that had excellent music, but a bit too much chat, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
February 11, 2026 at 12:27 PM
★★★★ #BethanyHorakHallet #AliceEvans #SergioBucheli #OAE #NightShift - #CivilRights meet Elizabethan song
in #BayardRustin-inspired programme that had excellent music, but a bit too much chat, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
in #BayardRustin-inspired programme that had excellent music, but a bit too much chat, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
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Took time out of my busy day to peel an orange and when I ate it, it was average at best.
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Took time out of my busy day to peel an orange and when I ate it, it was average at best.
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Animals in an Enclosure https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1569/
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Animals in an Enclosure https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1569/
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Perfect @wigmore-hall.org.uk programme from major pianistic personalities Mariam Batsashvili and Martin James Bartlett, from anchoring Bach to flyaway Lutosławski. theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Perfect @wigmore-hall.org.uk programme from major pianistic personalities Mariam Batsashvili and Martin James Bartlett, from anchoring Bach to flyaway Lutosławski. theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
I’ve been a cricket nut for over 40 years but the T20 World Cup is filling me with nothing but indifference. Perhaps I’m just old - but this format of 9-an-over batting and 25-ball 50s has become nothing more than a dull lottery
#T20WC
#T20WC
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I’ve been a cricket nut for over 40 years but the T20 World Cup is filling me with nothing but indifference. Perhaps I’m just old - but this format of 9-an-over batting and 25-ball 50s has become nothing more than a dull lottery
#T20WC
#T20WC
February 7, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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All of us during the Olympics:
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
All of us during the Olympics:
A week today! My piece Hear My Heart Sing is kicking off this brilliant-looking programme of choral music on Saturday 14 at St Gabriel's, Pimlico in London. Tickets still available!
Very delighted to be the opener for this 10 years anniversary of the fabulous pro choir Sonoro in London two weeks tonight. Hear My Heart Sing is a favourite of my own choral pieces and I know will sound great. Tickets available now - do come if you can! www.ticketsource.co.uk/sonoro
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM
A week today! My piece Hear My Heart Sing is kicking off this brilliant-looking programme of choral music on Saturday 14 at St Gabriel's, Pimlico in London. Tickets still available!
As a teenager I read my sister's Judy Blume books, of course I did. On a whim I've just gone back to my favourite, Tiger Eyes, and boy does it still stand up. It's extraordinary. A beautifully observed and heartbreaking story of traumatic bereavement, it moved me to tears more than once
February 7, 2026 at 10:21 AM
As a teenager I read my sister's Judy Blume books, of course I did. On a whim I've just gone back to my favourite, Tiger Eyes, and boy does it still stand up. It's extraordinary. A beautifully observed and heartbreaking story of traumatic bereavement, it moved me to tears more than once
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Winter Olympics should just be all the Olympics events but on ice. Weightlifting on ice. Judo on ice. 110m hurdles on ice.
February 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Winter Olympics should just be all the Olympics events but on ice. Weightlifting on ice. Judo on ice. 110m hurdles on ice.