Bernard Hughes
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Bernard Hughes - Hear My Heart Sing (extracts)
YouTube video by Bernard Hughes
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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
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For Remembrance Sunday, my Perhaps, to a very beautiful and moving text by Vera Britain, written after her fiancé was killed in WWI:
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
Bernard Hughes: Perhaps (Epiphoni Consort)
YouTube video by Bernard Hughes
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November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
For Remembrance Sunday, my Perhaps, to a very beautiful and moving text by Vera Britain, written after her fiancé was killed in WWI:
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
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Others have said it better, but can we remember that the BBC is a lot more than the News teams and, if it falls, a huge amount of our cultural fabric will be collateral damage.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Others have said it better, but can we remember that the BBC is a lot more than the News teams and, if it falls, a huge amount of our cultural fabric will be collateral damage.
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23 years ago, I started work on a show Radio 3 called Night Waves (now Free Thinking), booking discussions about the issues troubling us.
So it was a treat, 23 years, many many documentaries and two books later, to come back and sit in front of one of the mics.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
So it was a treat, 23 years, many many documentaries and two books later, to come back and sit in front of one of the mics.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, The end of civilisations and societies
Peter Hitchens, Rhiannon Firth, Neville Morley, Phil Tinline, Luke Kemp join Shahidha Bari
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
23 years ago, I started work on a show Radio 3 called Night Waves (now Free Thinking), booking discussions about the issues troubling us.
So it was a treat, 23 years, many many documentaries and two books later, to come back and sit in front of one of the mics.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
So it was a treat, 23 years, many many documentaries and two books later, to come back and sit in front of one of the mics.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Not sure I can take nearly 3 more weeks of budget speculation
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Not sure I can take nearly 3 more weeks of budget speculation
For Remembrance Sunday, my Perhaps, to a very beautiful and moving text by Vera Britain, written after her fiancé was killed in WWI:
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
Bernard Hughes: Perhaps (Epiphoni Consort)
YouTube video by Bernard Hughes
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
For Remembrance Sunday, my Perhaps, to a very beautiful and moving text by Vera Britain, written after her fiancé was killed in WWI:
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
Perhaps one day the sun will shine again,
And I shall see that still the skies are blue.
And feel once more I do not live in vain,
Although bereft of You
A fun visit to the excellent John le Carré exhibition at the Bodleian library with fellow le Carré nut and old Oxford pal @philtinline.bsky.social. Nostalgia and espionage: the perfect combination
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A fun visit to the excellent John le Carré exhibition at the Bodleian library with fellow le Carré nut and old Oxford pal @philtinline.bsky.social. Nostalgia and espionage: the perfect combination
I’m very much not one of those musical bores who rails against ‘crescendo’ having a broader meaning in non-technical usage.
But I genuinely don’t know what Michael Jackson meant when he says ‘he struck you a crescendo, Annie’. Genuinely baffled
But I genuinely don’t know what Michael Jackson meant when he says ‘he struck you a crescendo, Annie’. Genuinely baffled
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’m very much not one of those musical bores who rails against ‘crescendo’ having a broader meaning in non-technical usage.
But I genuinely don’t know what Michael Jackson meant when he says ‘he struck you a crescendo, Annie’. Genuinely baffled
But I genuinely don’t know what Michael Jackson meant when he says ‘he struck you a crescendo, Annie’. Genuinely baffled
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
Listening to this piece of exquisite beauty. I'm at work, the only one in the office, but it's taking me somewhere else
#np #vaughanwilliams
#np #vaughanwilliams
London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron & Thomas Carroll - Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Listen to Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams) on TIDAL
tidal.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Listening to this piece of exquisite beauty. I'm at work, the only one in the office, but it's taking me somewhere else
#np #vaughanwilliams
#np #vaughanwilliams
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November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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House prices have gone up in the French town of Sauté since it's become gentlyfried.
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
House prices have gone up in the French town of Sauté since it's become gentlyfried.
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New video just up on my YouTube channel: it's the 'Tango' from my Partita Contrafacta, brilliantly played by @matthewmillsmusic.bsky.social. Please have a listen!
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
Bernard Hughes - 'Tango' from Partita Contrafacta
YouTube video by Bernard Hughes
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November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New video just up on my YouTube channel: it's the 'Tango' from my Partita Contrafacta, brilliantly played by @matthewmillsmusic.bsky.social. Please have a listen!
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
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New video just up on my YouTube channel: it's the 'Tango' from my Partita Contrafacta, brilliantly played by @matthewmillsmusic.bsky.social. Please have a listen!
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
Bernard Hughes - 'Tango' from Partita Contrafacta
YouTube video by Bernard Hughes
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New video just up on my YouTube channel: it's the 'Tango' from my Partita Contrafacta, brilliantly played by @matthewmillsmusic.bsky.social. Please have a listen!
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)
#classicalmusic
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Shout-out to whoever was the setter of the five-clue cryptic in today's i paper, for this spot:
"Let down by two white key separated by the black key between them (7)"
"Let down by two white key separated by the black key between them (7)"
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Shout-out to whoever was the setter of the five-clue cryptic in today's i paper, for this spot:
"Let down by two white key separated by the black key between them (7)"
"Let down by two white key separated by the black key between them (7)"
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November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Great thread pointing up lots of classical music people we should all be following.
I was already following lots - but have found more to follow!
I was already following lots - but have found more to follow!
Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Great thread pointing up lots of classical music people we should all be following.
I was already following lots - but have found more to follow!
I was already following lots - but have found more to follow!
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★★★★ #MishaKaploukhii #GreenwichChamberOrchestra #DavidCutts #StJamessPiccadilly - A robust and assertive #Beethoven concerto suggests a player to follow - the evening belonged to the promising young #RoyalCollegeofMusic pianist, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Kaploukhii, Greenwich Chamber Orchestra, Cutts, St James's Piccadilly review - promising young pianist
To St James’s Piccadilly to hear the young pianist Misha Kaploukhii give an impressive performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, accompanied by the Greenwich Chamber Orchestra. Kaploukhii is a...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
★★★★ #MishaKaploukhii #GreenwichChamberOrchestra #DavidCutts #StJamessPiccadilly - A robust and assertive #Beethoven concerto suggests a player to follow - the evening belonged to the promising young #RoyalCollegeofMusic pianist, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
@oddthisday.bsky.social is one of my favourite follows on here
It’s the 65th anniversary of Penguin Books’ victory in the Lady Chatterley obscenity trial, so – because I’m going to go off on a massive tangent later – let’s get the obvious bit out of the way first: yes, the prosecution’s not brilliantly judged opening remarks
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
@oddthisday.bsky.social is one of my favourite follows on here
Perfect Sunday morning listening. Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach
Víkingur Ólafsson - Johann Sebastian Bach
Listen to Johann Sebastian Bach on TIDAL
tidal.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Perfect Sunday morning listening. Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach
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Bus Paintings: Cambridge by night
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Bus Paintings: Cambridge by night
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The latest CLASSICAL CDS from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social - Wolf-pelts, clowns and social realism in British ballet scores, 19th century cello works and contemporary piano etudes theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Classical CDs: Wolf-pelts, clowns and social realism
Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals, Metamorphic Variations BBC Philharmonic/Michael Seal (Chandos)
theartsdesk.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The latest CLASSICAL CDS from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social - Wolf-pelts, clowns and social realism in British ballet scores, 19th century cello works and contemporary piano etudes theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
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This week's reviews,. A proper big heap this time: theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social @infinemusic.bsky.social #brahms #arthurbliss #williamwalton #philipglass #solgabetta #simoneporter #cello
November 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This week's reviews,. A proper big heap this time: theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social @infinemusic.bsky.social #brahms #arthurbliss #williamwalton #philipglass #solgabetta #simoneporter #cello