Bernard Hughes

This is the personal website of composer Bernard Hughes, containing information about his work, music excerpts to listen to and links to related websites.

Bernard’s music has been performed by several leading performers and ensembles including the BBC Singers and has been heard at venues including Coventry Cathedral and London’s South Bank Centre. His children’s opera Chincha-Chancha Cooroo was premiered to acclaim in 2006 and the American premiere will take place in the spring of 2009, and an Indian production is planned for 2010.

Bernard Hughes’ music has been broadcast on Radio 3, and he appeared as a conductor on the recent Channel 4 series Howard Goodall’s Twentieth Century Greats. He writes regularly in the new music periodical Tempo, including a major article on the music of Param Vir.

NEWS

Bernard’s setting of The Shepherds’ Carol has been recorded by the BBC Singers for broadcast on the Radio 3 Breakfast show at 8.30am on Monday 28th December.

Bernard Hughes’ choral work The Death of Balder was shortlisted runner-up for the prestigious British Composer Awards, featured on Radio 3.

Bernard has started a new music blog writing as 'The Earwig'.

Bernard has recently been awarded a PhD in Composition from London University.

Bernard Hughes was the winner of the international section of the 2009/10 Polyphonos competition, run by the Seattle choir The Esoterics. The prize is a new commission to be performed in July 2010.

The pianist Jakob Fichert will give further performances of Strettos and Striations in recitals in Bristol on 13 October 2009 and in Gauting, Germany on 23 October.