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Bernard Hughes

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · Apr 14

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

Bernard Hughes - Hear My Heart Sing (extracts)

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 47m

No one gazes long into the abyss anymore. They take a picture of it on their phone, intending to gaze into it later, then never get around to it.

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 28m

It’s tough. You get many more no’s than yeses in this game. And I’d never say it’s about who wants it most. That’s rubbish.

Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve been a Tidal user in preference to Spotify for a few years now and would recommend

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 3h

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop.

You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 5h

Stop pretending a wealth tax is a serious idea

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Stop pretending a wealth tax is a serious idea

It brings me no pleasure to say this.

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 2h

Sending good wishes

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 1d

What's not to like about Britten's rounded May King comedy in Antony McDonald's clever semi-staging at ENO? Needs to play around the country in smaller houses. theartsdesk.com/opera/albert...

Albert Herring, English National Opera review - a great comedy with depths fully realised

Britten’s Albert Herring is one of the great 20th century comic operas; only Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest draw such whole-hearted laughter. If it’s never been ...

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theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 11h

#FreddyKempf #BrnoPhilharmonic #FilharmonieBrno #DennisRussellDavies @bridgewaterhall.bsky.social - European tradition meets American jazz, as bouncing Czechs enjoy their #Gershwin and #Brubeck alongside #Janáček and #Dvořák - review @robertbealemcr.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

Kempf, Brno Philharmonic, Davies, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - European tradition meets American jazz

Dennis Russell Davies and his musicians from the Czech Republic’s second city began a UK tour last night with an enterprising programme and a large and appreciative audience in Manchester.Freddy Kempf...

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 2h

Do you face any personal antagonism, as an American in Canada?

Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 2h

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 2h

I find this little unassuming Vaughan Williams prelude almost unbearably moving

#nowplaying

Hymn Tune Prelude on "Song 13" (Version for Orchestra)

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ISM @ism-music.bsky.social · 4h

Since 2010, the EBacc has diminished music in schools. For over a decade, we have campaigned tirelessly for reform.

The government has promised to put music back at the heart of our schools. The Curriculum and Assessment Review is the chance to prove it.

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 10h

It is good

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Didn’t know that! Great fact

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really chuffed to have been shortlisted for the Best Choral Composition category of this year's Ivors Classical Awards for Hear My Heart Sing. It's a real honour and the boost I needed as I navigate the depths of Covid. Thanks to the Academy for the nomination!