Ivor Novello Awards nomination

Bernard Hughes’s choral work I Sing of Love has been nominated for the prestigious Ivors Composer Awards. Written for the Seattle Pro Musica, Seen and Heard International said of the premiere ‘the style is approachable but not bland; and the piece moves to its expressive climax with a strong sense of inevitability.’ I Sing of Love received its UK premiere in January by the BBC Singers, conducted by Eamonn Dougan, and has been shortlisted in the Choral category of this year’s awards. The winners will be announced on 1 December in a broadcast on BBC Radio 3. (Listen to I Sing of Love on Spotify or YouTube.)