Message from the

Blake Society....

One of Blake's great gifts to the world is his 'Songs', lyrical poems that have been separated from their melodies which are now lost. The trauma of this loss goes to the heart of the human imagination and incites musicians to compose new settings. In 1989 a discography found 2681 settings*, and since then the number has only grown. From these thousands of Songs created, one of the most beautiful I have heard is by Guy Pearson. His setting of 'Hear the Voice of the Bard' has a haunting cumulative quality.......

Tim Heath, Chair of The Blake Society