'The Voice of the Bard deserves to be nurtured and savoured by all accomplished chamber choirs.'
The Voice of the Bard
Vocal score
Forces or Category: SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied
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Using as its basis William Blake's eponymous poem from Songs of Innocence and Experience, this work is largely celebratory in tone and employs a range of techniques and textures as a means of expression including glissandi, flowing melismatic passages, and exuberant homophonic sections.