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Unmouthed – the asylum songs and poems of Ivor Gurney

Kate Kennedy
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

A new BBC programme explores the hundreds of works Gurney produced - but few have heard - during his 15 years in an asylum

Ivor Gurney, one of the great voices in British music and literature (photo: Lebrecht Music & Arts / Alamy Stock Photo)
Ivor Gurney, one of the great voices in British music and literature (photo: Lebrecht Music & Arts / Alamy Stock Photo)

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