Gavin Bryars on Samuel Beckett: 'There is something particularly satisfying about devoting a collection of songs to a single poet'

I started to set Samuel Beckett's poetry to music two years ago when I was commissioned to write four songs for the first Happy Days Festival held in Enniskillen. Having written these four songs I resolved to do more and, eventually, to have a Beckett Songbook.

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