"On behalf of Lady Bliss I offer this message of appreciation, welcome and goodwill to The Arthur Bliss Society, of which she is President. I join with her in that welcome, for I am intensely aware of the loss which we in England suffer through the continual pushing aside of many truly important British composers. This is nothing new - how seldom one hears often of a powerful and lyrical symphonic structure by, say, Alwyn, Bax, Bantock, Delius, Lambert, even that by Vaughan Williams himself.       
       Though one needs to be 'in the know' to appreciate it, quite a lot of Bliss's work does appear, but not enough, which is why the enthusiastic and dedicated group from Cheltenham (where Bliss was President of the famous and long-running annual Festival of Music) have created this Society.
       'Checkmate', one of the most original of contemporary ballets, has its revivals; 'Morning Heroes', a powerful reminder of the horror and futility of war, arises on appropriate occasions. And now, with the issue of CDs by the original soloist, Solomon, and Mewton-Wood, has come that authoritative Piano Concerto, a work which at last is becoming established in the repertoire of those pianists brave and tough enough to tackle it.        
        From my close relationship with the Society's Committee, I know full well that these words apply too to their approach. They are to be commended, and joined."