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"Songs for a Statue” is Episode 24 of the Podcast Series "Women of Science & Music: 30 Celebrations" www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/podcasts/
It was released on 21st May 2023 to celebrate Mary Anning’s 224th Birthday!
More details here www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/songs-for…-podcast/

SPEAKERS:
Anya Pearson – Chair, Mary Anning Rocks
Denise Dutton – Sculptor
Emma Bernard – Palaeontologist, Curator of Fossil Fish, Natural History Museum
Tom Sharpe – Biographer of Mary Anning – “The Fossil Woman” (www.dovecotepress.com/shop/biographi…by-tom-sharpe/)

MUSIC:

Frances M Lynch “NOT Mary Anning – She sells sea shells (fossils!) on the sea shore” (2017) for mixed voices; Tongue Twister Song by Terry Sullivan – 1908; performed by the composer and singers from ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE – Jenny Miller (Mezzo), Laurence Panter (Tenor), Gwion Thomas (Baritone)

Judith Bingham “Mary Anning, a history and a mystery” (2012) for solo voice, gravel and rocks – a study of the famous Victorian palaeontologist; words by Mary Anning, Molly Anning, Alfred Lord Tennyson and many more…; performed by Frances M Lynch

Judith Weir “I started Early – Took my Dog” from “On the Palmy Beach” (2019) for Soprano, Cello & Piano; words by Emily Dickinson; performed by Frances M Lynch (voice & instruments realised at the keyboard)

Winners of the 2022 Mary Anning Children’s Song Competition “A Song for Mary Anning” (2022), produced & arranged by Frances M Lynch & Herbie Clarke: Music and words by Cohen Baulch age 9; Year 3, Newton Poppleford Primary School; Sarah Mirkin age 8; Mabel Slade age 11; Class 1, Hawkchurch Church of England Primary School; Beech Class, Payhembury Primary School: – performed by Mrs Ethelston’s Primary Academy Choir and Cohen Baulch

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Eliza Flower (1803-1846)
This is a birthday celebration podcast for this unsung composer who was born on April 19th, 1803. Its a snippet of a much longer conversation between our ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE artistic director, Frances M Lynch and music historian, Oskar Jensen – NUAcT Fellow in Music at Newcastle University and BBC New Generation Thinker for 2022.
We met in the libary at Conway Hall,Red Lion Square, London, where we were overlooked by the beautiful images of both Eliza Flower and her sister, Sarah Flower Adams which hang in pride of place above the enormous fire place. We were also surrounded by scores and books, letter and magazines featuring Eliza Flower's music and life which the Conway Hall Ethical Society kindly gave us access to. Our discussion focused on the music we were considering using to create our Zoom Concert on April 4th 2023 - "Flowers of Spring – Politics, Power & Poverty".

We hope you enjoy the little tasters of the wide range of her vocal music we've recorded for this podcast. You can hear the full works soon on our website
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The MUSIC by Eliza Flower is performed by members of the ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE and our Virtual Choir.

“Now Pray We for our Country” Words by A. Cleveland Coxe

Songs of the Months:
March “Wind & Clouds” Words by Sarah Flower Adams
February "St Valentine's Day" Words by Charles Pemberton

Songs of the Seasons: “Spring”

Free Trade Songs of the Seasons: Words by Sarah Flower Adams
“Spring – The Descent of the Lark”
“Winter – Promise”

“The Gathering of the Unions – March & Song” Words by Harriet Martineau
“The Barons Bold, On Runnymede” Words by William J. Fox

Hymns and Anthems
“Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter” Words by Ebenezer Elliott
"Nearer My God To Thee" Words by Sarah Flower Adams

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The Misfolding Project, based at the University of Sussex, has commissioned a series of 5 audiovisual works from a diverse range of artists which together form an exploration of the science of Alzheimer’s disease. The podcast gives you a flavour of the music with a comprehensive exposition of the science – in laymans’ terms. The full works are available online. www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/misfolding/

SPEAKERS: (University of Sussex)
Professor Louise Serpell – Serpell Lab, School of Life Sciences
Dr Karen Marshall – Serpell Lab, School of Life Sciences
Prof. Professor Nicholas Till – Centre for Research in Opera and Music Theatre

MUSIC:
“Miss Amy-Lloyd Folding” (The Amyloid Hypothesis) by Frances M Lynch – a poem for 3 female voices – the singers from electric voice theatre are Frances M Lynch, Soprano, and Samantha Houston and Margaret Cameron, Mezzos; the sound was produced by Herbie Clarke and Frances M Lynch

“Misfolding Through the Looking Glass” by Shu Yang – a recorded work created from natural and digital sounds.

“In Here” by Kira Ramchaitar-Husbands – a soundscape which employs recordings of found sounds eg. tissue paper, cardboard and tinfoil, contrasting with starkly synthesised textures.

“Scarbled Words” by Antonia Redding – for solo silent performer with recorded natural sounds and voices.

“Misfolding for Dummies” by Frances M Lynch – for speaker and recorded digital ensemble

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