Women of Science & Music: 30 celebrations

Episode 18: Mountains, Music and Deep Time

electric voice theatre

https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/
Maria Ogilvie Gordon, DBE (1864 – 1939) set out to become a concert pianist but soon found herself trekking among the Dolomites, claiming her place as a highly respected geologist and taking part in negotiations at the Council for the Representation of Women in the League of Nations after WW1. https://minervascientifica.co.uk/maria-ogilvie-gordon/

SPEAKERS:
Catherine Booth – Science Historian and retired Science Curator, National Library of Scotland
Dr Emily G. Mitchell – ​PI and NERC Independent Research Fellow Deep-time Ecology Group, University of Cambridge

MUSIC:
“The Voice of the Mountains” by Helen Hopekirk (1856 – 1945) for voice and piano, performed by Frances M Lynch and recorded especially for this podcast.

"TrowelBlazers –Time & Tide & Tectonics"  (2017) by Frances M Lynch
 for female voices and electronics, performed by the composer, produced by Herbie Clarke, commissioned for Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2017

Image by Nico Boersen from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/