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Italian opera singer
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Stories inspired by the Queen of Science
Painting of Mary Somerville by Thomas Phillips (1834)Astronomer and mathematician Mary Somerville (1780-1872) is not a well-known figure but Electric Voice Theatre's event Songs and Stories from the Somerville Connexion at the Stroud Green Festival on 24 July 2022 is aiming to change all that. They explore Somerville’s personal connections through music by 19th century composers who were close to her circle, revealing Italianate arias by Jane Bianchi, Scottish Melodies by Isabella Scott Gibson, devotional verses by Eliza Flower and an astute parlour song, which appears to echo Somerville’s early life, by one of her dearest friends, Lady Dufferin. One of her mathematics students, Ada Lovelace (1815 – 1852), became a figurehead for generations of women developing computer technology up to the present day, and inspired composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad to write a solo work using her words. There are further settings of the words of several of the protagonists by composers Lynne Plowman (setting […]
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2019-11-08 12:58:11
Marco Bianchi plays Liszt’s Il Penseroso on a Yamaha GB1 Baby Grand piano
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