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The Peaceful Crystallographer – and Other Songs

Conway Hall25 Red Lion Square, London, Greater London, WC1R 4RL, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Thursday 15 October 202618:30
Programme
Programme to include:
Works by Weir, Judith (b. 1954)
Works by Frances-Hoad, Cheryl (b. 1980)
Works by Maconchy, Elizabeth (1907-1994)
Works by Fraser, Shena (1910-1993)
Works by Davies, Clara Novello (1861-1943)
Works by Flower, Eliza (1803-1846)
TraditionalIrish folk songs, Music-hall songs, Anthems and Hymns
Performers
Electric Voice Theatre
UC8
Clerkenwell Community Choir

Join Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall for a singing celebration of Kathleen Lonsdale – the first female professor at UCL and one of the first female Royal Society Fellows. Defying all odds, her pioneering science led to breakthroughs in organic chemistry and medical treatments. Beyond science, Lonsdale was a prison reformer, women’s rights activist and pacifist, warning of the dangers of nuclear physics and wealth inequality in her book Is Peace Possible?

The music, performed by Electric Voice Theatre, UC8 and the Clerkenwell Community Choir, reflects Lonsdale’s eclectic life. Ranging through Irish folk song, music-hall, stirring anthems and ethical hymns the performance features works by Judith Weir and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Lonsdale’s contemporaries like Elizabeth Maconchy, Shena Fraser and Clara Novello Davies and Conway Hall’s radical thinkers, Eliza Flower and Josephine Troup.

Tickets & pricing:

Advance: Supporter £20 | Standard £14 | Student £9 | Living Support £6

On the door: Supporter £21 | Standard £15 | Student £10 | Living Support £7

Conway Hall