<p>Mhairi meets Glasgow composer Fergus Hall, and they talk about his composition for On Sonorous Seas, his creative process and the acoustic material collected by Mhairi when she was at sea with the Hebridean Whale &amp; Dolphin Trust, which Fergus used in the composition. You’ll hear about Fergus’ background in music and his ongoing love of watery things.</p>

On Sonorous Seas - The Science

Have you ever heard the sounds of the sea, of whales and dolphins, snapping shrimp, boat noise, and military sonar? 

Welcome to the On Sonorous Seas Podcast Series, hosted by Iona artist Mhairi Killin. Join her as she encounters vastness, complexity and wonder in the sounds of the seas that surround the chain of Scottish islands known as the Hebrides. On Sonorous Seas is s a story told with the voices of science, art, music, and poetry, and it explores the impact of military sonar on the ecology of the seas surrounding the Hebrides.

The story begins with a stranded whale and takes us deep into another world of human and non-human sounds, come listen to the sea and what it can reveal to us.