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Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn: In Person Screening and Q&A

Wed 05 Jul

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Everyman Kings Cross

WFTV members are invited to this special screening of Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn, directed by the great unheralded composer’s descendant Sheila Hayman. There will be a reception and special Q&A intro with the filmmakers, moderated by WFTV CEO Katie Bailiff, before the screening.

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Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn: In Person Screening and Q&A
Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn: In Person Screening and Q&A

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05 Jul 2023, 12:30 – 16:00 BST

Everyman Kings Cross, 14-18 Handyside St, London N1C 4DN, UK

About the Event

WFTV members are invited to this special screening of Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn, directed by the great unheralded composer’s descendant Sheila Hayman.

Anyone who has been to a wedding has enjoyed the soaring musical genius of Felix Mendelssohn. His Wedding March may be the best-known classical composition of all time. But Felix was not the only genius in the family; meet his brilliant sister Fanny, whose unknown Easter Sonata surfaced in 1972.

Director Sheila Hayman, three times great granddaughter of Fanny, reveals the extraordinary life of a composer long neglected by the music world and goes on a quest to prove that the lost masterpiece attributed to Felix was actually composed by Fanny. Piano prodigy Isata Kanneh-Mason brings the beauty of Fanny’s music to life in this story of a very modern woman who happened to live 200 years ago.

Prior to the screening, there will be a reception and…

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