Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn: In Person Screening and Q&A
Wed 05 Jul
|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.
Time & Location
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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