Take a celebrated musical genius, some sibling rivalry, an unknown manuscript, a dash of sass and one sensational revelation and what have you got? Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn – revelatory new feature documentary.
Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn■
Synopsis
Anyone who has been to a wedding has surely enjoyed the musical genius of Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. But Felix was not the only genius in the family. His sister, Fanny, was also a brilliant composer. Yet most people have never heard of her. Why?
BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker and three times great granddaughter of Fanny, Sheila Hayman, reveals the extraordinary life of a composer long neglected. Fanny’s music is brought to life by the gifted virtuoso pianist, Isata Kanneh-Mason, as Isata performs Fanny’s Easter Sonata in public - the first time it has ever been played as originally written - and the first under its true attribution.
As moving as it is joyous, this is the story of a very modern woman, who just happened to live 200 years ago.
Credits
Rating: PG
Genre: Documentary
Director: Sheila Hayman
Stars: Éric HeidsieckIsata, Kanneh-Mason-Sheku, Kanneh-Mason
