The Mendelssohns – a concert of words and letters from the Mendelssohns woven together by the music of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Bryony Marks; with dramaturgy by Richard Piper.

Fanny’s son, Sebastian Hensel, published a collection of family correspondence and together with other writings from Fanny, this special performance sees the music of Felix explored through his sister’s eyes.

Taking inspiration from Felix’s very successful and much loved incidental music for the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Bryony Marks has been commissioned to write her own incidental music linking together the dramatic and musical elements of this performance, and connecting these characters and the music that defines them. Richard Piper has collaborated with FQ on a number of previous projects including “Puck’s Dream (after Midsummer)”, the Shostakovich cycle and “Bartok, My Father.” This time, he directs the quartet in their discovery of the letters between Fanny and Felix, complete with some writings of his own.