A 13-part series in which Jeremv Siepmann recounts, with the help of letters, diaries and memoirs, the adventures and reflections of composers abroad. 6: Mendelssohn
' No national music for me: In Wales a harper sits in the hall at every inn playing so-called national melodies. That is to say. Infamous, vulgar, out of tune trash! This music is altogether beyond conception ... ' with Kenneth Shanley as Mendelssohn Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD