Mendelssohn as you’ve never heard him before and a wild dance with death.

If you fancy hearing nineteenth century masterpieces with a modern twist, this is the concert for you. Clarinettist, composer and conductor Jörg Widmann considers Mendelssohn to be one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He loves his quicksilver changes of mood, his instrumental colour, and his ‘fascination with speed’. All this and more can be heard in the magnificent ‘Reformation’ Symphony (No. 5) while Widmann filters the Clarinet Sonata and Wedding March through a very quirky, very modern lens. In the middle of it all is Widmann’s own Danse Macabre: hang on to your seat as the orchestra cackles with demonic glee.