Clarinetist

A Valentine’s concert with a marvellously classy difference.

They called them the Romantic generation: composers who let their imaginations run wild, painting landscapes in sound and revelling in untamed emotions, daredevil feats, and (of course) love. That’s the story we’re telling today, as brother-and-sister geniuses Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn stretch their creative wings, and take a tuneful tour of the Highlands in Felix’s stirring ‘Scottish’ Symphony. And then LPO Fellow Conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg and Principal Clarinet Benjamin Mellefont rediscover the music of Louis Spohr. Contemporaries thought he was up there with Beethoven, and you’re about to hear why.

Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony

Eastbourne Theatres

They called them the Romantic generation: composers who let their imaginations run wild, painting landscapes in sound and revelling in untamed emotions, daredevil feats, and (of course) love. That’s the story we’re telling today, as brother-and-sister geniuses Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn stretch their creative wings, and take a tuneful tour of the Highlands in Felix’s stirring ‘Scottish’ Symphony. And then LPO Fellow Conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg and Principal Clarinet Benjamin Mellefont rediscover the music of Louis Spohr. Contemporaries thought he was up there with Beethoven, and you’re about to hear why. A Valentine’s concert with a marvellously classy difference. *LPO Fellow Conductor 2026/27. **LPO chair supported by Sir Nigel Boardman & Prof. Lynda Gratton.

Clarinetist

Benjamin Mellefont

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 14, 2027

Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony · London Philharmonic Orchestra

Feb 14, 2027

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony · Eastbourne Theatres

Future and recently performed repertoire

Clarinet in Clarinet Concerto No. 4 by Spohr

Eastbourne Theatres

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