This up-to-date documentary about Felix Mendelssohn is based on the original letters of the composer & his sister Fanny, combined with numerous evocative period images. Through a blend of music & words, the most distinguished Mendelssohn specialists of today guide viewers through the composers fascinating life & career. The various themes covered include his training, his religious & cultural identity, his journey to Italy, his rediscovery of Bach, his years in Leipzig, the relative neglect of his music following his death, his readmission to the canon of Germanys greatest Romantic composers, & the recent unearthing of many unpublished works.