(Source: English Heritage) One of Europe's greatest composers, and a frequent London visitor, is honoured. The composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) is to be commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at the Grade II listed 4 Hobart Place, the house he stayed in on his numerous visits to London at the height of his fame. The plaque will be unveiled at 11.30 on 4th February by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, world-renowned violinist and conductor, and by Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director of the Barbican Centre, former director of BBC Proms and also a member of the blue plaques panel. The unveiling will be the day after the two hundred and fourth anniversary of his birth. Sir Nicholas...
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