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“Uchronia” - noun - neologism. An alternative history or genre of speculative fiction that reimagines historical events or characters in a new light. Startling, counterfactual stories about composers Ravel, Mendelssohn, Lully, Debussy and Salieri from the imagination of Spanish writer and classical music radio presenter Martín Llade. Uchronias straddles the gap between fact and fiction, creating hypothetical, “what if” scenarios around much-loved composers, their music and their lives. Episode 2: How Felix Mendelssohn was blessed and blighted by a curse. Written by Martín Llade Read by Blake Ritson With thanks to Juan Lucas and David Johnston. Stories originally created for Spanish classical music magazine Scherzo and published as "El horizonte quimérico" by Scherzo Editorial S.L. Executive producer, Sara Davies Sound mix, Adam Woodhams Translated, produced and presented by Nicolas Jackson An Afonica production for BBC Radio 3