TACHELES – JEWISH TUNES BY THE LEIPZIG ROMANTICS
What do Jewish influences in music sound like? To mark the themed year ‘Tacheles – Jewish Culture in Saxony’, CON SPIRITO will be exploring the ‘Jewish Tunes’ of the Leipzig Romantics from 12 to 20 September 2026. The programme will highlight the friendships between the Schumanns and the Mendelssohns, as well as those with Joseph Joachim, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Heinrich Heine, Ferdinand Hiller and Ferdinand David. Richard Wagner also takes centre stage with his youthful admiration for Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Giacomo Meyerbeer, which later turned into the exact opposite. Look forward to the 6th festival season at Leipzig’s European Heritage Sites – this is where music comes alive!
Programme:
Ferdinand David
Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Franz Schubert, Op. 8
Friedrich Gernsheim
Piano Quartet No. 2, etc.
Joseph Joachim
Hebrew Melodies
Robert Schumann
Fairy-Tale Tales, Op. 132
Antje Weithaas | Violin
Pauline Sachse, Noémie Bialobroda | Viola
Peter Bruns | Cello
Thorsten Johanns | Clarinet
Oliver Triendl | Piano
Venue: Schumann-Haus, Leipzig
Tickets: 30/20 EUR plus booking fee
and at all ticket shops
Concessions available for: students, children, Leipzig-Pass holders, people with severe disabilities
Further information: www.conspiritoleipzig.de