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:
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Clarinet Quintet in E flat major
Erwin Schulhoff
String Sextet
Jacques François Fromental Halévy / Richard Wagner
‘Le Guitarrero’
Arrangement by Richard Wagner for flute, violin, viola and cello
Antje Weithaas, Sergey Ostrovsky, Angela Chan, Jona Schibilsky | Violin
Pauline Sachse, Noémie Bialobroda, Gesine Hadulla | Viola
Peter Bruns, Yibai Chen | Cello
Anna Garzuly-Wahlgren | Flute
Thorsten Johanns | Clarinet
Venue: Alte Nikolaischule, Wagner-Aula
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