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 Hiller
Serenade No. 2, Op. 186, for piano trio
Clara Schumann
Sets of poems by Heine
‘Ich stand in dunklen Träumen’, Op. 13/1
‘Sie liebten sich beide’, Op. 13/2
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Sets of poems by Heine
‘Auf den Flügeln des Gesanges’, Op. 34/2
‘Morgengruß’, Op. 47/2
‘Gruß’ (‘Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt’), Op. 19/5
Ignaz Moscheles and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
‘Duo concertant en Variations brillantes’, Op. 87b
for piano four-handed
Frédéric Chopin
‘Heroic Polonaise’ in A flat major, Op. 53
– Dedicated to Auguste Léo –
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Sonata in D major, Op. 58, for cello and piano
Tobias Feldmann | Violin
Peter Bruns, Yibai Chen | Cello
Thorsten Johanns | Clarinet
Oliver Triendl, Annegret Kuttner | Piano
Venue: Mendelssohn-Haus, Leipzig
Tickets: 30/20 EUR plus booking fee
and at all ticket shops
Concessions: students, children, Leipzig-Pass holders, people with severe disabilities
Further information: www.conspiritoleipzig.de