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:

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Song Without Words, Op. 109, for cello and piano
String Quartet, Op. 44/2, 1st movement
Sonata for Violin in F major, MWV Q 261838, 1st movement
String Symphony No. 7 in D major, 1st movement
Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 58, 2nd and 3rd movements
and other works

Tobias Feldmann, Angela Chan, Jona Schibilsky | Violin
Pauline Sachse, Noémie Bialobroda, Gesine Hadulla | Viola
Peter Bruns, Yibai Chen | Cello
Thorsten Johanns | Clarinet
Oliver Triendl, Annegret Kuttner | Piano
Jalda Rebling | Cantor, Vocals

Venue: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre, Main Hall
Tickets: Category 1: 30/20 EUR (con.) | Category 2: 20/15 EUR (con.) plus booking fee

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Concessions: students, children, Leipzig Pass holders, people with severe disabilities

Further information: www.conspiritoleipzig.de