Microcosmos Quartet

The Kessler Academy 2015

The Kessler Academy 2015

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
PYATT HALL, VSO SCHOOL OF MUSIC | 843 SEYMOUR STREET | Google map
Doors at 7:00 PM | Concert starts at 8:00 PM

TICKETS | $29/$10 (regular/student) General admission seating. All ages welcome.

featuring:
The Microcosmos Quartet
Marc Destrubé, violin
Andrea Siradze, violin
Tawnya Popoff, viola
Rebecca Wenham, cello


The Microcosmos Quartet lead the inaugural performance of The Kessler Academy: an orchestral performance by rising young string professionals and advanced students. After four days of intensive rehearsal, these exciting new performers will take the stage at Pyatt Hall to perform Béla Bartok’s “Divertimento” for string orchestra and other repertoire from the last century: Béla Bartók’s “Divertimento”, Arvo Pärt’s “Fratres”, and Osvaldo Golijov’s “Last Round”.

 

 

Presented with the Microcosmos Quartet. Sponsored in part by Susan Kessler.

 

programme

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Concerto in D, for string orchestra (1946)
I – Vivace
II – Arioso: Andantino
III – Rondo: Allegro

Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Fratres for string orchestra and percussion (1977, 1983, rev. 1991)
percussion solo – Richard Spratley

Osvaldo Golijov (*1960)
Last Round for string ensemble (1996)
I – Movido, urgente
II – Muertes Del Angel – Lentissimo

-intermission-

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Divertimento for string orchestra (1939)
I – Allegro non troppo
II – Molto adagio
III – Allegro assai

 

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