Kessler Academy 2025

Led by Vancouver’s beloved Microcosmos String Quartet, the annual Kessler Academy String Orchestra brings together emerging string professionals and advanced students for a week of intensive rehearsals and orchestral music making.

At this year’s concert, celebrated English tenor Charles Daniels is the featured soloist for Benjamin Britten’s “Les Illuminations,” an evocative and luminous song cycle. The orchestra also plays Michael Tippet’s popular and uplifting “Concerto for Double String Orchestra.” It’s a perfect summer afternoon of great music making.

The Kessler Academy is generously supported by The Greygates Foundation, held at the Vancouver Foundation.

Programme

Benjamin Britten – Les Illuminations, with soloist Charles Daniels

Michael Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra

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