Kristian & Brieley - Lyrical Masterpieces
Kristian Winther and Brieley Cutting share this program of major classics from the French and German repertory, creating a virtuosic violin and piano recital of radiant, uplifting beauty.
Kristian Winther is widely recognised for his ability to perform as a virtuosic violin soloist and as an energetic and brilliant chamber musician.
Brieley Cutting has performed throughout Australia as a concert pianist, and she has worked with orchestras including the Melbourne Symphony, Queensland Symphony, Melbourne Youth, and the Nizchny-Novgorod Philharmonic.
Dinner available before the show, book separately.
Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia
Ticket Information
General Admission: $50.00 + booking fee
As part of Season Pass: $45.00 + booking fee
($135 Season Pass + booking fee for all 3 Musica Viva Program performances at the Royal)
Other shows in this Musica Viva Series
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Claude Debussy Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano
Lili Boulanger Deux Morceaux for Violin and Piano
Olivier Messiaen Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano
Interval
Dulcie Holland In Tribute: Fantasy upon a theme of Hooper Brewster-Jones
Johannes Brahms Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 for Violin and Piano
Duration: 14'/5'/10'/ interval /8'/26'
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Lyrical Masterpieces
Be transported - a virtuosic violin and piano recital of radiant, uplifting beauty.
Kristian Winther and Brieley Cutting look forward to sharing this uplifting recital of major classics from the French and German repertory, linked together by their glowing, radiant sounds. Performing together since their formative years at the Australian National Academy of Music, Brieley and Kristian together curated this program from the idea of offering music bestowed with a ‘sunny’ nature and inherent beauty.
The first part of the recital comes from France: Debussy’s shimmering Violin and Piano Sonata followed by Lili Boulanger’s delicately heart-warming Two Pieces and then Messiaen’s Theme and Variations, this built on a tender and lyrical idea consisting of a floating melody. Composed in the same year as Messiaen’s Theme and Variations, the second half of the program commences with an early work from Sydney’s own Dulcie Holland. In Tribute is typical of much of her music, inhabiting a melodic, optimistic and sunny space. The recital then moves to Germany for Brahms’ Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 for Violin and Piano. A Romantic masterpiece of exquisite beauty and lyricism, the three movements of this work are interrelated and Brahms expertly allows the violin and piano parts to echo one another and intertwine whilst demanding virtuosity from both players. The final movement is known to transport its listeners, as it did for Clara Schumann who wrote to the composer, “…I wish that the last movement could accompany me in my journey from here to the next world.”
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Kristian Winther:
"A musician of faultless technique and rare guts, what distinguishes him is the ability to take on the most challenging music and give it total artistic coherence." InDaily | Adelaide
Brieley Cutting:
"Here is a pianist who has at her disposal a myriad of different colours and who knows how to take the time to let the music speak… it was a performance of authority.” Auckland Scoop | New Zealand
"Cutting was technically assured with excellent control of the keyboard…expressive in the darker passages…she threw herself feverishly into the Allegro movement almost to exhaustion. It was an impressive rendition.” Courier Mail | Brisbane