Duo Gustav and Paul Rivinius

The cellist Gustav Rivinius is a passionate chamber musician and has always played in ensembles. One of these is with his brother, pianist Paul Rivinius. Many successful recordings for broadcasts, amongst other all Beethoven sonatas, prove their excellent work.

“The audience then experienced a musical masterpiece. The brothers Gustav (cello) and Paul (piano) Rivinius presented three very different works, which were nevertheless united by a common thread. In each of the three chamber music pieces, the composers interwove variations and deliberate, contrasting changes of tempi, moods and colours of sound in order to explore the complexity of human emotions and pour them into music.” (Aachener Zeitung, January 10th 2025)

Below please find various programme proposals of the duo:

Program 1
Ethel Smyth Sonata A minor op. 5 (1887)
Charlotte Bray On The Other Shore (2014)
Nadia Boulanger Trois Pieces (1914)
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Henriëtte Bosmans Sonata A minor (1919)

Program 2
Beethoven Sonata G minor op. 5/2
Walter Gieseking Concert-Sonatina (1942)
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Rachmaninov Sonata G minor op. 19

Program 3
Beethoven Sonata A major op. 69
Zoltán Kodály Sonata op. 4
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R. Strauss Sonata F major op. 6

Program 4
Ethel Smyth Sonata A minor op. 5 (1887)
Gabriel Pierné Sonata F sharp minor op. 46 (1919)
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R. Schumann 5 pieces in folk style op. 102
Nadia Boulanger Trois Pieces (1914)

Program 5
Beethoven 7 Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart’s Magic Flute
Frank Bridge Sonata D minor (1917)
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Brahms Sonata F major op. 99