Andrea Lam
2:30PM
Adult $80
Concession $75
Under 40 $40
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining:
Light lunch ($17)
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
'Fine pianism full of integrity and colour.'
– Sydney Arts Guide, 2023
Andrea Lam is one of Australia’s most recognised concert pianists. The host and star of hit ABC TV series The Piano, Andrea is a passionate advocate for her instrument, introducing a new generation of Australians to its expressive power and possibility. In demand as concerto soloist with Australia’s major orchestras, and following a celebrated US career, Andrea returns for her first solo recital at UKARIA with a nuanced, wide-ranging program that showcases her interpretative sensitivity.
Schubert’s Sonata in A lies at this recital’s heart: moving and turbulent, the work was written in the last months of its young composer’s life, and represents a very particular challenge for a pianist’s artistry. Bach’s wistful Aria from the Goldberg Variations follows Schubert’s sonata as a simple, tender elegy.
Other notable highlights of Andrea’s recital include two pairings of composers who knew one another intimately. Clara Schumann’s heart-wrenching Romanze, written during a difficult period following her husband Robert’s hospitalisation, is offered bittersweet consolation by Robert Schumann’s passionate, jubilant Widmung, composed as a wedding present to his young wife. In a second pairing, brother and sister converse: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Songs Without Words were precursors to her brother’s famous contribution to the genre.
PROGRAM
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A, D. 959 [38']
I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento
IV. Rondo. Allegretto
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Melody Eötvös (b. 1984)
Bachram [5']
Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Romanze in A minor, WoO 28 [5']
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Widmung (arr. Franz Liszt) [4']
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)
Song without Words
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Song without Words
Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
The Maiden and the Nightingale from Goyescas, Op. 11 No. 4 [6']
Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
Suite de danzas Criollas, Op. 15 [8']