Australian String Quartet with Andrea Lam

Andrea Lam is recognised as one of Australia's leading pianists. Her latest engagements include performances with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras as concerto soloist; playing Bach's Goldberg Variations with Paul Grabowsky in a national tour for Musica Viva Australia; and recording the ARIA-nominated album Nocturnes with Emily Sun for ABC Classic.

Andrea's first collaboration with the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) at their 2021 Dunkeld Festival of Music revealed a rare artistic synergy. Joining forces once more, Andrea and the ASQ play the neglected Quintet in D minor, H. 49 by Frank Bridge, whose mastery of string textures left an indelible influence on the compositional voice of Benjamin Britten. This ambitious, muscular work has an extraordinary demanding piano part, making it an ideal companion to Schumann's Quintet in E flat, Op. 44 – perhaps the most iconic quintet ever written.




Dale Barltrop
Violin

Francesca Hiew
Violin

Christopher Cartlidge
Viola

Michael Dahlenburg
Cello

Andrea Lam
Piano

Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
Piano Quintet in D minor, H. 49 (30')

I. Adagio – Allegro moderato
II. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro con brio
III. Allegro energico


INTERVAL


Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44 (30')

I. Allegro brillante
II. In modo d'una marcia. Un poco largamente
III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
IV. Allegro ma non troppo