We are thrilled to reunite with the brilliant Andrea Lam for an afteroon of music from Bridge and Schumann for piano and string quartet.

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 us at our 2021 Dunkeld Festival of Music revealed a rare artistic synergy. Joining forces once more, we will 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 extraordinarily demanding piano part, making it an ideal companion to Schumann’s Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44— perhaps the most iconic quintet ever written.