The Piano Episode 5: Market City

The Piano has made its way to our final location, Market City in the heart of Sydney's Chinatown.

The Piano Episode 4: Sydney Metro

The Piano pulls up at Sydney, home of the new Metro. Here thousands of commuters rush through the station every day, but today, a public piano will transform the space into one of creativity, inspiration, and raw talent.

Fresh from the hit ABC TV series ‘The Piano’, which she will be co-hosting with Harry Connick Jr, star Australian pianist Andrea Lam steps into the spotlight with her own album Piano Diary. With this deeply personal selection of piano favourites, she shares the music that means the most to her, from the sublime beauty of Bach and Chopin to the spectacular fireworks of contemporary composers and mellow Gershwin favourites.

The Piano Episode 1: Central Station ABC-TV

Our journey begins at Sydney's Central Station where we meet some extraordinary Australians with a beautiful piano talent.

SONG AND DANCE

GOLIJOV Tenebrae
BARTÓK Contrasts
TOSTI Selected Songs
SCHOENFIELD Café Music

Andrew Haveron, violin
Alexandra Osborne, violin
Tobias Breider, viola
Mihai Marica, cello
Andrew Goodwin, tenor
Dean Newcomb, clarinet
Andrea Lam, piano

TRANSCENDENCE

PÄRT Fratres
Discussion of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with musical excerpts
MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time 

Andrew Haveron, violin
Alexandra Osborne, violin
Tobias Breider, viola
Mihai Marica, cello   
Dean Newcomb, clarinet  
Andrea Lam, piano

WINTERREISE | SOULFUL MEDITATION ON EXISTENCE

In the afternoon, we enter Schubert’s haunting Winterreise. In a letter to his friend Franz Schober, Schubert wrote, “whenever I tried to sing of love, it turned to pain. And again, when I would sing of pain, it turned to love.” This profound tension lies at the heart of Winterreise, an epic, extraordinarily beautiful journey of yearning, loss, delusion, and self-reflection.

SCHUBERT Winterreise, D. 911

Andrew Goodwin, tenor
Andrea Lam, piano

LOVE

J.S. BACH Aria from Goldberg Variations
C. SCHUMANN Romance, WoO 28
R. SCHUMANN In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
BRAHMS Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1
HINDSON Love, from Sad Piano
M. EÖTVÖS Bachram (world premiere)
GERSHWIN Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Tom Poster) and I Got Rhythm (arr. Earl Wild)

Andrea Lam, piano

SHAW Entr’acte
JANÁČEK Intimate Letters

Andrew Haveron, violin
Alexandra Osborne, violin
Tobias Breider, viola
Mihai Marica, cello

GATHERING

HAYDN String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Lieder by STRAUSS, FAURÉ, POULENC
BEACH Piano Quintet, Op. 67

Andrew Haveron, violin 
Alexandra Osborne, violin 
Tobias Breider, viola 
Mihai Marica, cello 
Dean Newcomb, clarinet 
Andrew Goodwin, tenor
Andrea Lam, piano

Some solo piano to celebrate the phenomenal creatives honoured in Vogue Living!

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Program

Dvořák Symphony No.3
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Ravel Boléro

Featuring

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín conductor
Andrea Lam piano
Megan Burslem presenter

https://www.mso.com.au/performance/2025-smmb-dvorak-gershwin-and-ravel

Watch here! Starting at 1:28:00

Carl VINE | Strutt Sonata (2017) 
Elena KATS-CHERNIN | Blue Silence (2006/2012) 
Mikhail GLINKA | Trio pathétique (1832) 
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN | Septet in E flat Op. 20 (1800)

Saturday, October 14. 7:30pm
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW

David Griffiths, clarinet
Dimity Hall, violin
Julian Smiles, cello
Guest Artists:
Carla Blackwood, horn
Andrew Barnes, bassoon
Tahlia Petrosian, viola
Andrew Meisel, double bass

https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/australia-ensemble-unsw/2024-concerts/australia-ensemble-unsw-2024-concert-4

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 ‘Moonlight’
CHOPIN Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4
Caroline SHAW Gustave Le Gray
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Wednesday, September 4. 11am
The Concourse, Chatswood

https://www.musicaviva.com.au/concert-season/2024/andrea-lam/

Schumann Symphony No. 4 (1851 revision)
Ravel Piano Concerto
Ravel Boléro 

André de Ridder, conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, August 17. 7:30pm
Auckland Town Hall

https://www.nzso.co.nz/the-nzso/events-tickets/events/bolero

Ligeti Concert Românesc
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

André de Ridder, conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 16. 7:30pm
Auckland Town Hall

https://www.nzso.co.nz/the-nzso/events-tickets/events/mozart

Ligeti Concert Românesc
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

André de Ridder, conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Friday, August 9. 6:30pm
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

https://www.nzso.co.nz/the-nzso/events-tickets/events/mozart

For this special Morning Melodies program, Andrea will join forces with Orchestra Victoria to present a concert of works handpicked for their significance in her life and career, interwoven with conversation in which Andrea will share the stories behind their selection.

https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2024/festivals-and-series/morning-melodies/orchestra-victoria--with-andrea-lam

KELLY Elegy in Memoriam Rupert Brooke
NIGEL WESTLAKE Trumpet Concerto
NIGEL WESTLAKE, LIOR, LOU BENNETT, SARAH GORY Ngapa William Cooper

NIGEL WESTLAKE conductor
LIOR vocals
LOU BENNETT vocals
BRENT GRAPES trumpet

Thursday, May 23. 7pm
City Recital Hall, Angel Place

https://www.sydneysymphony.com/concerts/ngapa-william-cooper

HINDSON Sad Piano Pieces (2021)
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight”, Op. 27 No. 2 Quasi una Fantasia
HINDSON Sad Piano Pieces (2021)
CHOPIN Nocturne in C sharp Minor, Op. Posth.
CHOPIN Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 “Heroic”

Thursday, April 18. 7pm
Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre

HINDSON Sad Piano Pieces (2021)

Saturday, April 13. 3pm
Benalla Art Gallery

https://benallaartgallery.com.au/concert-andrea-lam-plays-matthew-hindson-sad-piano-music/

BRIDGE Piano Quintet in D minor, H. 49
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44

Australian String Quartet
Dale Barltrop, violin
Francesca Hiew, violin
Christopher Cartlidge, viola
Michael Dahlenburg, cello

March 24, 2:30pm
UKARIA

https://www.ukaria.com/events/australian-string-quartet-with-andrea-lam

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
TAKEMITSU Rain Tree
MOZART Symphony No. 41, K. 551 (Jupiter)

Umberto Clerici, conductor
Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, March 2, 7:30pm
Queensland Conservatorium of Music

https://qso.com.au/events/2024/special-events/special-event-jupiter

BEETHOVEN Moonlight Sonata “Quasi una fantasia”, Op. 27 No. 2, Mvmt 1
KURTÁG …quasi una fantasia… Op. 27
MOZART Symphony No. 41, K. 551 (Jupiter)

Umberto Clerici, conductor
Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Friday, March 1, 7:30pm
Queensland Conservatorium of Music

https://qso.com.au/events/2024/special-events/special-event-jupiter

BACEWICZ Overture for Orchestra
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10

https://www.mso.com.au/performance/2023-rachmaninovs-rhapsody
Saturday, 2 December, 7pm
Hamer Hall

BACEWICZ Overture for Orchestra
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10

https://www.mso.com.au/performance/2023-rachmaninovs-rhapsody
Friday, 1 December, 7pm
Costa Hall, Deakin University, Geelong

BACEWICZ Overture for Orchestra
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10

https://www.mso.com.au/performance/2023-rachmaninovs-rhapsody
Thursday, 30th November, 7pm
Hamer Hall

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite arr. Munro (1908/10 arr. 2001) 
EDWARDS White Cockatoo Spirit Dance (1994) 
MOZART Piano Sonata K448 in D major for two pianos (1781) 
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals (1886) 

David Griffiths, clarinet; Dene Olding, violin; Dimity Hall, violin; Irina Morozova, viola; Julian Smiles, cello; and Ian Munro, piano 

with guest artists Joshua Batty, flute; Andrea Lam, piano; Andrew Meisel, double bass; Joshua Hill, percussion

https://www.music.unsw.edu.au/australia-ensemble-unsw/2023-season-luminescence/australia-ensemble-unsw-2023-subscription-concert-4
Sir John Clancy Auditorium
Saturday, October 21, 7:30pm