Commissioned for Claire Edwardes by Julian Burnside AO QC
Hook (2018)
6 mins
for solo vibraphone
Instrumental - percussion
Andrew Ford’s Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink has been played all over the world, but here you’ll also fund other solos, two duos and works with violin and viola.
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You Must Sleep, but I Must Dance (2010)
18 minutes
for viola and percussion
Commissioned by the University of Sydney to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
First performance by Roger Benedict (viola), Daryl Pratt (percussion), Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 17 September 2012
Soave sia il vento (2005)
4 minutes
for duo of vibraphone and marimba
Commissioned by Callum Moncrieff
First performance by Kitt Byfield (vibraphone) and Callum Moncrieff (marimba), West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 9 September 2005
The Crantock Gulls (2004)
7 minutes
for 2 drummers
For two drummers, situated as far apart as possible, each playing five drums of varying size, from bass drum to bongo
First performance by Match Percussion, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 23 March 2005
War and Peace (2004)
15 minutes
for violin and percussion
- March -
- No Man's Land -
- The Armed Man
- violin and drum (say darabuka or djembe)
- violin and mmetal percussion (including vibraphone)
- violin and drum kit
Commissioned by Claire Edwardes, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Antipoduo - Sarah Oates (violin), Claire Edwardes (percussion), Noordekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 January 2005
The Armed Man (2004)
6 minutes
solo for drum kit
This is the third movement of War and Peace, minus the violin
side drum, 5 tom-toms. sizzle cymbal, hi-hat, bass drum
Commissioned by Claire Edwardes
First performance by Claire Edwardes, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 14 August 2005
Winterreise (2000)
2 mins
solo for sleigh bells
Commissioned by Peter Neville
First performance by Peter Neville, Rechabite Hall, Melbourne, November 2000
Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink (1993)
5 minutes
for solo drummer
Five drums from roughly the same family
Commissioned by Strange Attractions
First performance by Sue Dennis, Old Darlington School, Sydney, 5 August 1994
Mondriaan (1993)
13 minutes
for flute (= piccolo, = bass flute) and percussion
1. Composition with Yellow Square
2. Female Nude
3. Composition in blue, grey and pink
- piccolo and metal percussion
- alto flute and wooden percussion (inc. marimba)
- bass flute and hand drums
Commissioned by Strange Attractions
First performance of movements 1 and 2 by Strange Attractions - Kathleen Gallagher (flutes), Sue Dennis (percussion), Old Darlington School, Sydney, 29 October 1993
First performance of third movement by Lamorna Nightingale (bass flute), Joshua Hill (drums), Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, 9 August 2009
Getting Blue (1993)
3 minutes
for alto saxophone and vibraphone
First performance by Duo Contemporain - Henri Bok (sax), Miquel Bernat (vibraphone), The Loft, Cologne, Germany, October 1994