Five drums from roughly the same family
Commissioned by Strange Attractions
First performance by Sue Dennis, Old Darlington School, Sydney, 5 August 1994
Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink (1993)
5 minutes
for solo drummer
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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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
The Art of Puffing: 17 elegies for Thomas Chatterton (1989)
27 minutes
for bass clarinet (= alto sax) and percussion
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Duo Contemporain, De Link, Tilburg, Netherlands, November 1992
Boatsong (1982)
12 minutes
for bass clarinet (= alto saxophone) and percussion
percussion: marimba, vibraphone, gong, tam-tam
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain
First performance by Duo Contemporain - Henri Bok (bass clarinet), Evert le Mair (percussion), De Suite, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2 May 1983