Andrew Ford

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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.

Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.

Mondriaan (1993)

13 minutes
duo for piccolo, alto flute and bass flute (one player) and percussion

1. Composition with Yellow Square

2. Female Nude

3. Composition in blue, grey and pink

  1. piccolo and metal percussion (temple bowl, 5 brake drums, tubular bells, crotales)
  2. alto flute and wooden percussion (marimba, 5 temple blocks, 4 log drums, claves)
  3. bass flute and 5 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

N.B. Female Nude also exists in a version for solo alto flute; Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink also exists as a piece for five drums

The BUY/HIRE below takes you to the Australian Music Centre's page for Composition with Yellow Square. The other movements are also available separately from the AMC.

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Getting Blue (1993)

3 minutes
for alto saxophone and vibraphone

Commissioned by Duo Contemporain

First performance by Duo Contemporain - Henri Bok (sax), Miquel Bernat (vibraphone), The Loft, Cologne, Germany, October 1994

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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

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