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

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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

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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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