Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
Andrew Ford has composed a lot of works for orchestras, large and small, with and without soloists.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
Picc(=fl).2(=picc).3.2.bass clar.2.contrabsn/4.3.3.1/timps/4 perc/harp/strings
Commissioned by the Australian Youth Orchestra
First performance by the Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Matthew Coorey, Town Hall, Melbourne, 15 December 2022
2 (II=picc)-2-2 (II=bass clar)-2 / 4-3-3-1 / timps / 4 perc / harp / strings
Commissioned by the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra with backing from Create NSW’s Country Arts Support Program, a devolved funding program administered by Regional Arts NSW and Southern Tablelands Arts on behalf of the NSW Government
First performance by the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer, Bowral Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW, 30 November 2019
Introduction: Abrupt, volatile, dynamic
Alap: gentle and very flexible
Jor: luminous
Gat (Vilambit): with great energy
Cadenza
Drut: fast, urgent
Coda
3(=picc)-3-3(III=bass cl)-3(III=contrabsn)/ 4-3-3-1 / timps / 3 perc / pno / hp / strings
Commissioned by Kim Williams AM in partnership with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Guitar Festival
First performance by Zane Banks (electric guitar), Adelaide Symphony orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey, Adelaide Guitar Festival, Town Hall, Adelaide, 13 August 2016
1(=picc)-1-1(=bass cl)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-0-0-0 / pno / 1-1-1-1-1
Commissioned by Steven Alward for the Omega Ensemble to celebrate the 60th birthday of Mark Wakely
First performance by the Omega Ensemble, City Recital Hall, Sydney, 20 April 2016
sop crnt, crnt (9), flhn, t.hn (3), bar (2), t.tbn (2), bass tbn, euph (2), tuba (4), perc (3)
Commissioned by Brisbane Excelsior Band to celebrate its centenary
Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with support from the Sidney Myer Fund
First performance by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Marko Letonja, Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, 18 August 2012
For sop crnt, crnt (9), flhn, t.hn (3), bar (2), t.tbn (2), bass tbn, euph (2), tuba (4), timp, perc (3)
Commissioned by the Black Dyke Band
First performance by the Black Dyke Band, conducted by Nicholas Childs, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 28 January 2011
The first song in this work is A Dream of Drowning.
Text: Tim Winton, George Barker, Georgiana Molloy, Bruce Dawe, Stevie Smith and William Shakespeare
Commissioned by Ruthless Jabiru and the Camerata of St John's with a project grant from the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Morgan Pearse (baritone), Ruthless Jabiru conducted by Kelly Lovelady, Chapel of King's College, London, 10 March 2018.
3.2.2.2 / 2.2.0.0 / piano / 2 perc / 0.0.0.0.2
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music
First performance by Orchestra of Australian National Academy of Music conducted by Brett Dean ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 20 May 2010