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Orchestral

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.

The Meaning of Trees (2019-20)

16 minutes
for orchestra

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

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Big Bang (2019)

8 minutes
for orchestra

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

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Raga (2016)

23 minutes
for solo electric guitar and orchestra

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

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Sleep (2015)

2 minutes
for string orchestra

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Contradance (2015)

13 minutes
for 11 players

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

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The First Hundred: march (2012)

5 mins
for brass band

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

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Blitz (2011)

28 minutes
for orchestra, optional chorus and prerecorded voices

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

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The Rising (2010)

5 minutes
for brass band

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

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The Drowners (2009-15)

30 minutes
song cycle for baritone, vibraphone, harmonium, celesta, harp and string orchestra

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.

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Rauha (2009)

18 minutes
for wind and brass, percussion, keyboards and double basses

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

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