First performance by Iva Bittová and Lisa Moore, Canberra International Music Festival, Street Theatre, Canberra, 16 May 2008
Golden Slumbers (2008)
3 minutes
for voice and piano
Vocal
Andrew Ford’s vocal works are among his best known, and several of them have won awards, notably Learning to Howl, which won the prestigious Paul Lowin Prize in 2004.
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Domestic Advice (2007)
16 minutes
for soprano and piano
Commissioned by Jane Edwards with funds provided by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Jane Edwards (soprano) and David Miller (piano), Manly Council Chambers, Sydney, 14 September 2008
Three Shakespeare Songs (2006-09)
9 mins
for soprano and piano
1. Orpheus with his Lute (Henry VIII)
2. Chimney-sweepers (Cymbeline)
3. Winter Song (Love's Labours Lost)
Nos 1 and 3 commissioned by the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. No 2 commissioned by the Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival (Arts in the Valley) with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by Margaret Schindler and Kevin Power Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Ballroom, Jupiter's Casino, Townsville, Queensland, 7 August 2009.
Chimney-sweepers (2006)
4 mins
for soprano and piano
Also available as part of Three Shakespeare Songs and as a SATB choir version.
Commissioned by the Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival (Arts in the Valley) with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Andrea Katz (piano), Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, 21 April 2007.
Barleycorn (2006)
18 minutes
for folksinger, wind quartet and piano
oboe (= cor anglais), clarinet (= bass clarinet), bassoon, horn and piano
Commissioned by Southern Cross Soloists with funding from a composer fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Warren Fahey and Dave de Hugard (singers), the Southern Cross Soloists, Queensland Music Festival, Bangalow St Park, Brisbane, 15 July 2006
Tales of the Supernatural (2002)
31 mins
folksongs for voice and string quartet
1. Niin mina neitonen -- 2. The great silkie of Sules Skerry -- 3. Den fortrollade barnafoderskan -- 4. The Bay of Biscay -- 5. The house carpenter -- 6. The unquiet grave -- 7. Niin minä neitonen.
Commissioned by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust
First performance by Jane Edwards and the Australian String Quartet, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, 5 March 2004
Learning to Howl (2001)
36 mins
For soprano, soprano saxophone (=clarinet, bass clarinet), harp and percussion
Commissioned with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Belinda Montgomery (soprano), Margery Smith (soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet), Daryl Pratt (percussion) and Marshall McGuire (harp); Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 9 March 2003
The Birthday of My Life (from Learning to Howl) (2001)
3 minutes
for high voice and harp
First performance by Jane Edwards (soprano), Marshall McGuire (harp), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 18 March 2005
A Walk to the Japanese Garden (2001)
4 minutes
for soprano and vibraphone
A song from Learning to Howl
First performance by Justine Anderson (soprano) and Peter Neville (vibraphone), Toorak Uniting Church, Melbourne, 25 September 2005
Three Songs for the Lady Pan (2001)
5 minutes
for soprano and soprano saxophone
From Learning to Howl
First performance by Belinda Montgomery (soprano) and Margery Smith (soprano saxophone), Government House, Sydney, 3 November 2004