Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
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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Text: poem by Craig Raine
Commissioned by Gerald English with financial support from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Gerald English, Gregory Hill and Peter Clarken, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 13 June 1987
Text: poems by Christopher Reid
First performance by Gerald English and the Seymour Group conducted by the composer, Broadwalk Studio, Sydney Opera House, 9 August 1986
1. Chanson d'automne (Verlaine)
2. La cloche fêlée (Baudelaire)
3. Being beauteous (Rimbaud)
4. Encore un chapelet ( Anon. 13th cent.)
5. Colloque sentimental (Verlaine).
Voice, melody instrument (can be played by clarinet, soprano, alto or tenor saxophone, violin or any other instrument), harmony instrument (piano, organ, guitar, vibraphone or accordion, or any combination); score includes percussion suggestions
Commissioned by Mini Dekkers with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Marjanne Kweksilber (soprano), Mini Dekkers Trio, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1 March 1987
Text: John Donne
First performance by Austin Allen (baritone), De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 1984
Text:
poems by Elizabeth Smart
Commissioned by Elizabeth Campbell with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Elisabeth Campbell (mezzo-soprano) and Anthony Fogg (piano), National Library of Australia, Canberra, 16 November 1986
1. Wedding March (Hopkins)
2. Bridal Song (Beaumont & Fletcher)
3. Night Song (Chapman)
4. Love Song (Burns)
Text: poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Beaumont and Fletcher, George Chapman and Robert Burns
First performance by Austin Allen (baritone) and Ann Hart (cello), St Patrick's Church, Finglas West, Dublin, 8 July 1981
Concert suite from Poe
Text: Graham Devlin
2-0-1(=bass cl)-0 / 1-2-2-0 / 1 perc / pno (=cel) / elec org (=hpsd) / 1-1-1-2-1
Text: Three rondeaux and a motet, all anonymous, from 13th-century France
Commissioned by Poppy Holden, with funds from the Yorkshire Arts Association
First performance by Poppy Holden (soprano), Ian Mitchell (clarinet), Nic Shipp (percussion), Theatre-in-the-Mill, Bradford, UK, 30 November 1981