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Performances

Andrew Ford at a rehearsal for Big Bang (Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra, 2019)
photo © Chris Donaldson

Performance highlights of Andrew Ford’s works in 2021, 2020 and late 2019

2022

  • 8 February Getting Blue, Manuel Teles (saxophone) and Paulo Amendoeira (vibraphone) – Astrus Duo, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 24 March Blood Red Roses, Australian Brass Quintet, Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
  • 26 March WORLD PREMIERE ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), St Andrew’s Church, Braidwood, NSW
  • 2 April ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), Hume Conservatorium, Goulburn, NSW
  • 3 April ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), All Saints Church, Ainslie, Canberra
  • 10 April ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), Glebe Town Hall, Sydney
  • 15 May WORLD PREMIERE Confused Alarms, Eve McEwen (French horn), Louisa Breen (piano), Australian National Academy of Music, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
  • 21 May WORLD PREMIERE The Blessing, Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo-soprano), Celia Craig (oboe), Coriole Music Festival, Coriole Vineyards, McLaren Vale, South Australia
  • 5 June In transit, Ian Munro (voice and piano), Scotch College, Melbourne
  • 3 July WORLD PREMIERE Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, The Cathedral Singers conducted by Graeme Morton, Andrej Kouznetsov (organ), St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
  • 3 July WORLD PREMIERE Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, St David’s Cathedral Choir conducted by Thomas Rimes, Peter Warren (organ), St David’s Cathedral, Hobart
  • 3 July WORLD PREMIERE Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, Christ Church Choir conducted by Georgia Simmons, Andrew Georg (organ), Christ Church, North Adelaide
  • 22 July Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), 41st Lieksa Brass Week, Lieksa Church, Lieksa, Finland
  • 29 July WORLD PREMIERE Shh . . ., Visa Haarala (trumpet), 41st Lieksa Brass Week, Kultuurikeskus, Lieksa, Finland

2021

  • 28 February Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Chevalier College, Burradoo, NSW
  • 2 March The Scattering of Light, Adam McMillan (piano), Madeleine Jevons (violin), Eunise Cheng (viola), Daniel Smith (cello), Musica Viva, Elizabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
  • 6 March Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW
  • 7 March Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, School of Arts, Nowra, NSW
  • 19 March WORLD PREMIERE ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Deborah Cheetham (soprano) Toni Lalich (piano), Opera Queensland Studio, Brisbane
  • 20 March ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Deborah Cheetham (soprano) Toni Lalich (piano), Opera Queensland Studio, Brisbane
  • 26 March Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
  • 27 March Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
  • 25 April Female Nude, Malla Vivolin (alto flute), Tampere Flute Festival, Tampere, Finland
  • 1 June Female Nude, Malla Vivolin (alto flute), Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 24 June Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 10 July WORLD PREMIERE The Meaning of Trees, Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Matthew Coorey, Town Hall, Sydney
  • 17 July The Sea and the Mirror, Sophie Rowell (violin), Louise King (cello), Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival, Point Lookout Community Hall, North Stradbroke Island. Queensland
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 20 September WORLD PREMIERE Confused Alarms, Eve McEwen (French horn), Louisa Breen (piano), Australian National Academy of Music, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
  • 26 – 28 September WORLD PREMIERES ‘dark cloud’ and ‘Between Birds’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), Fable Arts online film
  • 17 October Cradle Song, Adam Chalabi (violin), Anna Grinberg (piano), Richard Pollett 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert, Customs House, Brisbane
  • 28 October Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
  • 19 December WORLD PREMIERE Lullay, my liking, Choir of St George’s Cathedral, conducted by Joseph Nolan, St George’s Cathedral, Perth
  • 23 December Lullay, my liking, Choir of St George’s Cathedral, conducted by Joseph Nolan, St George’s Cathedral, Perth
  • 24 December Lullay, my liking, Choir of St George’s Cathedral, conducted by Joseph Nolan, St George’s Cathedral, Perth

2020

  • 18 January Peter Pan (excerpts/creative development), Jane Sheldon (Mrs Darling/Capt Hook), Maja Burggraaff (Wendy), Charlotte Rogers (Peter Pan), Gondwana Choirs in collaboration with Sydney Chamber Opera conducted by Jack Symonds, Alexander Berlage (director), Leighton Hall, University of NSW, Sydney
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 19 March In transit, Aura Go (piano), Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music Auditorium, Monash University, Melbourne
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 27 March WORLD PREMIERE Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Auditorium, Bowral, NSW
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 29 March Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, School of Arts, Nowra, NSW
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 4 April Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Town Hall, Wollongong., NSW
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 5 April Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 23 April WORLD PREMIERE String Quartet No 7: Eden Ablaze, Brodsky Quartet, William Barton (didgeridoo), St George’s, Bristol, UK
  • 26 April WORLD PREMIERE Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), home Zoom concert
  • 4 May WORLD PREMIERE In My Solitude, Tim Senior (viola), YouTube concert
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 10 May WORLD PREMIERE The Star of the County Down, Lisa Moore (piano), Canberra International Music Festival, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • 29 June Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink, Jabi Alonso (txalaparta), YouTube concert
  • PERFORMANCES CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 16, 17, 18, 19 September Rembrandt’s Wife, Opera Australia, Taryn Fiebig (Saskia von Uylenberg/Hendrickje Stoffels), Richard Anderson (Rembrandt van Rijn), Agnes Sarkis (Geertje Dircx), Benjamin Rashid (Govert Flick/Torquinius/Judge) Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Stengards, Tabatha McFadyen (director), Mark Thomson (designer), Niklas Pajanti (lighting), Opera Scenery Workshop, Sydney
  • PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 30 September Rembrandt’s Wife, Opera Australia, Taryn Fiebig (Saskia von Uylenberg/Hendrickje Stoffels), Richard Anderson (Rembrandt van Rijn), Agnes Sarkis (Geertje Dircx), Benjamin Rashid (Govert Flick/Torquinius/Judge) Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Stengards, Tabatha McFadyen (director), Mark Thomson (designer), Niklas Pajanti (lighting), Merlyn Theatre, Cooper’s Malthouse, Melbourne
  • PERFORMANCES CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 1, 2, 3 October Rembrandt’s Wife, Opera Australia, Taryn Fiebig (Saskia von Uylenberg/Hendrickje Stoffels), Richard Anderson (Rembrandt van Rijn), Agnes Sarkis (Geertje Dircx), Benjamin Rashid (Govert Flick/Torquinius/Judge) Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Stengards, Tabatha McFadyen (director), Mark Thomson (designer), Niklas Pajanti (lighting), Merlyn Theatre, Cooper’s Malthouse, Melbourne

2019

  • 21 May, Sounds and Sweet Airs, Brenda Arriaga (flute), Jorge José Dominguez (clarinet), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
  • 8 June WORLD PREMIERE Three Northumbrian Songs, Fiona Campbell, Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • 20 July WORLD PREMIERE Polly’s Dance, Dinah Woods (cor anglais), Jules Evans (horn), Helen Mountfort (cello), Midland Hotel, Castlemaine, Victoria
  • 5 September WORLD PREMIERE Nature, Karin Lovelius (mezzo-soprano), Sareidah Hildebrand (flute), Suranjana Ghosh (percussion), Joakim Lundström (guitar), Mattias Rodrick (cello), Norrtullskyrkan, Söderhamn, Sweden
  • 7 September Female Nude, Phoebe Bognár (alto flute), Café de Concert, Oslo, Norway
  • 4 October WORLD PREMIERE The Sea and the Mirror, Tor Frømyhr (violin), David Pereira (cello), Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra
  • 8 October On Winter’s Traces, Australia Ensemble, Tyree Room, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • 9 October WORLD PREMIERE Scenes from Streeton, Arcadia Winds, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
  • 12 October Nature, Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), Halcyon, Summer Hill Church, Sydney
  • 20 October Nature, Karin Lovelius (mezzo-soprano), Sareidah Hildebrand (flute), Suranjana Ghosh (percussion), Joakim Lundström (guitar), Mattias Rodrick (cello), Riddarhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 9 November WORLD PREMIERE Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra
  • 10, 11 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
  • 12 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
  • 14 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Hall, Newcastle, NSW
  • 16 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Recital Hall, Sydney
  • 17 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
  • 18 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane
  • 19, 20 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Recital Hall, Sydney
  • 21 November Nature, Karin Lovelius (mezzo-soprano), Sareidah Hildebrand (flute), Suranjana Ghosh (percussion), Joakim Lundström (guitar), Ola Karlsson (cello), Iš Arti Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
  • 22 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Recital Hall, Sydney
  • 30 November WORLD PREMIERE Big Bang, Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Ford, Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW
  • 1 December Big Bang, Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Ford, Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW
  • 18 December Christmas List, Choir of St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane Chamber Choir, Andrej Kouznetsov (organ), Graeme Morton (conductor), St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane

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