Andrew Ford

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Andrew Ford (born 1957 in Liverpool) is an English composer, writer and radio presenter.

He was Composer-in-residence with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (1992–94), held the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer Fellowship from 1998 to 2000 and was awarded a two-year fellowship by the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts for 2005–2006.

Beyond composing, Ford has been an academic in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong (1983 – 95). He has written widely on music and published five books. He wrote, presented and co-produced the radio series Illegal Harmonies, Dots on the Landscape and Music and Fashion. Since 1995, he has presented The Music Show on ABC Radio National.

He studied at the Lancaster University with Edward Cowie and John Buller.

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[edit] Works (selected)

[edit] Music theatre

  • Poe (1983)
  • Whispers for tenor and chamber orchestra (1990)
  • Casanova Confined for baritone and backing track (1995)
  • Night and Dreams: The Death of Sigmund Freud for tenor and backing track (1999)

[edit] Orchestral

  • Concerto for Orchestra (1980)
  • The Big Parade (1986)
  • Manhattan Epiphanies for string orchestra (1999)
  • The Furry Dance (1999)
  • Scenes from Bruegel for chamber orchestra (2006)
  • Headlong (2006)

[edit] Concertos

  • Piano Concerto: Imaginings (1991)
  • The Great Memory for cello and orchestra (1994)
  • The Unquiet Grave, for viola and chamber orchestra (1998)

[edit] Vocal/Choral

  • A Martian Sends a Postcard Home for tenor, horn and piano (1986)
  • Wassails and Lullabies for SATB choir and percussion (1989)
  • Harbour for tenor and string orchestra (1992)
  • Learning to Howl for soprano, clarinet/sax, harp and percussion (2001)
  • Tales of the Supernatural for folk singer and string quartet (2002)
  • An die Musik for SATB choir (2005)

[edit] Ensemble

  • Chamber Concerto No 3: In Constant Flight for solo violin and ensemble (1988)
  • Ringing the Changes for piccolo, bass clarinet and piano (1990)
  • Pastoral for string octet (1991)
  • Tattoo for 12 timpani (6 players) and 4 pianos (1998)
  • Icarus drowning (1998)
  • Chamber Concerto No 4 (2002)
  • Sad Jigs for string quintet (2005)
  • A Reel, a Fling and a Ghostly Galliard (String Quartet No 2) (2006)
  • Oma kodu for clarinet and string quartet (2006)

[edit] Instrumental

  • Like Icarus ascending for solo violin (1984)
  • Swansong for solo viola (1987)
  • Spinning for solo alto flute (1988)
  • The Waltz Book (60 minute waltzes for solo piano, 2002)
  • War and Peace for violin and percussion (2004)
  • Folly for solo piano (2007)

[edit] Radiophonic

  • Deirdre of the Sorrows (1989)
  • Elegy in a Country Graveyard (2007)

[edit] Bibliography (Andrew Ford)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  • Joyce Morgan: "A Composer's Subterranean Half-century", The Sydney Morning Herald, March 15, 2007
  • Australian Music Centre database (work list, bibliography and discography)
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, 4th edition (1996). New York: Oxford University Press.