Books & arts
13 May 2015
Music | Jack Body’s last composition, Cries: A Border Town, was a work like no other, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 April 2015
Music | Next to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell’s output has been small, writes Andrew Ford. But she is a different kind of composer and performer
Books & arts
10 March 2015
Music | Bass drum, crotales or tubular bells? Andrew Ford takes the best advice
Books & arts
5 February 2015
Music | Andrew Ford is surprised to find room for interpretation in the music of the influential American composer
Books & arts
8 January 2015
Music | It’s not necessarily all that far from Joni Mitchell to the Eton Choirbook, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
10 December 2014
Andrew Ford’s pick of 2014 album releases
Books & arts
26 November 2014
What if you ditched the whole marketing bonanza, asks Jane Goodall, and had nothing but the talent?
Books & arts
10 November 2014
Mopping his brow, Andrew Ford considers the sources of inspiration
Books & arts
13 October 2014
Andrew Ford considers breaking the habit of a lifetime
Books & arts
11 September 2014
The brash face of American post-minimalism? Andrew Ford considers the work of composer John Adams
Books & arts
11 August 2014
Andrew Ford reflects on the man and his music
Books & arts
6 July 2014
A lullaby is a parent’s work song, writes Andrew Ford, even if the taskmaster isn’t paying attention to the words
Books & arts
10 June 2014
Vocalists rewriting lyrics? Andrew Ford reaches for his Smith Corona
Books & arts
14 May 2014
Taste and criticism don’t necessarily go together, argues Andrew Ford
Books & arts
7 April 2014
The microphone gave a new authenticity to pop vocals, writes Andrew Ford. Can it do the same for classical musicians?
Books & arts
4 March 2014
From Karlheinz Stockhausen to Lalo Schifrin, Olivier Messiaen taught his students how to be themselves
Books & arts
11 February 2014
A new collection of letters traces the life of the “outrageously gifted” composer of West Side Story, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
15 January 2014
To appreciate music, we need to sing and play and compose more of it, says Andrew Ford
Books & arts
11 December 2013
There’s more to the pairing of the Beatles and the BBC Light Programme than might first meet the ear, says Andrew Ford
Books & arts
13 November 2013
Wallpaper music? There’s more going on than you might think, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
10 October 2013
Andrew Ford on the challenge of combining words and music
Books & arts
15 September 2013
We’re still living in Wagner’s world, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
12 August 2013
Why do writers and visual artists seem less interested in living composers than composers are in them, wonders Andrew Ford
Books & arts
14 July 2013
Andrew Ford on the long careers of composers Pierre Boulez and Henri Dutilleux
Books & arts
12 June 2013
Andrew Ford is a fan. But of whom, exactly?
Books & arts
16 May 2013
Much of Britten’s vocal music was written for Peter Pears — and that creates quite a challenge for modern interpreters
From the archive
10 April 2013
The soundtracks of other people’s lives can be unsettling
Books & arts
19 March 2013
Sylvia Lawson on the ABC’s triumphant return to the Opera House
Books & arts
13 March 2013
A composer doesn’t often see people in the act of listening to music, writes Andrew Ford. WOMADelaide was an opportunity to take a look
Books & arts
21 February 2013
Andrew Ford on the life and work of Lennox Berkeley