Books & arts
13 January 2016
Performance | David Bowie brought extraordinary inventiveness and highly developed technique to the auditorium, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
13 January 2016
Music | Not really an opera at all? Andrew Ford disagrees
Books & arts
8 December 2015
How important to music is time and place?
Books & arts
17 November 2015
Photography | Tony Mott didn’t so much fall into photography as throw himself into it, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
27 October 2015
Much of the James Bond style comes down to the music
Books & arts
6 October 2015
Music | Take singing seriously and you're on your way to solving the problem of music education, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 September 2015
Music | It’s no surprise that Messiaen was a prisoner of war when he first made use of birdsong, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
4 August 2015
Music | Released fifty years ago, this often-overlooked Beatles album is well worth returning to, says Andrew Ford
Books & arts
13 July 2015
Music | Arm’s-length decision-making and peer review have gone hand-in-hand at the Australia Council, writes Andrew Ford. But they are not the same thing
Books & arts
11 June 2015
Music | Once you listen to the recordings, it’s clear that Pierre Boulez’s interpretations of other people’s work are neither arid nor cold, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
25 May 2015
Television | Even without Edna Everage, the sixtieth Eurovision entered hyperspace once and for all, writes Jane Goodall
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