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
Books & arts
28 December 2012
Andrew Ford on the life and work of composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Books & arts
26 October 2012
Nearly 200 years after Beethoven composed the first song cycle, Paul Kelly has unveiled two – an album and a performance at the Melbourne Festival – writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
15 October 2012
Something interesting happens when a piece of music goes out into the world, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
5 September 2012
A one-man Sydney-based label has released 700 classical music CDs over the past decade and a half, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
3 August 2012
Andrew Ford looks at how music has been the target of political and religious fundamentalists
Books & arts
25 June 2012
Andrew Ford forges a relationship with his new piano
Books & arts
14 June 2012
Jock Given gets slightly hot under the collar about the company that dominates ticket sales
Books & arts
8 May 2012
The most abstract of our arts is also one of the things that defines our humanity
Books & arts
12 April 2012
Andrew Ford reviews a captivating new recording of improvised jazz piano
Books & arts
16 March 2012
What would Leonard Cohen make of the use of “Hallelujah” as a community anthem, asks Andrew Ford
Books & arts
16 February 2012
New Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney albums in a single week? Close enough, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
16 February 2012
Glenn Nicholls reviews Albrecht Dümling’s study of refugee musicians from Nazism who came to Australia
Books & arts
10 February 2012
If you think every combination of instruments has been tried, think again, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
3 February 2012
Darren Tofts reviews a new account of David Bowie’s transformation as the swinging sixties gave way to the glam seventies
Books & arts
8 November 2011
Telling our own stories through the arts is obviously a good thing, writes Andrew Ford, but what does it mean in practice?
Books & arts
22 October 2011
Ageing pop musicians find themselves caught between expectations, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
5 October 2011
Musical notation is both more and less precise than writing and reading words, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
12 September 2011
For babies, it’s yes to Bach but no to Mozart, reports Andrew Ford
Books & arts
10 August 2011
Increasingly people are watching rather than simply listening to recorded music, writes Andrew Ford
From the archive
13 July 2011
Does a good cause make good art?
Books & arts
6 June 2011
MUSIC | Andrew Ford explores the darkness at the junction of pop music and other genres
Books & arts
10 May 2011
It was 1958, the year Brazil won the World Cup. National pride was at its zenith, writes Andrew Ford, and you can hear it in the music