Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
Ford’s chamber music includes six string quartets, and numerous works for mixed ensemble, some involving piano.
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Text: poem by Judith Wright
Commissioned by Katie Noonan with financial assistance from the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Katie Noonan and the Brodsky Quartet, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, 28 April 2016
Commissioned by Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University
First performance by brass and percussion players of Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, directed by Ben Marks, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, 17 August 2013
Commissioned by the Australian String Quartet
First performance by the Australian String Quartet, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, 5 September 2013
Commissioned by Julian Burnside QC for the NOISE
1. Flowing 2. Cradle Song (to the memory of Richard Pollett) 3. Rant 4. Elegy
Commissioned by the Brodsky Quartet with with financial assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
First performance by the Brodsky Quartet, Queensland Music Festival, Powerhouse, Brisbane, 18 July 2013
This piece is a version of Cradle Song for violin and piano. it is also the second movement of String Quartet No 3
First performance by the Shanghai Quartet, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne, 21 October 2013
First performance by RNCM Cornet Ensemble directed by Richard Marshall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 6 April 2011
Revised version 2013
i. Grazioso
ii. Subito animato
iii. Maestoso
iv. Dolce
v. Adagio
vi. Tranquillo e dolce
vii. Allegro appassionato
viii. Moderato
xi. Più animato
Commissioned by TriOZ with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by TriOZ, Chevalier College, Bowral, NSW, 4 September 2010
violin, viola, cello and piano
Commissioned by the University of Queensland to mark its centenary
First performance by Elizabeth Sellars, violin, Patricia Pollett, viola, Patrick Murphy, cello and Liam Viney, piano, Customs House, Brisbane, 10 December 2010
Commissioned by TriOz with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by TriOz, City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, 17 November 2009