Commissioned for Ensemble Three by the University of Melbourne
First performance by Ensemble Three, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 10 July 2014
Slow Air (2014)
8 mins
for trumpet, trombone and guitar
Chamber music
Ford’s chamber music includes six string quartets, and numerous works for mixed ensemble, some involving piano.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
After the Visitors (2014)
3 minutes
for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
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
Uproar (2013)
12 mins
for 11 or more trombones and four or more bass drums
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
String Quartet No 5 (2013)
15 minutes
Commissioned by the Australian String Quartet
First performance by the Australian String Quartet, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, 5 September 2013
String Quartet No 4 (2012)
circa 10 minutes
for string quartet with prerecorded sounds
Commissioned by Julian Burnside QC for the NOISE
String Quartet No 3 (2012)
18 minutes
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
Cradle Song (2012)
4 minutes
for string quartet
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
The Cloths of Heaven (2010)
7 mins
for 10 or more cornets
First performance by RNCM Cornet Ensemble directed by Richard Marshall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 6 April 2011
Nine Fantasies about Brahms (2010)
16 minutes
for violin, cello, piano
Revised version 2013
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i. Grazioso
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ii. Subito animato
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iii. Maestoso
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iv. Dolce
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v. Adagio
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vi. Tranquillo e dolce
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vii. Allegro appassionato
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viii. Moderato
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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
The Scattering of Light (2010)
16 minutes
for piano quartet
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