First performance by the Shanghai Quartet, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne, 21 October 2013
Cradle Song (2012)
4 mins
for string quartet
Second movement of String Quartet No 3
Chamber music
This category includes Ford’s many string quartets, as well as other works, some featuring a soloist.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
The Scattering of Light (2010)
5 mins
for piano quartet
violin, viola, cello and piano
Commissioned by the University of Queensland
First performance by Elizabeth Sellars, violin, Patricia Pollett, viola, Patrick Murphy, cello and Liam Viney, piano, Customs House, Brisbane, 10 December 2010
The spirit of the staircase (2009)
5 min
for piano trio
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
Sad Jigs (2005)
7min
for string orchestra/string quintet
Tales of the Supernatural (2002)
31 mins
folksongs for voice and string quartet
1. Niin mina neitonen -- 2. The great silkie of Sules Skerry -- 3. Den fortrollade barnafoderskan -- 4. The Bay of Biscay -- 5. The house carpenter -- 6. The unquiet grave -- 7. Niin minä neitonen.
Commissioned by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust
First performance by Jane Edwards and the Australian String Quartet, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, 5 March 2004
Jouissance (1993)
3 mins
for 2 trumpets and vibraphone
First performance by members of Australian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Tognetti, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, 10 July 1993
Icarus drowning (1988)
18 mins
for chamber ensemble
clarinet (also bass clarinet), percussion (also celesta), off-stage percussion (2 players), harp and string quartet
Chamber Concerto No 3: In Constant Flight (1988)
15 mins
for solo violin, flute (=picc, alto fl), clarinet (=bass cl), percussion (1 player), piano and cello
Solo part is virtually identical to Like Icarus Ascending
First performance by Robert Davidovici and Terra Australis Incognita conducted by Matthias Kriesberg, Houston International Festival, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 10 April 1988