Commissioned by the Australian String Quartet
First performance by the Australian String Quartet, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, 5 September 2013
String Quartet No 5 (2013)
15 minutes
Chamber music
Ford’s chamber music includes six string quartets, and numerous works for mixed ensemble, some involving piano.
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String Quartet No 4 (2012)
circa 10 minutes
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
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 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
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 spirit of the staircase (2009)
5 minutes
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
On Winter’s Traces (2009)
6 minutes
for piccolo, bass clarinet, piano and string quartet
Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble to mark its 30th birthday
First performance by the Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 September 2009
“. . . in Paradiso” (2009)
6 minutes
for 9 or more flutes (minimum 3 flutes with digital delay)
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music for the Melbourne International Arts Festival
First performance by Taryn Richards, Dominique Chaseling and Agatha Yip, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, 14 October 2009