First performance by Kowmung Music Festival Ensemble, Kowmung Music Festival, Abercrombie Caves, NSW, 27 March 1999
Estampie (1999)
2 minutes
for clarinet, darabouka, harp and sting quartet
Arrangement of 13th-century English estampie
Chamber music
Ford’s chamber music includes six string quartets, and numerous works for mixed ensemble, some involving piano.
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Icarus drowning (1998)
18 mins
for chamber ensemble
clarinet (also bass clarinet), percussion (also celesta), off-stage percussion (2 players), harp and string quartet
Commissioned by the Kowmung Music Festival
First performance by Kowmung Music Festival Ensemble conducted by the composer, Abercrombie Caves, NSW, March 1999
Tattoo (1998)
20 mins
for 12 timpani (6 players) and 4 pianos
First performance by Sprung Percussion, Stephanie McCallum, Robert Curry, James Rydge and Tamara Anna Cislowska, conducted by Daryl Pratt; Sydney Spring International Festival, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 29 August 1998
Epithalamium (1998)
5 minutes
for mezzo-soprano and srtring quartet
An elaboration, more than an arrangement, of Epithalamium for tenor and violin (with bell). See also Epithalamium for tenor, flute and cello.
First performance by Jenny Duck-Chong and Halcyon, 6 October 2007, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
Jouissance (1993)
3 minutes
for 2 trumpets and vibraphone
First performance by members of Australian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Tognetti, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney 10 July 1993
Palindrome: Jesus Meets St Veronica (1993)
4 minutes
for clarinet, percussion and double bass
Commissioned by the Song Company
First performance by Peter Jenkin (clarinet), David Montgomery (percussion), Kees Boersma, Via Crucis Australis, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 9 April 1993
Pastoral (1991)
12 minutes
for string octet
3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and double bass
Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players with funds from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by the Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, St Helens, Tasmania, September 1991
Alchemy (1991)
11 minutes
for percussion quartet
Commissioned by Synergy Percussion with funds from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Synergy Percussion, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 3 May 1992
Ringing the Changes (1990)
10 minutes
for piccolo, bass clarinet and piano
Commissioned by Het Trio with funds from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Het Trio, De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 1990
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
Commissioned by Terra Australis incognita with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Robert Davidovici and Terra Australis incognita conducted by Matthias Kriesberg, Houston International Festival, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, 10 April 1988