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
Alchemy (1991)
11 minutes
for percussion quartet
Chamber music
Ford’s chamber music includes six string quartets, and numerous works for mixed ensemble, some involving piano.
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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
On Canaan’s Happier Shore (1987)
12 minutes
for ensemble
clarinet (= bass clarinet), percussion (1 player), mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, cello
Commissioned by Elision Ensemble with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Elision Ensemble conducted by Robert Smallwood, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, 28 April 1987
String Quartet No 1 (1985)
11 minutes
Commissioned by the Petra Quartet with funds from the Australia Council
Four Winds (1984)
12 minutes
for saxophone quartet
Revised 1999
Commissioned by Rijnmond Saxofoon Kwartet
First performance by Rijnmond Saxofoon Kwartet, Delft, Netherlands, 28 September 1985
First performance of revised version by Continuum Sax, Four Winds Festival, Bermagui, NSW, April 1996
Chamber Concerto No 2: Cries in summer (1983)
8 minutes
for flute (= piccolo), clarinet (= bass clarinet), violin, viola and cello
Commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, for MusICA 1983
First performed by the Australia Ensemble conducted by the composer, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 October 1984
Bright Ringing Morning (1981)
12 minutes
for 11 players
2 flutes (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, trombone, percussion (3 players), 2 cellos, 2 double basses
First performance by Lontano conducted by Odaline de la Martinez, BBC Radio 3, UK, 29 March 1984
Chamber Concerto No 1 (1979)
16 mins
for flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet in B flat, violin (doubling viola), cello, piano
Commissioned by Yorkshire Arts Association with funds provided by Arts Council of Great Britain.
First performance by the Aulos Ensemble conducted by the composer, the Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford, UK, 7 June 1980
Sonata for four instruments (1978)
9 minutes
for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
First performance by the Park Lane Music Players conducted by Edwin Roxburgh, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, UK, October 1979