Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
Ford’s experience as a radio presenter and sometime producer is evident from these works designed for the intimacy of home listening or headphones.
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In collaboration with Genevieve Lacey (recorders), Phil Slater (trumpet), Gondwana Voices, the musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music, Jim Atkins (sound engineering/production).
See also version of this work for two solo instruments, pre-recorded voices and instruments.
Text: John Dryden
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First broadcast: ABC Classic FM, 23 November 2013
Commissioned by ABC Radio, funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
First broadcast ABC Radio National, 2007
Text: Martin Buzacott, from his novel Narrenschiff
Includes the voices of Martin Buzacott and Gerald English, the Sydney Children's Choir conducted by Lyn Williams, Geoffrey Collins (piccolo and bass flute), Michael Askill (percussion). Produced by David Chandler. Technical production by Belinda Webster. Recorded in Studio C of 2MBS-FM, Sydney
Commissioned by 2MBS-FM
First broadcast on 2MBS-FM, Sydney, June 1989