Music
by Tim Brady /
to: Works
by Other Composers
His Master's Voice
(2017) - 8 minutes
mezzo-soprano and 4 electric guitars
text by Simin Behabhani (The Lionesse of Iran project)
Desire: Concerto for
Electric Guitar and Large Ensemble (2016)
duration: 28
minutes
electric guitar solo with distortion, delay and harmonizer
pedals
fl.cl, b. cl, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, el. piano,
percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Eight Songs About: Symphony #7 (2016)
Duration: 34 minutes
fl.cl, b. cl, alto
sax, tenor sax, piano, el. piano, percussion, 2 violins,
viola, cello, double bass
Soprano and baritone voice
Text by Douglas Smith
Equal
But Opposite Reactions (2016)
duration: 10
minutes
4 electric guitars (with distortion pedals)
The
Same River Twice: Symphony #5.0
(2013)
duration: 33 minutes
4 electric guitars (with pedals: vol+dst+dl), 2 slides and 2
e-bows
For: Instruments of Happiness electric
guitar quartet
SPIN (2012)
duration:
11 minutes
electric
guitar, harpsichord, percussion, harp, electric piano,
viola, bass clarinet
ATACAMA:
Symphony #3 (2007
- 2012)
duration: 55
minutes
electric guitar, piano, electric piano, 2 percussion, flute,
clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, double bass,
chamber choir (20 voice miinimum - SATB)
My
20th Century (2002
- 2006)
duration: 80 minutes (no intermission)
chamber music / theatre / video project in surround sound
music & text: Tim Brady
video: Onana Suteu, Martin Messier and Tim Brady
stage direction: Stéphane Zarov
5 musician/ actors - electric guitar (solo), piano,
percussion, saxophone, sampler
1) "Strumming (Hommage à John Lennon)" - solo
guitar, tape and video
2) "Traces" (Hommage à Charlie Christian)" -
guitar, saxophone, piano, percussion, sampler and video
3) "Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg (Casino Adagio)" - solo
guitar, virtual string quartet, tape and video
4) "Double Quartet (Hommage à Shostakovitch)" -
guitar, saxophone, piano, percussion, sampler (virtual
string quartet) and lighting (video still in production)
The
Salome Dancer (1997
- 2005)
duration: 90 minutes (with intermission)
Chamber opera
Cast: soprano, tenor, 2 baritones
Ensemble: electric guitar, piano/sampler,
soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, viola and tape
Music - Tim Brady
Libretto - John Sobol
A two-act multimedia chamber opera based on events in the
life of Maud Allan (1873 - 1956).
Commissioned by NUMUS Concerts.
Three
Cities in the Life of Dr. Norman Bethune (2002
- 2003)
duration: 50 minutes
Chamber opera
baritone voice, electric guitar, piano, percussions,
saxophone, string quartet, tape
A small-scale chamber opera based on the life of Canadian
doctor and humanitarian Norman Bethune (1890 - 1939).
Commissioned by la Société Radio-Canada.
recording: Three Cities in the Life of Dr. Norman
Bethune - Bradyworks + Michael Donovan - Ambiances
magnétiques AM 139
Frame
0: Resonance (2002)
(formerly Frame 1)
electric guitar and electronics, piano
duration: 12 minutes
recording: Playing Guitar: Symphony #1 - Bradyworks
+ NEM - Ambiances magnétiques AM 125
Frame
1: Scatter (2008)
electric guitar and electronics, voice
duration: 9 minutes
Frame
2: In Almost Unison (2009)
electric guitar with "overdrive" pedal, baritone saxophone
duration: 6 minutes
Frame
3: Canonic Strategies (2007)
electric guitar, bass clarinet
duration: 9 minutes
Frame
5: Shadow (2008)
electric guitar and delay line, bass
trombome
duration: 9 minutes
Frame
4: Still (2006)
electric guitar, viola
duration: 10 minutes
Frame
6: 4 Elements (2007)
electric guitar and electronics, percussion
duration: 14 minutes
SCAT
(because we all have voices and stories to tell) (2000)
piano, percussion, alto saxophone, violin and cello
(an arrangement of a work originally composed for the Motion
Ensemble)
duration: 17 minutes
Two
Chords Less Than a Blues
(1999)
tenor saxophone, percussion, piano
duration: 11 minutes
recording: Unison Rituals - Bradyworks - Ambiances
magnétiques AM 110
Struck
Twice by Lightning (1998)
solo viola and tape
duration: 10 mintues
The Knife
Thrower's Partner (1997)
soprano or mezzo soprano voice, saxophone, piano,
percussion, cello
A song-cycle in five songs to a text by Canadian poet
Douglas Burnet-Smith
duration: 25 minutes
Escapement
(1996 - 97)
el.gtr., cello, percussion, soprano saxophone
A work for solo electric guitar in scordatura tuning (C# -
G# - D -G - C - D) and small chamber ensemble.
duration: 16 minutes
recording: Unison Rituals - Bradyworks - Ambiances
magnétiques AM 110
Three or
Four Days After the Death of Kurt Cobain
(1994)
piano and cello
duration: 10 minutes
recording: Revolutionary Songs - Bradyworks -
Justin Time Records JTR 8459-2
Double
Helix (1994)
piano, percussion, cello, saxophone (or clarinet)
duration: 14 minutes
recording: Unison Rituals - Bradyworks - Ambiances
magnétiques AM 110
Revolutionary
Songs (1993 - 1994)
soprano voice, el.gtr., saxophone, piano, percussion, cello,
tape
A trilingual song-cycle (English, French, Spanish) exploring
the theme of revolution, using texts from the Russian,
Angolan, French and Nicaraguan revolutions.
duration: 39 minutes - songs may be excerpted
recording: Revolutionary Songs - Bradyworks -
Justin Time Records JTR 8459-2
Circling
(1991 new version - 1993)
vibraphone and flute (or clarinet or soprano saxophone)
duration: 10 minutes
recordings: Revolutionary Songs - Bradyworks -
Justin Time Records JTR 8459-2
L'Aube enchanté / Enchanted Dawn - Marie-José
Simard & Lise Daoust - ATMA ACD 22115
Walker
Songs (1990)
solo soprano voice
Texts by Toronto poet John C. Walker
duration: 11 minutes
recording: Revolutionary Songs - Bradyworks -
Justin Time Records JTR 8459-2
The
Songline (1990 - 1991)
el.gtr., saxophone, piano, percussion, cello
A chamber concerto in six movements created for Bradyworks.
Commissioned by the Festival international de musique
actuelle de Victoriaville
duration: 40 minutes - movements may be excerpted
Inventions
(1988 - 1989)
el.gtr., saxophone/flute, piano, percussion, cello, 3 jazz
soloists, tape
music / dance performance created in collaboration with
choreographer Julie West.
duration: 90 minutes with intermission - movements may be
excerpted
recording: Inventions - Bradyworks with guest
soloists John Surman, (saxophones); Barre Phillips (bass);
and Pierre Tanguay (perc.) - Justin Time Records JTR 8433-2
Changes
(1989)
piano and percussion (vibraphone and marimba)
duration: 10 minutes
recording: Marie-Josée Simard solo CD - Société
nouvelle d'enregistrement SNE 572 - CD
Ranei Te
Take (1988)
soprano voice, el. gtr., piano, percussion
Text from the novel The Bone People by Keri Hulme
duration: 18 minutes
Doubling (1988)
electric guitar and keyboard (harpsichord/synth)
duration: 5 minutes
recordings: 10 Collaborations - Tim Brady - Justin
Time Records 8484/5 - 2
comme si l'hydrogène...the desert speaks -
Vivienne Spiteri - solo harpsichord - J&W CD931
see also - Tim
Brady - solo guitar repertoire