The Possibility of a New Work for String Quartet

Warhol Dervish

Composer Tim Brady and the enigmatic Montreal-based Warhol Dervish String Quartet present Tim Brady: String Quartet Nos. 3 – 5 – The Possibility of a New Work for String Quartet. Stemming from Brady’s compositional Read more

Composer Tim Brady and the enigmatic Montreal-based Warhol Dervish String Quartet present Tim Brady: String Quartet Nos. 3 – 5 – The Possibility of a New Work for String Quartet. Stemming from Brady’s compositional challenge—”so many string quartets have been written, there’s literally nothing left to do with the medium”—these works push the boundaries of the genre, treating composition not as a written score but as an ever-evolving process of music making.

Current up-to-date list of all commercial recordings (with links where available):

 

Pemi Paull 

Musicum Umbrarum (2018)


WARHOL DERVISH

The Possibility of a New Work for String Quartet (2025)
 

Ensemble Caprice 

Vivaldi and the Gypsies 2007

Vivaldi’s Angels (2008)

Telemann and the Gypsies (2009)

Salsa Baroque (2010)

Return of the Angels (2011)

Brandenburg Concertos/Shostakovich Preludes (2012)

Adagio (2013)

Jaap Nico Hamburger Chamber Symphony # 1 (2020)

Handel Messiah (2021)

Boismortier: Don Quichotte chez la duchesse (2024)
 

Theatre of Early Music

Ave Maria (2012)

 

Nocturne

Grétry: L’Amant Jaloux (for mixed chamber ensemble) (2020) 

 

Arion 

Haydn - La Passione (2009)

 

Aradia Ensemble 

Vivaldi Sacred Music volume 4 (2015)

Purcell Theatre Music volume 2 (2016) 

 

Ensemble Telemann

Dido and Aenas (2008) 

 

Michael Taylor/Dansant Baroque Ensemble

To Die, To Sleep (2014)

 

Les Agréments de Montreal

Bach Requiem (2008)

 

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Theodorakis: Zorbas Ballet, etc. (2004)

 

Orchestre de la Francophonie

Beethoven Symphonies (2010)

Bruckner Symphony # 7 (2008)

 

Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec

French Showpieces w/James Ehnes ( 2001) 

 

Music in the Barns

Scott Godin Viola Quintet (2019)

 

Bradyworks

24 Frames - Scatter (2011)

Brady: Symphony No. 3, "Atacama" — Tim Brady, Peter Schubert, VivaVoce & Bradyworks

Music for Large Ensembles (2018)

 

Scott Godin/Bradyworks

Guan (2007)

 

Musicworks  #113

Very near the edge of the flat earth (Pemi Paull, Pepi Pillibossian) / Bel Canto (KORE)

 

Plumes Ensemble

Future Loves — Plumes Ensemble 2014)

Folk Songs and Future Loves (2014)

 

Plumes

Plumes (2012) 

Oh Orwell (2019)

 

Ioan Harea

Sentimental Strings (2002)

Versatility — Ioan Harea (2003)

 

Socalled 

Sleepover (2011)

The Season (2013)

Tales from Odessa (2017)

Yves Lambert dans ses Bottines avec Socalled (2015)

Peoplewatching (2015)


Hilotrons

Suicide Kingdom (2021)

 

Barr Brothers

Sleeping Operator (2014)

Queens of the Breakers (2017)

 

Justin Karas

Flowers Wild Abound (2025)
 

Sarah Toussaint-Leveiller

La mort est un jardin sauvage (2016)

 

Hey Rosetta

Second Sight (2014)

 

Ben Caplan

Birds with Broken Wings (2015)

 

Misstress Barbara

Many Shades of Grey (2012)

 

Paper Beat Scissors 

All we know (2017)

Live at la Sala Rossa (2018)

Parallel Lines (2019)

La Mitad (2021)

 

Leif Vollebekk 

New Ways (2019)

 

Olivier Alary’s Ensemble

Excerpts (2011)

 

Jordan Faye

Sorry I Slept In (2011)

 

Charles Tamba 

Changer ce Monde (2017)

 

Djoumbush

Djoumbush Featuring Warhol Dervish (2009)

 

Jon Davis

Golden Hue (2009)

 

Lawrence Becko

Synthesis (2019)

 

Corneille

Sans Titre (2008)

 

Marc Berube

What the Boat Gave the River (2007)

 

Rae Marie Taylor

Black Grace — Rae Marie Taylor (2004)

 

Liza Rae Butler

Go to Sleep My Baby (2015) 

 

Damon Hankoff

Out of Sight of Land (2015)

 

Tamara Sandor

Leaving Kind (2017)

 

Francis Lehoux

The F Line (2019)

 

Ensemble Portmantô

Richard Glover: Logical Harmonies (2013) 

Beatings in a Linear Process

 

Alan Belkin (copyright alanbelkinmusic.com)

String Quartet #3

Performers: Tristan Lemieux, 1st violon; John Corban, 2nd violin; Pemi Paul, viola; Gwendolyn Smith, cello.

String Quartet #4 (2014)

First Movement

Second Movement

Third Movement

Fourth Movement

Performers: Tristan Lemieux, 1st violon; John Corban, 2nd violin; Pemi Paull, viola; Gwendolyn Smith, cello.

 

Catherine Dagenais 

Compter ce qui manque (2019) 

 

Ensemble KORE

Cassandra Miller: Bel Canto (2010)

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