A chamber opera that tells the story of the life of the Canadian doctor and humanitarian Norman Bethune by interweaving extracts from Bethune's own letters with poetry of the s.
The work was commissioned by Luminato from Tim Brady, with Brady as guitar soloist. Other recent touring success include the premiere of the chamber opera Ghost Tango in Halifax and Kitchener Sept. His electric guitar collective "Instruments of Happiness" presented shows for , 20 and 4 guitars to sold out houses across Canada in and , and the first IoH CD was released in March on the American Starkland Records, to excellent reviews.
The group has toured Canada twice , , presenting new works by a range of Canadian composers. Brady regularly tours North America, Europe, Asia and Australia as an electric guitar soloist, performing his own music as well as new works which he commissions from other composers in his effort to create a new voice for the electric guitar.
In his Strange Attractors World Tour took him to 10 countries for a total of 23 concerts. His new music ensemble Bradyworks has toured Canada six times , , , , , , performed in the United States, and records regularly for both the CBC and Radio-Canada. The ensemble released its first CD in , entitled Inventions, and released its second recording, Revolutionary Songs, in to coincide with its performance at the Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville.
The ensemble recently presented Brady's two chamber operas in highly successful productions: Three Cities in the Life of Dr. My 20th Century's success continued in , with a city Canadian tour, to rave reviews. In Nov. From to he served as the "composer-in-residence" with the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, working with music director Alain Trudel to build a creative music presence in the orchestra and in the city of Laval.
