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Quartet No. 1

W. 26

1970

B

Universal Edition

Commissioned by: Purcell Quartet

Quartet No. 2

Waves

W. 40

1976

B

Arcana Editions

Beauty and the Beast

W. 53

1979

C–D

Arcana Editions

Text by Murray Schafer after Beauty and the Beast, by Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Includes: Mezzo-soprano or alto, and masks

Quartet No. 3

W. 57

1981

C

Arcana Editions

Includes: Staging
Commissioned by:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Dedicated to / written for:

Orford Quartet

Quartet No. 4

W. 79

1989

B

Arcana Editions

Includes: Offstage violin and voice
Commissioned by: Purcell Quartet
Dedicated to / written for: bp nichol (m.)

Quartet No. 5

Rosalind

W. 80

1989

B

Arcana Editions

Includes: Crotales
Commissioned by: Stan Witkin; Music Toronto

Quartet No. 6

Parting Wild Horse’s Mane

W. 89

1993

B

Arcana Editions

Revised in 1993

Includes: T’ai Chi master (optional)
Commissioned by: Michael Koerner; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Canada Council for the Arts

Quartet No. 7

W. 104

1998

C

Arcana Editions

Text by an anonymous schizophrenic woman

Includes: Soprano, percussion, staging
Commissioned by: Molinari Quartet

Quartet No. 8

W. 110

2000

C

Arcana Editions

Revised in 2001

Includes: Recorded sound
Commissioned by:

Ellen Karp, Bill Johnston, Paul Karp-Johnston; Molinari Quartet

Quartet No. 9

W. 119

2004

Arcana Editions

Includes: Recorded sound
Commissioned by:

W. H. and S. E. Loewen Foundation; International New Music Festival (Winnipeg)

Quartet No. 10

Winter Birds

W. 121

2005

B

Arcana Editions

Includes: Speaker
Commissioned by:

Radio-France; Molinari Quartet

Quartet No. 11

W. 126

2006

B

Arcana Editions

Includes: Recorded Aeolian harp (optional)
Commissioned by:

Lafayette Quartet

Quartet No. 12

2012

Commissioned by:

Phyllis Lambert; Molinari Quartet

Quartet No. 13

Alzheimer’s Masterpiece

2015

A

Dedicated to / written for:

Molinari Quartet