Canyon
A dramatic episode for orchestra
1988
Info
18′
Music by Philip Glass.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.
Commission
Commissioned by the Voorheen ADM Oudegracht, The Netherlands.
Instrumentation
2.pic.2.2.2/4.3.2.btbn.1/pf/timp.8 perc (SD, TD, BD, t.bells, glsp maracas, 4wdbl, tgl, tamb, ratchet)/ pno/ str, 2fl, 2ob, 2cl in Bflat, 4hn in F, 2 trmb, bass trmb, tuba, strings (2vn, vla,vc, db) glock, maracas, snare dm, t dm, bass dm, 4 or 6 timpani, piano
Premiere
October 18, 1988 by the Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Reinbert de Lieuwe.
Notes
The Canyon is the second piece of a series of symphonically conceived “portraits of nature” (preceded by The Light and followed by Itaipu). The composition does not refer to a particular canyon; it is based on an idealized canyon of the imagination.
Scores
The Canyon at Wise Music Classical
Related
RECORDINGS:
Itaipu / The Canyon on Sony Masterworks
Itaipu / The Canyon on Sony Masterworks