The Canyon
A dramatic episode for orchestra (1988) 18'

Music by Philip Glass

CAST:

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.

COMMISSION:

Commissioned by the Voorheen ADM Oudegracht, The Netherlands

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.

PUBLISHER:

Dunvagen Music Publishers

AVAILABLE SCORES:

• The Canyon at ChesterNovello.com

RELATED RECORDINGS:

• Itaipu / The Canyon on Sony Masterworks

CATEGORIES:

Orchestral