- Philip Glass
The Canyon (1988)
- Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc (World)
Commissioned by the Voorheen ADM Oudegracht, The Netherlands
Programme Note
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.
© Philip Glass
© Philip Glass
Media
Itaipú: II. The Lake
Itaipú: III. The Dam
Itaipú: IV. To the Sea
The Canyon
Scores
Discography

- LabelSony Masterworks
- Catalogue NumberSK 46352
- ConductorRobert Shaw
- EnsembleAtlanta Symphony Orchestra / Atlanta Symphony Chorus