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Eleanor Cory - Canyons

Eleanor Cory - Canyons (1991, revised 1993) May 25, 2023 Miller Theatre at Columbia University The Orchestra of the League of Composers Louis Karchin, Music Director & conductor About the Work: My music derives from many inspirational roots. Sometimes the impulse is purely musical: a melodic gesture, a chord progression, an instrumental color. Just as often I have been energized by a place, a painting, a poem, a person, or a feeling. Usually, after an initial spark, the compositional process takes over with the initiator receding in importance and re-emerging from time to time. My pieces share a concern with contrast, both emotional and musical, and attempt to incorporate extremes. Canyons was inspired by a trip to Bryce Canyon National Park in the summer of 1990. Encountered almost by accident as a detour on the way to the Grand Canyon, its shapes and colors, although less dramatic and massive than those of its more famous counterpart, felt more idiosyncratic, sensual, and warm. To a New Yorker, awed by Nature's sculpting of space, the tall spires of the rocks make macabre references to the upward thrust of Manhattan's skyscrapers. The piece tries to put these images together, to capture their shared beauty and power, and, at the same time, explore their differences, the canyon so fresh, open, and direct, the city full of human complexity and struggle. As a result, parts of the piece are lyrical and atmospheric, whereas others are more stark and dissonant. There are also sudden changes in texture and dynamics as if thoughts of one environment were intruding on the experience of being in the other. Eleanor Cory