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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trumpet and string orchestra
Scoring:
tpt-solo str
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(pic) 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 2trb-t trb-b 2perc str
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp perc hp str
composition
At the Gate : Overture for orchestra / Michael Fine
Author(s):
Fine, Michael
(Composer)
Description:
This orchestral overture has nothing to do with airports. While my friends may easily make this assumption due to the peripatetic nature of my work as a recording producer, this particular gate is the entry to the beautiful Deoksugang Palace in Seoul. Although surrounded by modern buildings, the Gate opens to the graceful and elegant palace grounds taking one back to another Korea before western influences helped shape the modern country. The overture reflects both worlds, an overture to an imaginary Korean drama telling a story of two different times but connected by a common thread. The piece begins with the hectic bustle of today’s Seoul but is quickly left behind as one passes through the gate to the serene gardens of the palace grounds with a bassoon solo singing a wordless melody, accompanied by the harp.
Michael Fine