related works
Piano Trio No 2 : 'California' / Michael Fine
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano trio (piano, violin, cello)
Scoring:
vn vcl pf
Rondom Staphorst : voor orkest / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3232 sax-a 2210 timp perc hp pf str
Abschied : symphonische Dichtung, für grosses Orchester, 1973 / Reinbert de Leeuw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2fl(pic) 4ob 4cl cl-b 2sax 8h 5trp 4trb 2tb-b timp perc 2hp pf str
Vijf dansschetsen : voor orkest / van Jan R.A. Felderhof
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2122 1100 timp perc str(5.5.3.3.1.)
composition
At the Gate : Overture for orchestra / Michael Fine
Other authors:
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