composer
Michael Fine has a degree in English Literature from the State University of New York. Despite having no formal music education, he has an active international career in several aspects ...
related works
Sonata : for cello and piano / Michael Fine
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vc pf
Monologues : for orchestra, 1998 / Immanuel Klein
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 4perc hp pf str
Utrecht muziek : 2006 / Lars Skoglund
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Orchestra with electronics
Italiaansche ouverture : voor orkest / Jan Pouwels
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp str
composition
At the Gate : Overture for orchestra / Michael Fine
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