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
A Chance Encounter : for two violoncellos / Michael Fine
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
2vc
Rondom Staphorst : voor orkest, opus 958, 1998 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3232 sax-a 2210 timp perc hp pf str
Fasten Seat Belts! (Nightmare for orchestra) : for orchestra / Luc Brewaeys
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Hymne to the memory of Darius Milhaud : Versie voor symfonieorkest / Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4221 pf 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