related works
Skipping Stones : Version for flute and string orchestra / Michael Fine
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Flute and string orchestra
Scoring:
fl-solo str
De Profundis : Version 2019, for large symphony orchestra / Alexey Retinsky
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 3fg/cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb perc hp str
Procurans odium : per orchestra, 1984 / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl cl-b 4h 2trp 3trb tb timp perc hp str
Concert-ouverture : (1910) / Jeanne Beyerman-Walraven
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2232 4331 timp perc hp str
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