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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trumpet and large ensemble
Scoring:
tpt-solo perc str
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl sax-a 2fg 2h 2trp 2trb perc str
Sinfonia no. 7 : per orchestra / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
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Hymne du Grand Meaulnes : for orchestra, (1951) / Rudolf Escher
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
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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