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Concerto : for trumpet, percussion and strings / Michael Fine
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trumpet and large ensemble
Scoring:
tpt-solo perc str
Rise Again : for two bassoons and symphony orchestra / Vanessa Lann
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fg-solo 3fl(picc) 3ob 3cl cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb hp timp perc str
Double chords : for orchestra, 1991 / Ernst Oosterveld
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3223 4221 glock hp pf str
Tempest : for orchestra / Gerard Beljon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2232 2321 2 perc timp hrp 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