related works
Tokyo Rain : for violoncello and piano / Michael Fine
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vc pf
Entropie : voor orkest / Xander Hunfeld
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl-a 3ob(eh) 3cl 3fg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb perc str
Toonen : voor kamerorkest, 1980 / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic) fl 2ob cl cl(cl-b) fg fg(cfg) 2h 2trp trb perc pf str(8.6.5.4.2.)
Mors aeterna : for orchestra / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg(cfg) 2h 2trp 2trb(trb-b_ tb timp perc hp org 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