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
For a Friend : for violin and piano / Michael Fine
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl pf
The end of a specimen : for orchestra, 1980/81, (revision 1982) / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 6perc 2hp pf str
Constructio : for symphony orchestra / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(picc/fl-a) 2ob(eh) 2cl 2fg(cfg) 2h 2tpt 2trb(trb-b) tb timp 5perc str
Blues : Cantate 2, for orchestra, 1999 / Hans Koolmees
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
5555 sax-s 4441 6perc hp 2pf 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