related works

Seasonal Rites : for orchestra / Michael Fine

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt trp trb-b timp perc hp str

Sad Song : for four saxophones and percussion / Bohdana Frolyak

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: sax-s sax-a sax-t sax-bar perc

Four Sonatas : for accordion and strings / Domenico Scarlatti; arr. by Robert Groslot

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: acc 2vl vla vc db

Music for Figureheads : for violin and bass clarinet / Roderik de Man

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: vln cl-b

composition

Quintet : for oboe and string quartet / Michael Fine

Other authors:
Fine, Michael (Composer)
Description:
Nearly all of my music is written with someone in mind. In this instance, I wrote my Oboe Quintet for Dr Youn Joo Lee, Associate Principal Oboe of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, with her beautiful sound and musical sensibilities as my inspiration. The Oboe Quintet has unabashed American moments - a brief snatch of jazz, a blue note here and there. But one can also hear modal harmonies as well as the verdant, outdoors whiff of folk music which reflects my lifelong affection for British music, in particular, that of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Delius. There is also a passing moment where the solo oboe briefly plays a shepherdess playing her pipe on an unimaginably green hillside on the perfect summer day.