related works
To A Distant Star : for trumpet and string orchestra / Michael Fine
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trumpet and string orchestra
Scoring:
tpt-solo str
Handgeld : for flute, viola and guitar, 1987, revision 1991 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl g vla
Musica : per flauto, viola, violoncello, chitarra e percussione, opus 11, (1972) / Hendrik de Regt
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl perc g vla vc
Sunphoneion 1 : voor fluit, vibrafoon, piano, opus 22, 1968 / Willem Frederik Bon
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl(fl-a) vibr pf
composition
Quintet : for oboe and string quartet / Michael Fine
Author(s):
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.