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
Concerto : for trumpet, percussion and strings / Michael Fine
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trumpet and large ensemble
Instruments:
tpt-solo perc str
Concerto : per violino ed orchestra da camera, opus 23 / Jan Masséus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2200 timp str vl-solo
Sinfonietta voor viool en orkest : (1941) / Guillaume Landré
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Instruments:
2222 3221 timp perc str vl-solo
Violinconcerto no. 2 : (1968) / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Instruments:
2232 4330 timp 5perc cel hp str vl-solo
composition
Memories : Concerto for violin and orchestra / Michael Fine
Description:
"Memories" is my first concerto and first piece with a solo violin. Its title and dedication to my wife Tammy stems from our mutual delight in spontaneous, improvised comic songs, most about our beloved cat Sambucca who shared our lives for 21 years (and was quite the music critic.) Many of these songs became our "standard repertoire" and even now, years after Sam's death, we still sing her songs to each other. These songs and snatches of song sneak their way into Memories, I hope in a way that no one will recognise except Tammy and me. The other memory enshrined in this piece is my grandfather, a passionate music lover and violin aficionado, who if he was disappointed that I chose to play clarinet hid it well. Of course, my first concerto had to be for violin.
Michael Fine