composer

Fine, Michael

related works

Concerto for Oboe Section : Version for 3 oboes and string quintet / Michael Fine

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Instruments: 3ob 2vn vla vc db

Interlude : violin, small orchestra, 1940, (revised version 1975) / Jan van Dijk

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Instruments: 2200 0100 str(vl vla vc) vl-solo

Bruegel Violinconcerto : for violin and orchestra, 2000/2001 / Peter van Onna

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Instruments: 3333 4221 3perc hp str vl-solo

Romance : voor viool en orkest, opus 17, 1981 (rev. 1983) / Peter-Jan Wagemans

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Instruments: 3333 4231 3perc 2hp str(12.12.8.8.8.) 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