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
A Chance Encounter : for two violoncellos / Michael Fine
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
2vc
Concerto per due violini e orchestra : (1966-1967) / Berend Giltay
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4231 timp perc str 2vl-solo
Down town : concerto for violin and orchestra, 1984 / André Douw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3332 4221 3perc str vl-solo
Violin concerto : for violin and chamber orchestra, 1993 / Lorre Lynn Trytten
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2fl ob ob(eh) cl cl(cl-b) 2fg 2h 2trp trb 2perc 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