related works

Skipping Stones : Version for flute and string orchestra / Michael Fine

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Flute and string orchestra
Scoring: fl-solo str

Hellas concerto : for violin and orchestra, 1990-1992 / Bernard van Beurden

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: 2222 2200 timp 2perc str vl-solo

Concert : voor twee violen en orkest, 1979 / Rob du Bois

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: 2222 2220 timp perc hp str 2vl-solo

Concert : voor viool en orkest, no. 1, 1963 / Hans Kox

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: cl cl-b 2h 2trp timp 2perc str vl-solo

composition

Memories : Concerto for violin and orchestra / Michael Fine

Other authors:
Fine, Michael (Composer)
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