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
Concierto del Luna : for flute, guitar and chamber orchestra / Michael Fine
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
fl-solo g-solo ob cl fg h tpt timp perc 2vn vla vc db
Evocation : for violin and orchestra, 1990 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2221 2perc pf(cel) 2hp str vl-solo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Instruments:
0000 0040 timp 5perc str(12.12.8.8.4.) 2vl-solo
Concerto : per due violini ed orchestra / Robert de Roos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Instruments:
2232 4320 timp perc str 2vl-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