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
Afternoon Trio : for flute, viola and harp / Michael Fine
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl vla hp
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Oboe and string orchestra
Scoring:
8vl 2vla 2vc cb ob-solo
Cockles of the Heart : for oboe and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Oboe and string orchestra
Scoring:
ob str
Melancholetta : Version for oboe and strings / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Oboe and string orchestra
Scoring:
ob str
composition
Concerto for Oboe Section : for three oboes and string orchestra / Michael Fine
Description:
"Michael Fine's Concerto for Oboe Section and String Orchestra - a work suggested to the composer by Mann and receiving its first public performance with the ASO - displayed the virtuosity of the orchestra's three accomplished oboists, Leanna Renfro, Lorraine Duso Kitts and Beth Wheeler (who also did double-duty at times on the English horn).
The three-movement concerto grosso also highlighted the lush sinuosity of the ASO string section, which continually engaged in collaborative interplay with the oboists. Fine's bright, accessible composition led the superbly balanced players from a yearningly nostalgic beginning through a lilting larghetto to delightful pizzicato-punctuated dance rhythms."
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette