Vivian Fine

 

Compositions

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Aegean Suite


year

1985


duration

6 minutes


instrumentation

solo piano


commission

Mary Ellen and Tiimothy Fine, for their daughter Rachel.


première

March 9, 1986, Berkeley, California, Berkeley Piano Club, Rachel Fine, piano


recording

Available on demo CD


movements

Melos
The Blue Aegean
Meltemi (a strong summer wind)


program notes

Aegean Suite was commissioned by Fine’s cousin Timothy Fine and his wife Mary Ellen for their twelve-year-old daughter Rachel. Having recently returned from a visit to Greece, Fine wrote three short movements, “Melos,” The Blue Aegean,” and “Meltemi (a Strong summer wind),” which a precocious piano student would enjoy performing. There are challenging phrase shapes, asymmetrical meters, and extended trills, which add to the piece’s interest.

–adapted from Heidi Von Gunden, The Music of Vivian Fine, Scarecrow Press, 1999.


audio files

Melos

Meltemi (a strong summer wind)