Uploaded August 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Choral New Yorker: Four Choral Patterns with Piano Obbligato
Composed in 1944, Fine's four-part work for chorus and piano sparkles with lively rhythms and colorful harmony. He took his texts from various poems in New Yorker magazine (1925-1935):

I. Prologue: "Hen Party" (by Peggy Bacon)
II. Scherzando: "Caroline Million" (by Isabel McLennan McMeekin)
III. Concertante: "Pianola d'Amore (by David McCord)
IV. Epilogue: "Design for October" (by Jake Falstaff)

Performed by Chamber Chorus and Joseph Holt (piano)
Norman Scribner (director)

This music is available for purchase through the Bridge Records label: bridgerecords.com/products/9123