WNYC's Fishko Files
From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.
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From the Archives: Re-Creation (Originally Aired 9/22/00 (The Fishko Files: Friday, 29 February 200...
You can call it a copy, a knock-off, an imitation, a re-creation; whatever you call it, Sara Fishko asks, can it be "original"? Can it be hazardous to your health? Here's the next Fishko Files...
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Cliburn Takes Moscow (The Fishko Files: Friday, 22 February 2008)
Even after a couple of weeks, visible in lower Manhattan are remnants of shredded paper and confetti, the last signs of the Giants' ticker tape parade. And that has WNYC's Sara Fishko thinking about a similar event, 50 years ago, that put a classical musician on the international map. Here is the n ...
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From the Archives: Remembering Bernstein (originally aired 10/13/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 08 ...
To the music world and the world in general, Leonard Bernstein was a great, multi-talented figure. But here in New York, as WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us, he was our conductor. Five New York Philharmonic players have strong memories...
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From the Archives: Perahia and Bach (Originally aired 10/20/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 01 Febru...
One of our leading classical pianists found a new musical interest; and it happened, Sara Fishko tells us, quite by accident...literally.
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Virtuoso (The Fishko Files: Friday, 25 January 2008)
In the music world, being labeled a virtuoso is the highest compliment... or is it? WNYC's Sara Fishko considers the question, in this edition of the Fishko Files. More To Do: Marc-Andr?? Hamelin will be performing with renowned violinist Midori at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall next month. Click ...
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From The Archives: The Long and the Short (Originally Aired 11/17/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 18...
The cliche that 'everybody is always in a hurry' is true in art too. As Sara Fishko tells us, in the arts sometimes it's not even what's in the work, but how long it lasts.
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From The Archives: Antheil (Originally Aired 12/1/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 11 January 2008)
The year 2000 has been a big one for American musical centennials: Aaron Copland, Louis Armstrong, but there's still time to squeeze in one more musical American who, as Sara Fishko tells us, went quite another way.
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From The Archives: Orpheus (Originally Aired 1/19/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 04 January 2008)
There's always a major orchestra looking for a permanent conductor, it seems. Though as Sara Fishko tells us, there's still an orchestra out there that plays without a conductor altogether.
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From The Archives: Oscar Peterson (Originally Aired 8/11/00) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 28 December...
The great Jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson died on Sunday outside of Toronto where he lived. He was 82. His career spanned seven decades and garnered international acclaim for his exceptional speed and technique. WNYC's Sara Fishko interviewed him on the eve of his 75th birthday in 2000.Sara Fishko's Ho ...
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Cab Calloway (The Fishko Files: Friday, 21 December 2007)
That notable date, December 25th, is also the birthday of the exuberant entertainer Cab Calloway of Hi-De-Ho fame. This year it's his centennial, which has Sara Fishko considering his vibrant legacy. More: This New Years Eve at the Apollo Theater: The Cab Calloway Orchestra performs "Minnie th ...
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From The Archives: Liszt (Originally Aired 2/2/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 07 December 2007)
Franz Liszt was not only a great composer and pianist but one of the romantic icons of the 19th century. He's remembered for his music, of course, but also, as Sara Fishko tells us, for some remarkable creations which remain in use to this very day.
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From The Archives: Jascha Heifetz (Originally Aired 2/23/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 30 November...
On the occasion of the centennial of Jascha Heifetz's birth, Sara Fishko spoke to violinists here and abroad about the groundbreaking musician.
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From The Archives: Pollini (Originally Aired 4/6/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 23 November 2007)
Every musician is different; some love to play music that everyone knows, and others love to explore new musical horizons. Sara Fishko spoke to one pianist, who has somehow managed to do both; and who has tried to open people's ears in the process.
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Lives into Art (The Fishko Files: Friday, 16 November 2007)
The upcoming film "I'm Not There" features six different actors playing Bob Dylan. This has Sara Fishko thinking about the problem of turning lives into art.
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From The Archives: Sibling Rivalry (Originally Aired 4/6/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 09 November...
The tradition of siblings singing together is as old as song itself. Sara Fishko looks at brothers, sisters and sibling harmony, in this archival edition of the Fishko Files.
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From The Archives: Digital Creation (Originally Aired 5/25/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 02 Novemb...
In May of 2001, Joyce Carol Oates had 2 new books out; both were written in longhand, not on a computer. It has been easy for some, and impossible for others, to resist the digitization of the creative workplace. Sara Fishko examined the effect of the computer on the eye, hand and mind, in this arch ...
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From The Archives: Accompanying (Originally Aired: 6/29/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 26 October 2...
As hundreds of music students all over the country are graduating with degrees in "accompanying." Sara Fishko asks, in a business of stars and their egos, what's an "accompanist" to do. Here's the next Fishko Files.
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War and Peace (The Fishko Files: Friday, 19 October 2007)
A new, highly praised English translation of Tolstoy's War and Peace hit bookstores this week. In this edition of the Fishko Files, Sara Fishko turns the pages of this great classic. More: Purchase your copy of Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's new translation of Leo Tolstoy's War and P ...
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Moran on Monk (The Fishko Files: Wednesday, 10 October 2007)
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of one of the masters of American music, Thelonious Monk. Monk, who died in 1982, left numerous recordings in his inimitable piano style; and broke new ground with visionary compositions such as "Brilliant Corners" and "Round Midnight." As Sara Fishko t ...
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From The Archives: Summertime (Originally aired 6/29/01) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 28 September 20...
There are certain pieces of music that act almost like blank canvases: they are particularly good at letting musicians be themselves. One seasonal song, Sara Fishko tells us, is remarkable for the fact that it has inspired more than 100 wildly different ways to say "summer."
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