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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8 Episodes of this Podcast:
From the Archives: John Levy, Jazz Master (Originally aired Friday, January 13, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 05 February 2010)
Published: 2010-02-05 16:05:00Four years ago, John Levy was named an NEA “Jazz Master.” The now 97 year-old musician-turned-manager is profiled in this archival edition of The Fishko Files.
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Ohlsson on Chopin (The Fishko Files: Friday, 29 January 2010)
Published: 2010-01-29 10:20:00It’s the bicentennial year of composer Frederic Chopin, born in Poland in March of 1810. That makes this a very big year for pianist Garrick Ohlsson, who talked to WNYC’s Sara Fishko about Chopin’s music...for this edition of the Fishko Files. Garrick Ohlsson will play an all-Chopin concert this Wednesday night at Alice Tully Hall at 8. For additional information and Chopin extras, visit our website, http://culture.wnyc.org
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From the Archives: Köchel (Originally Aired Friday, January 20, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 22 January 2010)
Published: 2010-01-22 00:00:00They say that behind every great composer is a great...cataloguer! That was certainly true in Mozart’s case. In this archival episode of The Fishko Files, WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us it was much harder to appreciate Mozart before Mr. "K" came along.
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From the Archives: Nichols and May (Originally aired Friday, March 17, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 01 January 2010)
Published: 2010-01-01 00:00:00Any time Mike Nichols and Elaine May occupy the same stage at the same time, it has to be seen as a cultural event. Back in March 2006, WNYC’s Sara Fishko was there when Nichols and May talked things over in front of an audience. In this archival edition of the Fishko Files, the meeting of those two notable minds...
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From the Archives: Hugo Friedhofer (Originally aired Friday, April 14, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 25 December 2009)
Published: 2009-12-25 00:00:00In May it will be twenty-nine years since Hugo Friedhofer died. He was one of America’s most interesting composers, and his death was roundly ignored. In this archival episode of The Fishko Files, Sara Fishko remembers the life and work of the Academy Award- winning movie composer.
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From the Archives: Diamond Dances (Originally aired Friday, April 28, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 18 December 2009)
Published: 2009-12-18 00:00:00Back in the spring of 2006, choreographers from all over the world flocked to New York City. They came here for ‘The Diamond Project,’ a bi-yearly dance event held at the New York City Ballet. For this archival edition of the Fishko Files, Sara Fishko caught the choreographers thinking and talking about their work.
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From the Archives: Phillip Glass (Originally Aired Friday, June 02, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 11 December 2009)
Published: 2009-12-11 00:00:00One thing a lot of American composers have in common is training and study someplace other than America. Philip Glass is an example: in this archival episode of the Fishko Files, Glass talked to WNYC’s Sara Fishko about his travels in the 1960’s.
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From the Archives: Beethoven Sonatas (Originally Aired Friday, June 23, 2006) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 04 December 2009)
Published: 2009-12-04 00:00:00In this archival episode of The Fishko Files, Sara Fishko listens to Beethoven’s piano sonatas through the comments of some great pianists who play them. What is the attraction of these pieces? What do the sonatas tell us about Beethoven’s composing life?
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