From the Archive: Toons (Originally Aired 12/23/05) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Music and cartoons have a long and happy history together. But as WNYC`s Sara Fishko tells us, sometimes what you hear in animation is the last music you`d ever expect! What does the Moonlight Sonata have to do with Elmer Fudd? Here`s an encore of The...
From the Archives: John Levy, Jazz Master (Originally Aired 1/13/06) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 22...
In January of 2006, musician-turned-manager John Levy was recognized for his unique place in the history of jazz music with a "Jazz Masters" award from the NEA. As Sara Fishko tells us, his contribution to the field is vast.
Leonard Rosenman (The Fishko Files: Friday, 15 August 2008)
Film composer Leonard Rosenman died this past spring at age 83. He won Oscars for his adaptations of existing music for movies such as Barry Lyndon and Bound for Glory, but it was Rosenman`s original scores, says WNYC`s Sara Fishko, that are remembered...
From the Archive: Kochel (Originally Aired 1/27/06) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 08 August 2008)
We`d have a harder time appreciating Mozart without the work of the mysterious figure whose "k." precedes all 626 of Mozart`s works. Sara Fishko has the story of Kochel, cataloguer of genius.
From the Archive: Mozart in Motion (Originally Aired 1/27/06) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 01 August...
Two years ago, people all over the world celebrated the music of Mozart on the 250th anniversary of his birth. In an effort to get ‘inside` the music a little, WNYC`s Sara Fishko spent time talking to music-thinkers who`ve done a lot of Mozart-study....
Five Four Time (The Fishko Files: Friday, 18 July 2008)
A new song by the popular Icelandic group Sigur Ros is notable for having no time signature at all; it`s impossible to count. It has WNYC`s Sara Fishko pondering time, music, and especially the number 5. Here is the next Fishko Files.
Listen to Stuart...
From the Archives: Hugo Friedhofer (Originally Aired on 4/14/06) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 11 July...
More than 25 years have passed since Hugo Friedhofer died. He was one of America`s most interesting composers, and his death was roundly ignored. Sara Fishko thinks its about time somebody remembered the life and work of the Academy Award- winning movie...
From The Archives: Diamond Dances (Originally Aired 4/28/06) (The Fishko Files: Friday, 04 July...
New York was been filled with great choreographers from all over the world in the Spring of 2006. They were rehearsing their dances for the New York City Ballet`s ‘Diamond Project.` In this archive edition of the Fishko Files, Sara Fishko caught them...
Lalo Schifrin (The Fishko Files: Friday, 27 June 2008)
A new book by composer Lalo Schifrin is called “Mission Impossible†– after Schifrin`s famous TV theme. As WNYC`s Sara Fishko tells us, Schifrin`s musical life has been rich with possibilities. Here is the next Fishko Files…
Schifrin`s book...
From the Archives: Lives in Art (Originally Aired 11/16/07) (The Fishko Files: Thursday, 19 June...
The recent Bob Dylan biopic "I`m Not There," which features six different actors playing Bob Dylan, got Sara Fishko thinking about the problem of turning lives into art.
Audio clips of "Doctor Atomic" courtesy of San Francisco Opera.
