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May 2007
City on Screen
Friday, May 25, 2007
With the classic New York movie, Midnight Cowboy (1969), screening at Lincoln Center this weekend, WNYC's Sara Fishko considers the films of that era and what they say about the city.
More Activities:
See Midnight Cowboy at Lincoln Center as part of the John Schlesinger retrospective.
Check out the exhibit of New York film artifacts at Grand Central Terminal.
Click here to visit the companion site to James Sanders' book Celluloid Skyline.
A list of the great NYC films featured in this edition:
Midnight Cowboy 1969
Taxi Driver 1976
Klute 1971
Dog Day Afternoon 1975
French Connection 1971
Panic in Needle Park 1971
From The Archives: Ned Rorem (Originally aired on May 10, 2002)
Friday, May 18, 2007
Ned Rorem is the undisputed master of the American art song and, as Sara Fishko tells us, he has plenty to say about the form... Ned Rorem's newest book is called "A Ned Rorem Reader."
Rostropovich
Friday, May 11, 2007
Mstislav Rostropovich was a rare combination: powerful conductor; courageous dissident; musical activist; but first he was a cellist. Since his death two weeks ago at age 80, WNYC’s Sara Fishko has been talking to cellists about his contribution for this edition of the Fishko Files.
A playlist of the Rostropovich recordings heard in this edition:
Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme with the USSR Symphony Orchestra
Faure's Apres un reve, Op. 7/1 with Alexander Dedyuhkin
Britten's Suite for solo cello No. 1, Op. 72
Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Saint-Saens's Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Shostakovich's Concerto for Cello in E flat, Op. 107 with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Schubert's Sonata for arpeggione and piano, D821 with Benjamin Britten
Honegger's Cello Concerto [1934] with the USSR Symphony Orchestra
From The Archives: Theremin (Originally aired on May 24, 2002)
Friday, May 04, 2007
More than 80 years ago, the music world was changed by a remarkable musical instrument that still seems new. Sara Fishko tells us about an electronic marvel that has its own sound, and its own bizarre story.
