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October 2007
From The Archives: Accompanying (Originally Aired: 6/29/01)
Friday, October 26, 2007
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.
War and Peace
Friday, October 19, 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 Peace and King Vidor's slight but nonetheless entertaining film of adaptation at Amazon.com.
You can read more about Tolstoy and translation in Richard Pevear's fascinating essay in the New York Times by clicking here.
If you just can't get enough (or if you can) go see the 1968 Academy Award-winning, 7-hour Russian film adaptation of "War and Peace" now playing at Film Forum. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, the film took seven years to make, included over 100,000 extras, and costing over $100 million (in 1960s dollars) is the most expensive film ever made.
David Goldfarb is the author of many articles and book chapters on Russian and Polish literature. His next popular publication will be the introduction to "The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories" by Bruno Schulz from Penguin Classics.
Moran on Monk
Wednesday, October 10, 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 tells us in this edition of the Fishko Files, hearing Thelonious Monk’s music for the first time can be habit-forming, as well as life-changing. It certainly was for Jason Moran.
Tonight's Thelonious Monk Birthday Events
Monk at 90
Jason Moran will participate in a conversation with distinguished Jazz critic Gary Giddens about Monk's music and legend. The event will include a solo performance by Moran.
Elebash Recital Hall - CUNY, The Graduate Center
6:30 - 8:00PM, 365 Fifth Avenue
Fazioli Piano Marathon
More than a dozen top jazz pianists are performing a mini-marathon tribute.
The Winter Garden
5:00 - 9:00PM, World Financial Center
For more of Jason Moran visit his website by clicking here.
You can purchase the Monk recordings of "Straight No Chaser" and "Round Midnight" at Amazon.com.
