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February 2008

From the Archives: Re-Creation (Originally Aired 9/22/00

Friday, February 29, 2008

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...


Cliburn Takes Moscow

Friday, February 22, 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 next Fishko Files.


From the Archives: Sid Caesar (Originally Aired 10/5/00)

Friday, February 15, 2008

It's hard to believe it's been nearly sixty years since Your Show of Shows made it's debut on television. Sid Caesar, master of sketch comedy, sometimes wonders how they did it; and has some stories to tell.


From the Archives: Remembering Bernstein (originally aired 10/13/00)

Friday, February 08, 2008

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...


From the Archives: Perahia and Bach (Originally aired 10/20/00)

Friday, February 01, 2008

One of our leading classical pianists found a new musical interest; and it happened, Sara Fishko tells us, quite by accident...literally.