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February 2009
From the Archives: "Concertmaster" (Originally Aired 1/13/05)
Friday, February 27, 2009
In 2005, the New York Philharmonic was playing special concerts next week to honor its first violinist, Glenn Dicterow. He had been sitting in that first chair for longer than anyone in the orchestra's long history. As Sara Fishko tells us in this encore of the Fishko Files, his job required a particular sense of balance...
Monk's Big Band
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Next week, two concerts in New York’s Town Hall recall an event held 50 years ago on that very same stage. There, Thelonious Monk and nine other stellar players made their mark on jazz history. WNYC’s Sara Fishko has the story behind a famous musical moment, in this edition of the Fishko Files...
On Thursday, Feb. 26 and Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at Town Hall, Charles Tolliver and Jason Moran memorialize Monk’s music in their own ways. You can attend the concerts or listen to WNYC’s broadcast of the Tolliver event Thursday night. For more information, go to MonkAtTownHall.org
From the Archives: "Tap" (Originally Aired 2/11/05)
Friday, February 13, 2009
In the old days, there was one thing every entertainer HAD to know how to do. As Sara Fishko tells us, percussive dancing, or tap, has a special place in showbiz history. Here is an encore edition of The Fishko Files...
From the Archives: "Minute Waltz" (Originally Aired 3/11/05)
Friday, February 06, 2009
Minute Waltz You might think of classical music as consisting of big, long works. But consider one popular miniature, says Sara Fishko. In this encore edition of the Fishko Files, a few minutes about a very short piece...
