Fishko Files

Awards nights are glamorous and tense, celebratory and possibly disappointing. But Sara Fishko talks to Oscar, Grammy, and Tony winners and asks - what's it like when you actually do get the prize? (Produced in 2001)

A new CD showcases the two-piano collaboration of two star soloists. WNYC's Sara Fishko has more, in this edition of Fishko Files.

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & Other Works for Two Pianos Four Hands is available on iTunes and Amazon.

On March 1, Carnegie Hall presents an evening of live two-piano performances by Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan, with music by Schumann, Rachmaninoff, and others. (Zankel Hall)

As national attention is focused on the Obama portraits this week, we offer this archival Fishko Files on portraits of a less “official” variety. (Produced in 2007)

A Brooklyn concert next Friday will honor the American composer John Corigliano on his 80th birthday. To celebrate the occasion, WNYC's Sara Fishko talked to the prolific creator of classical and film music in his Manhattan studio, for this edition of Fishko Files.

The Brooklyn venue National Sawdust presents John Corigliano @ 80 next Friday, February 16th. Visit National Sawdust's website for tickets and more information.

In 1938 on the eve of World War II, a boxing match played out powerfully against world events, as two men battled in the ring for an audience of millions. The fight, says Sara Fishko’s guest, writer David Margolick, represented the pride of a race and the principles of a nation - in a deeply divided America. (Produced in 2005)

This week, the 2018 Oscar nominations were announced. In this archival Fishko Files, WNYC's Sara Fishko considers the many ways movies portray the sometimes treacherous world of filmmaking itself. (Produced in 2004)

On January 18, 1958, the first Leonard Bernstein "Young People's Concert" was broadcast live on television. Through the 1960s, the programs took off and were seen in 40 countries, alongside American exports "The Flintstones" and "Bonanza."

WNYC's Sara Fishko considers Bernstein's TV-friendly presence, in this episode of Fishko Files.

Leonard Bernstein at 100 celebrates the centenary of Bernstein's birth with global events through 2019.

One solution to the overwhelmingly big issues that now preoccupy us all is a brief escape into something very small. Just for a few minutes. With that in mind, here is this Fishko Files on a tiny piece of music written, in 1900 or so, about an even tinier flying creature. (Produced in 2014)

The one-of-a-kind jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks died this past November at 96. We were fortunate to have had a brief encounter with him: This Fishko Files, with Sara Fishko and Hendricks in the studio together, originally produced in 2011.

A couple of events in New York have WNYC's Sara Fishko considering the fervent work of an art curator and a rock critic - in this edition of Fishko Files.

Pursuing the Unpredictable: The New Museum 1977-2017 continues through Sunday, January 7.

New Museum

235 Bowery

New York, NY 10002

How to Be a Rock Critic opens at the Public Theater on Friday, January 5.

Public Theater

425 Lafayette St.

New York, NY 10003

Marcia Tucker's A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World is available on Amazon, as are Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung and Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste by Lester Bangs.

The Marcia Tucker interview was done by Lynn Hershman-Leeson for the film !Women Art Revolution.