Nights for Thursday 21 November 2019
7:12 Composition in Context - JS Bach's Christmas Oratario
Pianist Rachel Church joins us once again to put a classical composition into context. Tonight it's a seasonal choice: JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
7:35 New Horizons
In this week's New Horizons, it's The Beatles - re-released with the Anniversary Edition of Abbey Road; and re-imagined with Matthew Bannister's individual take on Rubber Soul.
8:15 Dateline Pacific
RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.
8:30 Window on the World
We're in the studio with Jeff Staple, an acclaimed American fashion and graphic designer, founder of New York Design agency Staple Design, Staple Clothing and Reed Space boutique. He has collaborated and released lines with brands such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Oakley, Uniqlo, PUMA and Clarks.
9:07 Our Changing World
This week on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance heads to Nelson's Cawthron Institute to find out about the Lakes380 project and how eDNA will help create a thousand-year history of hundreds of New Zealand lakes. And Professor Allan Blackman investigates terbium in the Elemental podcast.
9:30 Overseas Correspondent
Our Changing World's Alison Ballance joins us from Scott Base in Antarctica.
10:17 Lately
Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.
11:07 Music 101 pocket edition
On this week's Pocket Edition Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan interviews Fat Freddy's Drop members MC Slave & Joe Lindsay about their new album Special Edition pt. 1, as well as German composer Nils Frahm ahead of his first NZ show. Plus Trevor Reekie catches up with ex-pat kiwi musician Miriam Clancy to find out why her new album took a decade to make.