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Nights for Friday 8 May 2020

  • A little Classical Music

    10:50 PM.We hear another wonderful piece of classical music to soothe our soul picked by pianist and Nights classical music curator, Rachel Church. Audio

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  • Musical Tribute for Covid-19 Whistleblower Dr Li Wenliang.

    10:30 PM.SOUNZ have marked the start of New Zealand #MusicMonth with a new work from the epicentre of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Chinese New Zealand composer Gao Ping composed Bitter Cold Night in honour of Dr Li… Read more Video, Audio

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  • Delivering During Lockdown

    10:20 PM.Devan Devaroyan from Smart Express couriers in Auckland gives us the lowdown on how they're keeping goods moving from one level to the next. Audio

 

7:07 Sonic Tonic - Three

Tell us your three wishes.

Study for the three witches in Macbeth

Study for the three witches in Macbeth Photo: Henry Fuseli / Public domain

8:10 The Citizen's Handbook

Episode four of The Citizen's Handbook!  This week Robbie lies his way into the hearts and minds of listeners this episode as he chats to comedian Donna Brookbanks about constitutional conventions, and she bluffs about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.

RNZ - The Citizen's Handbook: Episode 4 - The Constitution [ G ]

RNZ - The Citizen's Handbook: Episode 4 - The Constitution [ G ] Photo: RNZ / YouTube

8:30 Friday Night Live

On Friday Night Live we feature Lower Hutt’s own The Fourmyula performing at Auckland’s The Montechristo Room in February 2010.

The Fourmyula

The Fourmyula Photo: Supplied

9:07 Country Life 

Tonight the Country Life team take a look at how things are shpaing up for stranded RSE workers from Vanuatu,  we find out about “SMASH” set up to help dairy farmers to run successful businesses, and catch up two years on with self-professed 'sheep nutter' Dayanne Almeida.

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Photo: RNZ/Carol Stiles

10:17 After10

  • 10:20 Delivering During Lockdown

Devan Devaroyan from Smart Express couriers in Auckland gives us the lowdown on how they're keeping goods moving from one level to the next. 

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  • 10:30 Musical Tribute for Covid-19 Whistleblower Dr Li Wenliang.

SOUNZ have marked the start of New Zealand #MusicMonth with a new work from the epicentre of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Dr Li Wenliang, one of the eight silenced whistleblower of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus. Li who was silenced by police for trying to share news about the new coronavirus long before Chinese health authorities disclosed its full threat died Thursday Feb 6, 2020 after being infected by the virus.

Dr Li Wenliang, one of the eight silenced whistleblower of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus. Li who was silenced by police for trying to share news about the new coronavirus long before Chinese health authorities disclosed its full threat died Thursday Feb 6, 2020 after being infected by the virus, his friends and colleagues said. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, became a national hero and symbol of the Chinese government?s systemic failings last month. Li, 34, had tried to warn his medical school classmates Dec. 30 about the existence of a contagious new virus that resembled the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Photo: AFP

Chinese New Zealand composer Gao Ping composed Bitter Cold Night in honour of Dr Li Wenliang, who first raised the alarm about COVID-19 and then, tragically, became one of its first victims. Performed and filmed from home by Amalia Hall (violin) and Stephen de Pledge (piano), Bitter Cold Night is a moving tribute to bravery in a time of adversity.

  • 10:50 A little Classical Music

We hear another wonderful piece of classical music to soothe our soul  picked by pianist and Nights classical music curator, Rachel Church.

Signature of Robert Schumann

Signature of Robert Schumann Photo: Signature_Robert_Schumann.jpg: Sir Jamesderivative work: Oblongo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

11:07 The Mixtape

This episode of the RNZ Mix Tape features Wayne Bell.

Wayne Bell

Wayne Bell Photo: Supplied

There are some true gentlemen in the local music industry, and Wayne Bell is one of the most genuine and good humoured one can have the opportunity to work with. As a person he’s enigmatic. As a musician he’s knowledgeable, versatile and instinctively on the beat. As a Producer he applies superb people skills to get a true result. As a band mate he’s pleasure to be around. In this RNZ Mix Tape, Wayne Bell looks upon his musical career of taste and tempos with articulate pride.