Nights for Wednesday 4 August 2010

7:15 Monkey Fossils

Dr Alfred Rosenberger, associate professor of anthropology and archaeology, Brooklyn College, New York. Dr Rosenberger led the examination of the fossil of an extinct monkey retrieved from an underwater cave in the Dominican Republic.

7:30 At The Movies

Film reviews and movie business with Simon Morris.

8 pm News and Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries.

8:40 Arts: Classical

Kate Mead, cellist and host of Sound Lounge, Radio New Zealand Concert; contemporary and traditional classical music goes under the baton.

Track: Piazzolla's Bordel 1900 - played by Evan Ziporyn
Album: Clarinet Hive
Label: Naxos 8.572264

Track: Marc Grauwels (Flute)
Album: Music for Flute and Percussion Vol 2
Label: Naxos 8.572521

Track: Marcella Crudeli (Piano)
Album: Chopin
Label: KNS Classical A/012

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 5

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Wednesday Drama

Three Degrees by Elizabeth Sandys

A slice of drama, which charts the blossoming of an unlikely friendship between two women in urban Auckland. Set against the backdrop of newsclips from post war Iraq, the women find common ground buried amongst the secrets from the past.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 6

10 pm News and Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News and Weather

11:06 Jazz at Lincoln Center: Trumpets and Trombones

The brilliant trumpeter Tom Harrell and legendary altoman Charles McPherson lead off with Jimmy Cobb (drums), Ray Drummond (bass), and Ronnie Matthews (piano). Then inventive New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton brings his quintet, and trombonists Wycliffe Gordon and Ronald Westray lead their ensemble in "Bone Structure." (JALC Radio)