Nights for Wednesday 20 November 2013

7:10 Orchestra Organiser

In light of the inaugural live broadcast of Radio New Zealand Concert's Settling the Score (on Thursday 28 November), we're joined by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Artistic Planning manager Ronan Tighe to discuss the coordination of such a concert.

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 Arts - Poetry

Poet and educator at NMIT, Cliff Fell on the influence of the 'classic' poems and poets. Tonight, Dante Alighieri and the debt his early love poems, collected in La Vita Nuova, owed to 'troubadour' poetry.

9:06 The Wednesday Drama

10:00 Late Edition

A review of the 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.

11:06 Jazz Times - Back to New Orleans

New Orleans has always been a potpourri of cultures and music. That mixture continues today with legendary native New Orleans artists like Kermit Ruffins, Lloyd Price, Dr. John, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jason Marsalis, Trombone Shorty, Zigaboo Modeliete, Christian Scott, Darvell Crawford, and the Soul Rebels, in Jazz Times: Back to New Orleans.

There is more about this episode of Jazz Times on the PRX website