Radio diary

Press, 23 November 1987, Page 11

Radio diary

Hong Kong-born, Juil-liard-trained American pianist Alec Chien, winner last year of the Salt Lake City Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, can be heard in Concert from Wellington on the Concert Programme this evening. In a studio recital Chien plays Haydn, Schumann, Albeniz, Granados and Stravinsky. Concert Programme, 8 p.m.

Actor George Henare reads "The Tree," by Derek Little, in a new series of late-night readings beginning on National Radio this evening. “The Tree” shows the effort, love and even anguish in creating a thing as complex and beautiful as a tree. Music for these readings was specially composed by Peter Scholes. National Radio, 19.41 p.m.

Veteran New Zealand poet Alan Curnow can be heard on the Concert Programme tomorrow even-

ing talking with Elizabeth Alley in the first of a significant series of 10 programmes called "Writers at Work,” in which Ms Alley talks with notable New Zealand and international writers. The conversation with Allen Curnow, sub-titled "Looking Both Ways,” is in two parts, with the second part going to air on Friday. Concert Programme, 9 p.m. Tuesday. Flops, duds, failures — the shows that never became box-office hits — find the big time momentarily on National Radio on Wednesday evening in Peter Harcourt’s And Another Thing, If you have never heard of Noel Coward’s "Pacific 1880," which bombed at Drury Lane’s Theatre Royal in 1946 and sank without a bubble, Harcourt will tell you about the show. National Radio, 8.5 p.m. Wednesday. According to St Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus

was approached by a man who wanted to know now he could be perfect He was told: Go and sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven.” In “The Man Who Would Be Perfect” on National Radio on Wednesday evening Peter Wellborn tries to follow the advice, but finds this far from easy. The play is by New Zealand writer Stuart Hoar. National Radio, 9.5 p.m. Wednesday. The recent New Zealand Law Society Conference in Christchurch drew many eminent visitors. Bernard Smyth talks with some of these visitors in Principles of Law, in the first of a series of four programmes beginning on the Concert Programme on Wednesday evening. This week his guest is Canadian Q.C. Bryan Williams who talks about the value of a Bill of Rights. Concert Pro- § Famine, 9 p.m. Wednesay. —James Homes