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Music Alive
Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house for live concerts featuring local and international artists.
Monday to Friday at 8pm, with Opera at 7pm on Saturday
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22 October 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2025: Verdi and Bartók
Verdi, Giuseppe: String Quartet in E minor
Bartók, Béla: String Quartet No 5 Sz102
Verona Quartet, Escher String Quartet
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe 22/04/25 (WFMT)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Hebrides Overture - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)
Monti, Vittorio: Czárdás - Yuka Eguchi (violin), Kemp English (piano) (RNZ )
Elder, Daniel: Star Sonnet - Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (RNZ 2019)
Bax, Arnold: Three Pieces for Orchestra - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)
Latest audio
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
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Auckland Philharmonia: Tchaikovsky's Violin
Tchaikovsky's powerful Violin Concerto forms the stunning centerpiece of this live concert recording from the Auckland Philharmonia. Conducted by Shiyeon Sung and featuring a brilliant performance by… Read more Audio
Monday, 20 October 2025
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Auckland Philharmonia: Daphnis et Chloé
Experience a spectacular night of French masterpieces, live from the Auckland Town Hall. Conductor Jun Märkl leads a journey from the sun-drenched exoticism of Saint-Saëns' 'Egyptian' Concerto… Read more Audio
Sunday, 19 October 2025
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Auckland Chamber Orchestra - Diversions
19 Oct 2025A concert of entertaining diversions from New Zealand and abroad. Read more
Friday, 10 October 2025
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2024 Wellington Jazz Festival: Alexander Flood
Drummer and beat-maker Alexander Flood and band perform original music from their new album at San Fran, Wellington as part of the 2024 Wellington Jazz Festival. Read more Audio
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2024 Wellington Jazz Festival: Rodger Fox Big Band, 'Celebrating Rodger Fox'
10 Oct 2025The Rodger Fox Big Band performs a poignant, celebratory tribute to the late Rodger Fox at the Opera House, Wellington as part of the 2024 Wellington Jazz Festival. Read more Audio
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Thursday, 9 October 2025
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LIVE: NZSO - The Four Seasons
9 Oct 2025Exciting violinist Pekka Kuusisto performs the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and conducts the Third Symphony by early Romantic composer Louise Farrenc. Watch and listen live from the Michael Fowler Centre… Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Spanish Rhythms
This is a live recording of the Auckland Philharmonia's concert 'Spanish Rhythms', performed at the Auckland Town Hall on 31 July 2025. Read more Audio
Friday, 3 October 2025
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2024 Wellington Jazz Festival: Louisa Williamson
3 Oct 2025Pōneke-based saxophonist and composer Louisa Williamson and her band perform The Chasm Where We Fall Into Each Other - inspired by the ancient Patuna Chasm in the Wairarapa - as part of the 2024… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 2 October 2025
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LIVE: NZSO & Voices NZ - Stabat Mater (A Mother's Love)
2 Oct 2025The NZSO, Voices New Zealand and four extraordinary singers present Rossini’s Stabat Mater and the world premiere of Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly’s response to that work. Read more
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
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Auckland Philharmonia: La Traviata
The central question of Verdi's La Traviata is whether true love is worth sacrificing a life of luxury. This is the choice made by the protagonist, Violetta Valéry, who abandons her world as a… Read more Audio
Thursday, 25 September 2025
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Stravinsky, Igor: Divertimento, from The Fairy's Kiss
25 Sep 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Shiyeon Sung at their Classic Series - Tchaikovsky's Violin concert on 25 September 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 93 in D
25 Sep 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Shiyeon Sung at their Classic Series - Tchaikovsky's Violin concert on 25 September 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Music Alive
Catch the first broadcast of a new recording from New Zealand, or something from overseas - perhaps from the European Broadcasting Union, the Salzburg Festival or the Sydney Opera House. The NZSO are regular performers, and Thursdays are often the domain of the Auckland Philharmonia; You might hear an ensemble touring with Chamber Music New Zealand, something from the Wellington Jazz Festival or music from around the world via the WOMAD festival.
Tune into Music Alive on RNZ Concert on Monday to Friday at 8pm, with Opera at 7pm on Saturday
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- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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