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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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25 June 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
WFMT Orchestra Series - Lucerne Festival Orchestra: In Switzerland with Mäkelä and Andsnes
MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture Op 26
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16
GRIEG: Norwegian, from Lyric Pieces Op 54
SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Klaus Mäkelä
Concert Hall, Lucerne 17/08/24 (WFMT)
Leclair, Jean-Marie: Violin Sonata in E Minor Op2/1 - Justine Cormack (violin), James Bush (cello), Simon Martyn-Ellis (theorbo) ( )
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Credo, from Missa Papae Marcelli - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ Tudor Consort 2022-09-03)
Hamilton, David: The Kingston Flyer - Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes (RNZ 2019)
Flynn, David: Slip, from Quartet No 2 'The Cranning' - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ )
Latest audio
Friday, 5 July 2024
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PUANAKI, Te Huaki: Tāne Mahuta
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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TRAD arr Hogan: Music Down in My Soul
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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ARLEN arr Huff: I Got the World on a String
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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EŠENVALDS: Spring Rain
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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TRAD arr Quartel: The Parting Glass
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Benjamin Madden at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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TRAD arr Smith: Scarborough Fair
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Fiona Wilson at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Six Motets Op 79, Nos 1, 4, 5
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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PASEK, PAUL: You Will be Found, from Dear Evan Hansen
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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ELLIOTT, Rosa: Those Others
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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STEINBERG, KELLY: True Colours
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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WHITACRE: Cloudburst
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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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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