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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.
Now starting at the earlier time of 7pm Monday to Saturday, inc. Opera on Saturdays
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04 February 2026
with Clarissa Dunn
Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts 2025: Brahms and Schubert
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Mihály Berecz (piano)
Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dances WoO1 (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 17)
Schubert, Franz: Four Impromptus D899
Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor
(BBC)
Elgar, Edward: Enigma Variations - Auckland Philharmonia/Karl-Heinz Steffens (RNZ)
Debussy, Claude: Preludes, extracts - Jun Boutery-Ishido (piano) (RNZ 2024-07-28)
Glass, Philip: String Quartet No 3, Mishima, (6) (arr for piano trio) - NZTrio (RNZ 2018)
Elliott, Rosa: Out of Reach - Luminata Voices, Rachel Song (piano)/Vanessa Kay (RNZ)
Latest audio
Sunday, 19 May 2024
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Lera AUERBACH: Trio No 2 Triptych - This Mirror Has Three Faces
19 May 2024Performed by NZTrio at their Triptych series concert 'Unquiet Dream', Auckland Concert Chamber, 19 May 2024. Read more Audio
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Chris CREE BROWN: The Second Triumverate
19 May 2024Performed by NZTrio at their Triptych series concert 'Unquiet Dream', Auckland Concert Chamber, 19 May 2024. Read more Audio
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BRITTEN: Introduction and Allegro for piano trio
19 May 2024Performed by NZTrio at their Triptych series concert 'Unquiet Dream', Auckland Concert Chamber, 19 May 2024. Read more Audio
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NZTrio - 2024 Triptych Series - Unquiet Dream
19 May 2024NZTrio's 'Unquiet Dream' features music by Benjamin Britten, Chris Cree Brown, Lera Auerbach, and Felix Mendelssohn. Read more Audio
Friday, 17 May 2024
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64
17 May 2024Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Han-Na Chang, Auckland Town Hall, 17 May 2024. Read more Audio
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STRAUSS: Don Quixote
17 May 2024Performed by cellist Andrew Joyce, violist Julia Joyce and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Han-Na Chang, Auckland Town Hall, 17 May 2024. Read more Audio
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Leonie HOLMES: I watched a shadow
17 May 2024Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Han-Na Chang, Auckland Town Hall, 17 May 2024. Read more Audio
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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - 'Tchaikovsky 5'
17 May 2024South Korean Han-Na Chang conducts a programme which includes the idiosyncratic "concerto" for cello Don Quixote by Richard Strauss, with the Principal Cello of the NZSO Andrew Joyce as soloist. Read more Audio
Saturday, 11 May 2024
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BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007, Prelude
11 May 2024Performed as an encore by Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann at NZ Barok's concert, 'Cellomania', St Luke's Church, Remuera, 11 May 2024. Read more Audio
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CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172
11 May 2024Performed by Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann and NZ Barok at their concert, 'Cellomania', St Luke's Church, Remuera, 11 May 2024. Read more Audio
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VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in G RV413
11 May 2024Performed by Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann and NZ Barok at their concert, 'Cellomania', St Luke's Church, Remuera, 11 May 2024. Read more Audio
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VIVALDI: Concerto for strings in C RV117
11 May 2024Performed by NZ Barok at their concert, 'Cellomania', St Luke's Church, Remuera, 11 May 2024. 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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