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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, 17 March 2024
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Drive
17 Mar 2024The Auckland Jazz Orchestra plays Phil Broadhurst's tune Drive in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. Audio
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Straight And Narrow
17 Mar 2024The Auckland Jazz Orchestra plays Phil Broadhurst's tune Straight And Narrow in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. Audio
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Flaubert's Dance
17 Mar 2024The Auckland Jazz Orchestra plays Phil Broadhurst's tune Flaubert's Dance in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. Audio
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Pukeko
17 Mar 2024The Auckland Jazz Orchestra plays Phil Broadhurst's tune Pukeko in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. Audio
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First Shot
17 Mar 2024The Auckland Jazz Orchestra plays Phil Broadhurst's tune First Shot in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. Audio
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Inverted
17 Mar 2024The Auckland Jazz Orchestra plays Phil Broadhurst's tune Inverted in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. Audio
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Friday, 15 March 2024
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NZSO Beyond Words - music for the anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque Attacks
15 Mar 2024The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents Beyond Word, a commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque attacks with music bringing together Moroccan singer/songwriter Oum… Read more Audio
Thursday, 14 March 2024
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Daryl Runswick: Flight of the Bumblebee
14 Mar 2024Performed by The King's Singers at their concert, 'Finding Harmony', for the Auckland Arts Festival Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 14 March 2024. Read more Audio
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LENNON, MCCARTNEY arr Paul Hart: When I’m 64
14 Mar 2024Performed by The King's Singers at their concert, 'Finding Harmony', for the Auckland Arts Festival Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 14 March 2024. Read more Audio
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TRAD arr Gordon Langford: The Oak and the Ash
14 Mar 2024Performed by The King's Singers at their concert, 'Finding Harmony', for the Auckland Arts Festival Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 14 March 2024. Read more Audio
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Beth ORTON arr Bruerton: Call me the breeze
14 Mar 2024Performed by The King's Singers at their concert, 'Finding Harmony', for the Auckland Arts Festival Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 14 March 2024. Read more Audio
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SHERMAN brothers arr Bruerton: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
14 Mar 2024Performed by The King's Singers at their concert, 'Finding Harmony', for the Auckland Arts Festival Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 14 March 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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- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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