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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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05 January 2026
with Clarissa Dunn
Orchestra Wellington: The Classical Style
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D, Classical
TAILLEFERE: Piano Concerto
MOZART: Rondo alla Turca, from Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, Choral
Somi Kim (pno), Emma Pearson (sop), Margaret Medlyn (alto), Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono (ten), Robert Tucker (bass), Orpheus Choir Wellington, Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 06/07/24 (RNZ)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 - Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), NZ Barok (RNZ 2024-05-11TD)
Poulenc, Francis: Petites Prières de Saint François d'Assise, Nos 2 & 3 - Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (RNZ)
Latest audio
Monday, 8 September 2025
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NZSO - Jubilation
8 Sep 2025James Judd conducts the NZSO in an uplifting programme that invites us to question the range of emotions lurking beneath the music’s smiling surface.
Recorded 30 May 2024 at the Michael Fowler… Read more Audio
Monday, 1 September 2025
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NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Beethoven 5
1 Sep 2025André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in two of Beethoven’s most dramatic works written around the same time, both in C minor - his trailblazing Fifth Symphony and the Coriolan Overture. In between you… Read more Audio
Saturday, 30 August 2025
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Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet, 2nd movement
Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio
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Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet In C Op 59 No 3
Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio
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Ngwenyama, Nokuthula: Flow
Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio
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Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet G Minor Op 74 No 3, Rider
Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 28 August 2025
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The Big Sing Gala Concert 2025
The Big Sing Gala Concert 2025, performed at the Dunedin Town Hall on 28 August 2025. Audio
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Wagner, Richard arr Vlieger: Die Meistersinger, an orchestral tribute
28 Aug 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Antony Hermus at their Premier Series - Love Stories concert on 28 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotry Ilyich: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy, Overture
28 Aug 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Antony Hermus at their Premier Series - Love Stories concert on 28 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Glinka, Mikhail: Russlan & Ludmilla, Overture
28 Aug 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Antony Hermus at their Premier Series - Love Stories concert on 28 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Monday, 25 August 2025
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NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Blues Symphony
25 Aug 2025André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and legendary jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ acclaimed Blues Symphony plus a work by Bryce Dessner.
Recorded at the Michael… Read more Audio
Thursday, 21 August 2025
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Böhme, Oskar: Sextet
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia brass players at their In Your Neighbourhood - Tuba Tones concert on 21 August 2025 at the St Luke's, Remuera.
Performers were: Alexander Jeantou (tuba), Drew… 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
- Text to 8824 (texts cost 20 cents)
- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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