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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.
Music Alive is broadcast on RNZ Concert Monday to Friday at 8pm, with Opera on Sunday at 7pm
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11 December 2023
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO 2017: Lands of Hope and Glory
ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40
BAX: Three Pieces for Orchestra, II. Irish Landscape
MAXWELL DAVIES: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
LILBURN: Overture: Aotearoa
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending
HAZELL: Song Medley
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D
Helen Medlyn (mezzo), New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)
Ritchie, Anthony: Albatross in flight - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2018)
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Friday, 8 December 2023
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Music Alive: Whakatipu Festival 2022 Young Artist Recitals #4
8 Dec 2023This festival was created to give early-career NZ musicians a performance opportunity during COVID. In this concert you’ll hear music by violinist Hazuki Katsukawa, viola player Zephyr Wills, and… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 7 December 2023
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Music Alive: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - "Dvořák Cello Concerto"
7 Dec 2023French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière joins the APO to perform Dvořák's ever-popular concerto in a programme that also includes the bracing Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski and a… Read more Audio
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Asian Composers League: Te Hau - Alistair Fraser and Bridget Douglas
7 Dec 2023Listen to Alistair Fraser (taonga pūoro) and Bridget Douglas (flute) perform recent compositions from Hong Kong, Aotearoa, and Denmark in this Asian Composers League concert, Te Hau, held in… Read more Audio
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Sunday, 3 December 2023
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Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna - New Zealand String Quartet
3 Dec 2023Listen to the New Zealand String Quartet perform recent compositions from Japan, Aotearoa, South Korea, and the U.S. in this Asian Composers League concert, Te Waipuna, held in Christchurch in 2022. Read more Audio
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 5 - WEBSTER This Memory of Earth
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 4 - ROHDE Inside voice
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 3 - MARGETIC Ricercar
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 2 - TOKUNAGA Cosmic mosaic
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 1 - LEE Rain Drops Stained Glass
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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Thursday, 30 November 2023
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NZSO Sessions 2022- Festa Romana
30 Nov 2023Festa Romana - 2022 NZSO Recording Sessions featuring music with a connection to the Eternal City.
Performed by NZSO with the National Band of New Zealand and trombone soloist David Bremner… Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 28 November 2023
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Auckland Arts Festival: He Kete Waiata
28 Nov 2023A concert that combines the world of jazz with Te Reo Māori, in a dynamic performance of original material as well as jazz standards sung by Whirimako Black, Leon Wharekura and Allana Goldsmith. Read more Audio
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Sunday, 26 November 2023
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Asian Composers League: Ahiahi - Justin DeHart & Mark Menzies
26 Nov 2023Listen to percussionist Justin DeHart and violist Mark Menzies perform innovative works by composers from Slovenia, Aotearoa and South Korea in this Asian Composers League concert, Ahiahi, held in… 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.
- Email: concert@rnz.co.nz
- Text to 8824
- RNZ Concert on Facebook
- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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Concert Hall Collection
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Resound
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