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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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08 October 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2025: Jean-Baptiste Lully and Sergei Rachmaninov
LULLY: Trios pour le coucher du roi LWV 35
RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 2 in D minor, Élégiaque
Tara Helen O'Connor (flute), Yura Lee (violin), Peter Stumpf (cello), Paolo Bordignon (harpsichord), Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Danbi Um (violin), Peter Stumpf (cello)
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe 08/04/25 (WFMT)
Ives, Charles: Symphony No 2 - Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Johannes Fritzsch (RNZ 45423)
Fauré, Gabriel: Impromptu in Db Op 86 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (RNZ 45900)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Jauchzet, frohlocket, from Christmas Oratorio - The Graduate Choir New Zealand, Auckland Philharmonia/Stephen Layton (RNZ )
Suk, Josef arr Leonard Weiss: Playing at Swans and Peacocks, from Fairy-tale Op 16 - Auckland Philharmonia/Leonard Weiss (RNZ )
Latest audio
Saturday, 17 December 2022
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RUTTER: Twelve Days of Christmas
17 Dec 2022Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 17 December… Read more Audio
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ADAM arr Ryden: O Holy Night
17 Dec 2022Performed by Anna Leese, the Graduate Choir New Zealand, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland… Read more Audio
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TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite No 1, selections
17 Dec 2022Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. Read more Audio
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STRAUSS: An die Nacht Op 68 No 1
17 Dec 2022Performed by Anna Leese and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. Read more Audio
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STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op 41 No 1
17 Dec 2022Performed by Anna Leese and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. Read more Audio
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PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kije Suite
17 Dec 2022Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. Read more Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Weihnachten
17 Dec 2022Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand conducted by Terence Maskell at the Auckland Philharmonia's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. Read more Audio
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Chris ARTLEY: The Ashwell Carol
17 Dec 2022Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December… Read more Audio
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MOZART: Laudamus te, from Mass in C minor
17 Dec 2022Performed by Anna Leese and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. Read more Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden
17 Dec 2022Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December… Read more Audio
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BACH: Pastoral Symphony, from Christmas Oratorio
17 Dec 2022Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. Read more Audio
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BACH: Quia respexit humilitatem, from Magnificat
17 Dec 2022Performed by Anna Leese and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Bayl at the orchestra's 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 17 December 2022. 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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