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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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22 October 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2025: Verdi and Bartók
Verdi, Giuseppe: String Quartet in E minor
Bartók, Béla: String Quartet No 5 Sz102
Verona Quartet, Escher String Quartet
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe 22/04/25 (WFMT)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Hebrides Overture - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)
Monti, Vittorio: Czárdás - Yuka Eguchi (violin), Kemp English (piano) (RNZ )
Elder, Daniel: Star Sonnet - Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (RNZ 2019)
Bax, Arnold: Three Pieces for Orchestra - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)
Latest audio
Thursday, 20 February 2025
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MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish
20 Feb 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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BACH: Largo, from Sonata for solo violin No 3 in C, BWV1005
20 Feb 2025Performed as an encore by James Ehnes at the Auckland Philharmonia's Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77
20 Feb 2025Performed by James Ehnes and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture
20 Feb 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Ehnes & Bellincampi
20 Feb 2025James Ehnes joins the orchestra for Brahms's Violin Concerto in this Classic Series concert. Giordano Bellincampi conducts. Read more Audio
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Metamorphosen
19 Feb 2025Taking its title from Richard Strauss's late masterpiece, written in mourning for the destroyed Munich National Theatre, this concert also includes performances of two other works that riff on the… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Monique's Choice
18 Feb 2025Violinist Monique Lapins plays some of her favourites. Read more Audio
Coming up
Monday, 17 February 2025
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NZSO: Legacy
Pianist Stephen De Pledge and the New Zealand SO performed this concert as part of the Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebrations. It includes the premiere of a Gillian Whitehead work with a timely… Read more Video, Audio
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Bach by Candlelight
12 Feb 2025The Adam Chamber Music Festival shifts to Nelson Cathedral for the traditional and atmospheric celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more Audio
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Takács and Friends
11 Feb 2025The very special guests at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival, the Takács Quartet have the stage to themselves with a little help from a couple New Zealand String Quartet members. Read more Audio
Sunday, 9 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - New Vistas
9 Feb 2025Percussionist Justin DeHart plays a vibrant recital which includes works from Aotearoa by Rosa Elliott, Philip Brownlee, Mark Menzies, John Psathas, and Gareth Farr. Read more Audio
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Up Close with James and the New Zealand String Quartet
5 Feb 2025Mozart's gorgeous Clarinet Quintet and Shostakovich's trenchant Second String Quartet make for a bracing contrast in this programmme. Read more Audio
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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