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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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14 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
APO: Premier 9 - Adès and Walton
ADÈS: Three-piece Suite, from Powder Her Face
WALTON: Symphony No 1 in Bb minor
Auckland Phil/Alpesh Chauhan
Town Hall, Auckland 08/09/22 (RNZ)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Preludes Op 32, Nos 4-5 - Read Gainsford (piano) (RNZ )
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Christchurch SO/Luke Dollman (RNZ CSO 2023-10-14)
Ritchie, Anthony: Whakatipua - Aroha Quartet (RNZ 2015)
Latest audio
Thursday, 3 March 2022
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PEACOCKE: Night Train to Anyang
3 Mar 2022‘Night Train to Anyang’
by Gemma Peacocke, words Nina Mingya Powles.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers… Read more Audio
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HOLMES: Wild Light
3 Mar 2022'Wild Light’
by Leonie Holmes, words Michele LeggotThe World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and poets in 21… Read more Audio
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J JENNINGS: Talking of Goldfish
3 Mar 2022‘Talking of Goldfish’
by Janet Jennings, words Jeni Curtis.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and poets… Read more Audio
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McLEOD Na Kui ki a Tama Te Poroto Kopua
3 Mar 2022‘Nā Kui ki a Tama: Te Pūroto Kōpua / Big Sis to Little Bro:
The Deep Dark Pool (I, II, III, IV)’
by Jenny McLeod, words by the composer.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and… Read more Audio
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ORAM: The power of moss
3 Mar 2022‘The power of moss’
by Celeste Oram, words Jo Randerson.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and poets in… Read more Audio
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S FISHER If I could land
3 Mar 2022‘If I could land’
by Salina Fisher, words Sarah Broom.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and poets in… Read more Audio
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WAI KAPOHE: Kia hora te marino
3 Mar 2022‘Kia hora te marino’
by Deborah Wai Kapohe, arranged by Glenda Keam, words
in original form associated with Ngāti ManiapotoThe World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert… Read more Audio
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FA'AEA: Ala Mai Moana
3 Mar 2022‘Ala Mai Moana’
by Aiono Manu Fa’aea, words by the composer.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and… Read more Audio
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COWAN: My Sister’s Country
3 Mar 2022‘My Sister’s Country’
by Claire Cowan, words Rhian Ghallagher.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and… Read more Audio
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WHITEHEAD: Because of the child
3 Mar 2022‘Because of the child’
by Gillian Whitehead, words Fiona Farrell.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female composers and… Read more Audio
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ELLIOTT: Of Trees and Hope
3 Mar 2022‘Of Trees and Hope’
by Rosa Elliott, words Dinah Hawken.Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts: 21x21
The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu… Read more Audio
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BURDON: When I First Asked For My Whakapapa
3 Mar 2022‘When I First Asked For My Whakapapa’
by Josie Burdon, words Miriama GemmellAotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts: 21x21
The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert… 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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