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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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02 January 2026
with Clarissa Dunn
Russ Spiegel at the Creative Jazz Club
Russ Spiegel (guitar), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Finn Scholes (trumpet), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums)
SPIEGEL: Up the Creek
SPIEGEL: Streets of Milan
SPIEGEL: Miami Girl
VELÁZQUEZ: Bésame mucho
SPIEGEL: Slippery Slope
SPIEGEL: Underdown Groove
SPIEGEL: Count Up
SPIEGEL: Retribution Blues
SPIEGEL: Caribbean Blue
(RNZ Anthology, Auckland)
Piazzolla, Astor: Oblivion - Rachel Vernon (clarinet), Aroha String Quartet (RNZ 2022)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 (1) - Shan Liu (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2024-10-08)
Leclair, Jean-Marie: Violin Sonata in E Minor Op2/1 - Justine Cormack (violin), James Bush (cello), Simon Martyn-Ellis (theorbo) ()
Latest audio
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
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BACH: Concerto for Violin & Oboe in D minor BWV1060
16 Mar 2022NZSO Sessions 2022: Art of Fugue
Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), Robert Orr (ob), Bethany Angus (hpchd), New Zealand SO Read more Audio
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Saturday, 12 March 2022
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Franco DONATONI: Duetto II
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies & Keir GoGwilt (violins) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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Samuel HOLLOWAY: Dualities II
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies (violin) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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Ada GENTILE: Per violino solo
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies (violin) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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BACH arr Menzies: Sarabande
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies (baroque violin) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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Marc SABAT: Everlasting Sweet Peas
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies, Keir GoGwilt & Thomas Bedggood (violins) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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Thomas BEDGGOOD: Sonata for solo viola, 'Mote', 1st and 2nd movements
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies (viola) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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Samuel HOLLOWAY: Dualities I
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies (violin) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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Chris GENDALL: Infix
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies (viola) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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LIGETI: Hora lungă, from Viola Sonata
12 Mar 2022Performed by Mark Menzies at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021. Read more Audio
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ENESCU: Octet in C
12 Mar 2022Performed by Helene Pohl, Monique Lapins, Malavika Gopal & Anna Van der Zee (violins), Gillian Ansell & Alexander McFarlane (violas), Rolf Gjelsten & Andrew Joyce (cellos) at the Aotearoa New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 10 March 2022
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Amy BEACH: Piano Quintet in F sharp minor
10 Mar 2022Performed by pianist Diedre Irons with New Zealand String Quartet at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 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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- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
More live performances and recordings:
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