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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
Thursday, 10 March 2022
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Hine-pū-te-hue
10 Mar 2022Performed by Bob Bickerton (taonga puoro) with New Zealand String Quartet at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2022. Read more Video, Audio
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Philip BROWNLEE/Ariana TIKAO: Manaaki
10 Mar 2022Performed by Ariana Tikao (taonga pūoro) with New Zealand String Quartet at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2022. Read more Video, Audio
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Thursday, 3 March 2022
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GRENFELL: Listening to The Goldberg Variations
3 Mar 2022‘Listening to The Goldberg Variations’
by Maria Grenfell, words Elizabeth Smither.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s… Read more Audio
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SQUIRE: He Wawata kia Māhorahora
3 Mar 2022‘He Wawata kia Māhorahora’
by Tabea Squire, words Arapera Blank.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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WEBSTER: Inhabiting every sounding sea
3 Mar 2022‘Inhabiting every sounding sea’
by Louise Webster, words Peggy Dunstan.The World Premiere of 21 x 21 by soprano Jenny Wollerman and concert pianist Jian Liu artfully pairs Aotearoa’s female… Read more Audio
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YOUNG: With you – without you
3 Mar 2022‘With you – without you’
by Miriama Young, words Panni Palásti.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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DE CASTRO-ROBINSON Riven
3 Mar 2022‘Riven’
by Eve de Castro-Robinson, words Roma Potiki.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 21… Read more Audio
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ADU-GILMORE Massacre
3 Mar 2022‘Massacre’
by Leila Adu-Gilmore, words Tusiata Avia.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 21… Read more Audio
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H FISHER: O Little One
3 Mar 2022‘O Little One’
by Helen Fisher, words Lauris Edmond.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 21… Read more Audio
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BOWATER Out in the Garden
3 Mar 2022‘Out in the Garden’
by Helen Bowater, words Katherine Mansfield.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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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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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
- Text to 8824 (texts cost 20 cents)
- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
- RNZ Concert Facebook Page
- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
More live performances and recordings:
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Concert Hall Collection
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Resound
Showcasing work by New Zealand composers