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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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10 November 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Mozart & Salieri
Robert Orr (oboe), Philip Arkinstall (clarinet), Justin Sun (bassoon), Samuel Jacobs (horn), New Zealand SO/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director)
HAYDN: Overture L'infedeltà delusa
MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b
SALIERI: Variations on La folia di Spagna
HUMMEL: Variations & Coda on O du lieber Augustin
(RNZ Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington)
Kreisler, Fritz: Recitative & Scherzo-caprice Op 6 - Yuka Eguchi (violin), Kemp English (piano) (RNZ)
Takemitsu, Toru: Three Film Scores for Strings - Auckland Philharmonia/Samy Rachid (RNZ 2024-09-12TD)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Andante & Allegro brillant in A Op 92 - Duo Enharmonics: Nicole Chao and Beth Chen (piano duo) (RNZ 2022-10-02)
Latest audio
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Dénes In Recital
21 Jan 2025Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon treats us to a programme that puts his beloved Bartók in amongst music by Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin. Read more Audio
Wednesday, 15 January 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Songs and Dances
15 Jan 2025Music by Max Bruch, Dame Gillian Whitehead and Bela Bartok provide us with the fascinating ways that composers use song and dance in their music. Read more Audio
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - New Worlds
14 Jan 2025Literal and metaphorical New Worlds are explored by Beethoven, Dvorak and South American composer Efraim Oscher with performances by international and local artists. Read more Audio
Wednesday, 8 January 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - 1919 and Troubadour Quartet
8 Jan 2025Three performances from the Adam Chamber Music Festival: two works from the year 1919 by Rebecca Clarke and Arnold Bax along with Gareth Farr's Mondo Rondo played by the Adam Troubadour Quartet. Read more Audio
Coming up
Tuesday, 7 January 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Grand Opening Concert
7 Jan 2025Star artists, both local and international, open the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival with a stimulating programme of Haydn, Schumann and Dohnányi. Read more Audio
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
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Auckland Philharmonia: Celebrate Christmas 2024
25 Dec 2024Tenor Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuemaono joins The Graduate Choir New Zealand and the Auckland Philharmonia for a concert of seasonal music in Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral. Stephen Layton conducts. Read more Audio
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Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort
25 Dec 2024Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort is filled with carols ancient and modern celebrating Christmastide. Read more Audio
Monday, 23 December 2024
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NZSO: Christmas Brass
23 Dec 2024Brian Buerkle introduces and conducts a concert of Christmas favourites performed by NZSO Brass. Read more Audio
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Friday, 20 December 2024
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STRAUSS: Morgen! Op 27/4
20 Dec 2024Jian Liu (piano) Recorded by RNZ Concert in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 22 July, 2023 Audio
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Monday, 16 December 2024
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CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58
16 Dec 2024Performed by Madeleine Xiao at the 2024 Lewis Eady National Piano Competition, 16 December 2024. Read more Audio
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D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk135
16 Dec 2024Performed by Madeleine Xiao at the 2024 Lewis Eady National Piano Competition, 16 December 2024. Read more Audio
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SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28
16 Dec 2024Performed by violinist Hayden Chiu accompanied by Gracie Francis at the 2024 National String Competition, 16 December 2024. 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