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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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25 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Immerse 2023 Part 2, Blues Symphony
DESSNER: Mari
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
BRUBECK: Blue Rondo à la Turk
MARSALIS: Blues Symphony
Simon Tedeschi (piano), New Zealand SO/André de Ridder
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 29/07/23 (RNZ)
Latest audio
Saturday, 13 February 2021
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Dexter GORDON: Soy Califa
13 Feb 2021Performed by Frank Gibson's NewBop Quintet at Anthology, Auckland, 30 September 2020. Read more Audio
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Benny GOLSON: Along Came Betty
13 Feb 2021Performed by Frank Gibson's NewBop Quintet at Anthology, Auckland, 30 September 2020. Read more Audio
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Frank GIBSON Jr: Beaver Fever
13 Feb 2021Performed by Frank Gibson's NewBop Quintet at Anthology, Auckland, 30 September 2020. Read more Audio
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Wayne SHORTER: Speak No Evil
13 Feb 2021Performed by Frank Gibson's NewBop Quintet at Anthology, Auckland, 30 September 2020. Read more Audio
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Friday, 12 February 2021
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William THOMAS: The Dying Lover
12 Feb 2021"Music should in sounds convey what dying lovers dare not say". Read more Video, Audio
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Moses Hamilton HODGES: Twilight
12 Feb 2021"Now as twilight shades are falling, Lay thee down to sleep my child". Read more Video, Audio
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Vera BEAUCHAMP: Two Songs
12 Feb 2021"O night, how I love and adore thee, Why dost thou so short a time stay; My sorrows come crowding back o'er me, When the shades of the night pass away". Read more Video, Audio
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J H PHILLPOT: A Song of Flowers
12 Feb 2021"Once the days were sad and lonely, 'Twas before we met; Now I keep some flow'rs before me, Lest I should forget". Read more Video, Audio
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Call of the Huia: Michael Vinten interview
12 Feb 2021Michael Vinten talks to Clarissa Dunn about his project to rediscover early New Zealand Art Songs. Read more Audio
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The Call of the Huia: Volume One – Part One
12 Feb 2021Part One of a concert presenting rediscovered New Zealand Art Songs. Read more Audio
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The Call of the Huia: Volume One – Part Two
12 Feb 2021Part Two of a concert presenting rediscovered New Zealand Art Songs. Read more Audio
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Claude Meurisse HAYDON: Two Songs
12 Feb 2021"Rainbow, stay, Gleam up on gloom, Bright, bright as my dream, rainbow stay!" Read more Video, 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
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