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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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15 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
BBC Proms 2025: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY: Le chant du rossignol K026;
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64;
DAVIS: Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey;
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28
Augustin Hadelich (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
Royal Albert Hall, London 24/07/25 (BBC)
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Saturday, 31 October 2020
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CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in C minor Wq43/4
31 Oct 2020Diedre Irons (fortepiano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director). Read more Video, Audio
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BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV 1068
31 Oct 2020New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director). Read more Audio
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BACH arr Ralph Sauer: Contrapunctus XIV, from The Art of Fugue
31 Oct 2020Members of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio
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BACH arr Ralph Sauer: Chorale Prelude, Vor deinen Thron
31 Oct 2020Members of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Friday, 30 October 2020
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LEHAR: Love Unspoken, from The Merry Widow
30 Oct 2020Performed by Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland… Read more Audio
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PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla, from La bohème
30 Oct 2020Performed by Eliza Boom (sop), Amitai Pati (ten), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. Read more Audio
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VERDI: Ascolta!... Dio che nell'alma infondere, from Don Carlos
30 Oct 2020Performed by Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. Read more Audio
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J STRAUSS II: And I must live eight long days, from Die Fledermaus
30 Oct 2020Performed by Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. Read more Audio
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MASSENET: Pourquoi me reveiller, from Werther
30 Oct 2020Performed by Amitai Pati (ten), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. Read more Audio
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GOUNOD: Avant de quitter ces lieux, from Faust
30 Oct 2020Performed by Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. Read more Audio
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GOUNOD: Je veux vivre, from Roméo et Juliette
30 Oct 2020Performed by Natasha Wilson (sop), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. 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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