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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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18 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Immerse 2023 Part 1, Become Ocean
TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree
ADAMS, John Luther: Become Ocean
New Zealand SO/André de Ridder
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 28/07/23 (RNZ)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: January; November, from The Seasons Op 37 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (pno) (RNZ )
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ 2025-02-20TD)
Mahler, Gustav: Der Einsame im Herbst, from Das Lied von der Erde - Hadleigh Adams (bar), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ OW 2023-07-22)
Latest audio
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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BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers
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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BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers
30 Oct 2020Performed by 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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STRAUSS: September, from Four Last Songs
30 Oct 2020Performed by Eliza Boom (soprano), Somi Kim (piano). Read more Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Mir ist so wunderbar, from Fidelio
30 Oct 2020Performed by Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2… Read more Audio
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LISZT: Pace non trovo, from Tre Sonetti di Petrarca
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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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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