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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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26 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZTrio - Legacy 1
SCHUMANN: Six Studies in Canonic Form Op 56, Nos 1 & 2
NORRIS: Horizon Fields
KAPUSTIN: Trio (1998)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke
KIRCHNER: Zwiegesang, from Bunte Blätter Op 83
NZTrio
Concert Chamber, Auckland 29/05/22 (RNZ)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Lark Ascending - Yanghe Yu (vln), Auckland Phil/Antony Hermus (RNZ 2018)
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Sunday, 27 September 2020
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BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor
27 Sep 2020NZTrio performs Beethoven's Piano Trio No 3 in C minor. Read more Video, Audio
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Salina FISHER: Kintsugi
27 Sep 2020NZTrio performs Salina Fisher's 'Kintsugi'. Read more Video, Audio
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Anthony RITCHIE: Remember Parihaka
27 Sep 2020New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Read more Audio
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SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor
27 Sep 2020Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Read more Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in E flat Op 55, Eroica
27 Sep 2020New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Read more Audio
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Interview with Chris Turner & Vesa-Matti Leppänen
27 Sep 2020For the concert interval NZSO Music Librarian Chris Turner and soloist Vesa-Matti Leppänen talk with Clarissa Dunn. Read more Audio
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VIDEO: NZSO - Eroica
27 Sep 2020The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya in Wellington. Read more Video
Saturday, 26 September 2020
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings
26 Sep 2020Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei.
Recorded 26 September 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Read more Audio
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John PSATHAS: Three Psalms
26 Sep 2020Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei.
Recorded 26 September 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert
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RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45
26 Sep 2020Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei.
Recorded 26 September 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Read more Audio
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Thursday, 24 September 2020
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade For Strings Op 48
24 Sep 2020Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at their Premier Series concert, 'Messages to Mozart', Auckland Town Hall, 24 September 2020. Read more Audio
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SILVESTROV, Valentin: The Messenger
24 Sep 2020Performed by Stephen De Pledge and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at their Premier Series concert, 'Messages to Mozart', Auckland Town Hall, 24 September 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
- 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