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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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29 December 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Pictures at an Exhibition
Emily Beynon (flute), New Zealand SO/Gemma New
FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (The Invocation of the Sea)
CONNESSON: Flute Concerto No 2
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
(RNZ)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Etude-tableau in C minor Op 33/3 - Michael Houstoun (piano) ()
Nielsen, Carl: Serenata in vano - Peter Scholes (clarinet), Sam Brough (bsn), Simon Williams (horn), Callum Hall (cello), Eric Scholes (dbl bass) (RNZ)
Latest audio
Sunday, 4 October 2020
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Shan Liu - HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 31 In Ab HobXVI:46, 1st Movement
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Shan Liu - D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata In E Kk380
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Sunny Le - GINASTERA: Danzas Argentinas Op 2, No 3
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Sunny Le - JENNINGS: Entering The Piazza, From A Walk In Hamilton Gardens
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Sunny Le - DEBUSSY: Feux D'artifice, From Preludes Book 2
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Sunny Le - BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 In E Op 109, 1st Movement
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Sunny Le - D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata In D Kk29
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Catherine Chang - RAVEL: Jeux D'eau
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Catherine Chang - FARQUHAR: España
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Catherine Chang - BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 In Eb Op 81A, Les Adieux
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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Catherine Chang - D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata In A Kk113
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 2020. Read more Audio
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William Berry - VINE: Piano Sonata No 1, 2nd Movement
4 Oct 2020Performed at the Final of the 2020 NZ Junior Piano Competition, Lewis Eady Showroom, 4 October 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