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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
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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)
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Saturday, 29 August 2020
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique
29 Aug 2020New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gemma New. Read more Audio
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New Zealand conductor Gemma New talks to Clarissa Dunn
29 Aug 2020New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gemma New Recorded 29 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Read more Audio
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COOK: Stella caeli, THORNE: Stella caeli
29 Aug 2020The Tudor Consort, conducted by Michael Stewart. Read more Audio
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GREGORIAN CHANT: Stella caeli, LAMBE: Stella caeli
29 Aug 2020The Tudor Consort, conducted by Michael Stewart. Read more Audio
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TALLIS: Lamentations of Jeremiah
29 Aug 2020The Tudor Consort, conducted by Michael Stewart. Read more Audio
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GUERRERO: Beatus es; DUFAY: O Sancte Sebastiane
29 Aug 2020The Tudor Consort, conducted by Michael Stewart. Read more Audio
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WHITE: Lamentations of Jeremiah
29 Aug 2020The Tudor Consort, conducted by Michael Stewart. Read more Audio
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VIDEO: NZSO - Passion
29 Aug 2020Gemma New conducts the latest NZSO concert from the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington. Read more Video
Thursday, 27 August 2020
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Steve REICH: Clapping Music
27 Aug 2020Performed by Eric Renick and Steven Logan of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the 'Kia Kaha!' concert without audience, Auckland Town Hall, 12 June 2020. Read more Audio
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LILBURN: Allegro For Strings
27 Aug 2020Performed by the strings of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the 'Kia Kaha!' concert without audience, Auckland Town Hall, 12 June 2020. Read more Video, Audio
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GOUNOD: Petite Symphonie
27 Aug 2020Performed by the winds of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the 'Kia Kaha!' concert without audience, Auckland Town Hall, 12 June 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
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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