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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, 9 August 2020
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GAO PING: Bitter Cold Night
9 Aug 2020Performed by Amalia Hall and Stephen De Pledge. Read more Video, Audio
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MOZART: Violin Sonata No 19 in E flat, K 302
9 Aug 2020Performed by Amalia Hall and Stephen De Pledge. Read more Audio
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DE FALLA: Nana, from Siete canciones populares españolas
9 Aug 2020Performed by Amalia Hall and Stephen De Pledge. Read more Audio
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GERSHWIN: Three Preludes arr. Heifetz
9 Aug 2020Performed by Amalia Hall and Stephen De Pledge. Read more Audio
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SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75
9 Aug 2020Performed by Amalia Hall and Stephen De Pledge. Read more Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring
9 Aug 2020Performed by Amalia Hall and Stephen De Pledge. Read more Audio
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Saturday, 8 August 2020
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 1 in C minor Op 8
8 Aug 2020Performed by Trio Achilles from Auckland. Recorded 8 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Read more Video, Audio
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RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor (Mvts 1 & 2)
8 Aug 2020Performed by Les Apaches from Canterbury. Recorded 8 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Read more Video, Audio
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Carvin KNOWLES: Fragments of the Megillat Purim (Mvts 1, 3 & 4)
8 Aug 2020Performed by Jerusalem Clarinet Quartet from Auckland. Recorded 8 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Read more Video, Audio
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RAVEL: String Quartet in F (Mvts 1 & 4)
8 Aug 2020Performed by Ravelation from Wellington. Recorded 8 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Read more Video, Audio
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 1 in C minor Op 8
8 Aug 2020Performed by Trio Glivenko from Auckland. Recorded 8 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Read more Video, Audio
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Craig UTTING: Suite for String Octet
8 Aug 2020Performed by Virtuoso Strings Octet from Wellington. Recorded 8 August 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Read more Video, 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