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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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19 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZCT: 2025 Chamber Music Contest Final
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 1, (1) and (3)
BACEWICZ: Quartet for four violins
BIZET arr WILBERG: Fantasy on Themes from Bizet's Carmen
SMETANA: Piano Trio in G minor Op 15, (3)
DAMASE: Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano
ROTA: Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano
PIAZZOLA arr VERHELST: Suite from Maria de Buenos Aires
WIENER: Go Between
Fellas with Cellas;4tissimo;Mérimée Quartet;Vzpominka;Les Mousquetaires;Nino Rota Trio;Los Piazzolanos;The Betwieners
Town Hall, Auckland 02/08/25 (RNZ)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Capriccio Italien Op 45 - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ)
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Saturday, 7 September 2019
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Virtuoso Strings Octet plays Utting
7 Sep 2019Virtuoso Strings Octet from Wellington plays 'Goodnight Kiwi' by Craig Utting at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Szerenád Trió plays Kodály
7 Sep 2019Szerenád Trió from Canterbury plays movements from the Serenade for Two Violins and Viola by Zoltan Kodaly at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Quartetto Maduro plays Shatford
7 Sep 2019Quartetto Maduro from Canterbury plays 'Real Mature' by Isaac Shatford at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Rerekē plays Bartók
7 Sep 2019Rerekē from Wellington plays the 1st and 3rd movements of 'Contrasts' by Bela Bartok at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Farr-Out Trio plays Farr
7 Sep 2019Farr-Out Trio from Northland plays 'Ahi' by Gareth Farr at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Sixteen Strings plays Schulhoff
7 Sep 2019Sixteen Strings from Wellington plays Pieces for String Quartet by Erwin Schulhoff at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Friday, 6 September 2019
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RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18
6 Sep 2019Pianist Louis Lortie with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch. Read more Audio
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STRAUSS: Death & Transfiguration Op 24
6 Sep 2019New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch. Read more Audio
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WAGNER: Tannhäuser Overture
6 Sep 2019New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch. Read more Audio
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Sunday, 1 September 2019
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MOZART: String Quartet No 16 in E flat K428
1 Sep 2019Lazarus String Quartet in concert for Wellington Chamber Music. 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
Listen again to performances from New Zealand artists -
Resound
Showcasing work by New Zealand composers