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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
Thursday, 13 February 2020
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 In B Flat Minor
13 Feb 2020Performed by Alexandra Dariescu and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Giordano Bellincampi, at their Great Classics Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 13 February 2020. Read more Audio
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96
13 Feb 2020Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Giordano Bellincampi, at their Great Classics Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 13 February 2020. Read more Audio
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Saturday, 8 February 2020
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Annea Lockwood Composer Portrait Introduction - Peter Scholes, Eve de Castro-Robinson
8 Feb 2020Peter Scholes and Eve de Castro-Robinson speak at the beginning of Auckland Chamber Orchestra's Composer Portrait concert dedicated to the music of Annea Lockwood in Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 11… Read more Audio
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Annea LOCKWOOD: Luminescence
8 Feb 2020Performed by baritone Te Oti Rakena, mezzo Claire Scholes and members of Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes at a Composer Portrait concert dedicated to the music of Annea Lockwood… Read more Video, Audio
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Annea LOCKWOOD: In Our Name
8 Feb 2020Performed by baritone Te Oti Rakena and cellist Katherine Hebley at Auckland Chamber Orchestra's Composer Portrait concert dedicated to the music of Annea Lockwood, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 11… Read more Video, Audio
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Annea LOCKWOOD: bayou-borne for Pauline
8 Feb 2020Performed at Auckland Chamber Orchestra's Composer Portrait concert dedicated to the music of Annea Lockwood in Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 11 August 2019. Read more Video, Audio
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Annea LOCKWOOD: I Give You Back
8 Feb 2020Performed by mezzo Claire Scholes at Auckland Chamber Orchestra's Composer Portrait concert dedicated to the music of Annea Lockwood, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 11 August 2019. Read more Video, Audio
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Annea LOCKWOOD: Immersion
8 Feb 2020Performed by Rebecca Celebuski and Peter Scholes at Auckland Chamber Orchestra's Composer Portrait concert dedicated to the music of Annea Lockwood, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 11 August 2019. Read more Video, Audio
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Monday, 20 January 2020
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Tōku Reo Waiata
20 Jan 2020A live celebration of te waiata Māori in a concert presented by Auckland Arts Festival, Auckland Town Hall, 16 March 2019. Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 14 January 2020
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RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor
14 Jan 2020Performed by Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), and Stephen De Pledge (piano) at a CMNZ concert in Auckland Concert Chamber, 16 September 2019. Read more Audio
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Salina FISHER: Mono No Aware
14 Jan 2020Performed by Matthew Barley (cello), and Stephen De Pledge (piano) at a CMNZ concert in Auckland Concert Chamber, 16 September 2019. Read more Video, Audio
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SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb, D929
14 Jan 2020Performed by Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), and Stephen De Pledge (piano) at a CMNZ concert in Auckland Concert Chamber, 16 September 2019. 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
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