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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 November 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2025: Schubert and Schumann
George Li (piano), Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Paul Huang (violin), Peter Stumpf (cello)
(WFMT New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Serenade for Strings Op 48 - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ)
Brahms, Johannes: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Luke Dollman (RNZ CSO 2023-10-14)
Ritchie, Anthony: Farewell for bassoon and string quartet - Todd Gibson-Cornish (bassoon), Donald Armstrong, Wilma Smith (vlns), Amanda Verner (viola), Matthias Balzat (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)
Latest audio
Friday, 8 November 2024
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Ngā Tūmanako - Taku whare tapere (Kawariki Morgan)
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Ngā Tūmanako - Hei raukura
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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World Choir Games 2024 - 'A Night of Song and Dance'
8 Nov 2024Ngā Tūmanako and the New Zealand Youth Choir perform in one of the Celebration Concerts at the World Choir Games 2024 held in Auckland. Read more Audio
Thursday, 7 November 2024
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job, A Masque for Dancing
7 Nov 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens at their Premier Series concert, 'Sir Andrew Davis: A Tribute', Auckland Town Hall, 7 November 2024. Read more Audio
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CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2
7 Nov 2024Performed as an encore by Ingrid Fliter at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series concert, 'Sir Andrew Davis: A Tribute', Auckland Town Hall, 7 November 2024. Read more Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37
7 Nov 2024Performed by Ingrid Fliter and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens at their Premier Series concert, 'Sir Andrew Davis: A Tribute', Auckland Town Hall, 7 November 2024. Read more Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 3
7 Nov 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens at their Premier Series concert, 'Sir Andrew Davis: A Tribute', Auckland Town Hall, 7 November 2024. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Sir Andrew Davis - A Tribute
7 Nov 2024British conductor Sir Andrew Davis was originally to conduct this concert of works by Beethoven and Vaughan Williams but he sadly died a few months before. Karl-Heinz Steffens once again stepped with… Read more Audio
Friday, 1 November 2024
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World Choir Games 2024 - 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 2'
1 Nov 2024Four choirs from around the world perform in one of the Celebration Concerts at the World Choir Games 2024 held in Auckland. Read more Audio
Thursday, 31 October 2024
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Gemma PEACOCKE: Don't You Trust Me?
31 Oct 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Brass and Percussion Ensemble conducted by Vincent Hardaker at their Baroque & Beyond concert, 'Colours of Brass', Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 31 October… Read more Audio
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BYRD arr Allen: Third Elizabethan Suite
31 Oct 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Brass Ensemble directed by Huw Dann at their Baroque & Beyond concert, 'Colours of Brass', Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 31 October 2024. Read more Audio
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BRUCKNER arr Dann: Os justi
31 Oct 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Brass Ensemble directed by Huw Dann at their Baroque & Beyond concert, 'Colours of Brass', Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 31 October 2024. 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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- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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