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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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26 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZTrio - Legacy 1
SCHUMANN: Six Studies in Canonic Form Op 56, Nos 1 & 2
NORRIS: Horizon Fields
KAPUSTIN: Trio (1998)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke
KIRCHNER: Zwiegesang, from Bunte Blätter Op 83
NZTrio
Concert Chamber, Auckland 29/05/22 (RNZ)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Lark Ascending - Yanghe Yu (vln), Auckland Phil/Antony Hermus (RNZ 2018)
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Sunday, 26 August 2018
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BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 59/1, Razumovsky
26 Aug 2018Performed by New Zealand String Quartet. Read more Audio
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Saturday, 25 August 2018
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DUPARC arr John Chen: Extase
25 Aug 2018Performed by John Chen as an encore at the Auckland Chamber Orchestra's concert in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 29 April 2018. Read more Audio
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MOZART: Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595
25 Aug 2018Performed by John Chen and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes at its concert in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 29 April 2018. Read more Audio
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Lyell CRESSWELL: Of Smoke and Bickering Flame
25 Aug 2018Performed by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes at its concert in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 29 April 2018. Read more Video, Audio
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GRIEG: Two Elegiac Melodies Op 34
25 Aug 2018Performed by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes at its concert in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 29 April 2018. Read more Audio
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Natalie HUNT: Data Entry Groove
25 Aug 2018Performed by New Zealand String Quartet. Read more Video, Audio
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BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C# minor Op 131
25 Aug 2018Performed by New Zealand String Quartet. Read more Audio
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SMETANA: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life
25 Aug 2018Performed by New Zealand String Quartet. Read more Audio
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Friday, 24 August 2018
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RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27
24 Aug 2018New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart. 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
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Resound
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