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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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14 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
APO: Premier 9 - Adès and Walton
ADÈS: Three-piece Suite, from Powder Her Face
WALTON: Symphony No 1 in Bb minor
Auckland Phil/Alpesh Chauhan
Town Hall, Auckland 08/09/22 (RNZ)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Preludes Op 32, Nos 4-5 - Read Gainsford (piano) (RNZ )
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Christchurch SO/Luke Dollman (RNZ CSO 2023-10-14)
Ritchie, Anthony: Whakatipua - Aroha Quartet (RNZ 2015)
Latest audio
Saturday, 4 November 2017
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STRAVINSKY: Petrouchka
4 Nov 2017Played by Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Read more Audio
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DVORAK: Serenade for Strings Op 22
4 Nov 2017The three string quartets at the Adam Festival join with double bassist Joan Perarnau Garriga to bring the Festival to a close with Dvorak's sunny Serenade for Strings. Audio
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BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115
4 Nov 2017Clarinettist James Campbell and the New Zealand String Quartet play Brahms's beautiful Clarinet Quintet. Audio
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James Campbell introduces Brahms's Clarinet Quintet
4 Nov 2017Clarinettist James Campbell provides an introduction to Brahms's Clarinet Quintet. Audio
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AKIHO: LIgNEouS Suite. 4th and 5th movements
4 Nov 2017Marimba player Ian Rosenbaum and the Goldner Quartet play the 4th and 5th movements of Andy Akiho's LIgNEouS Suite. This performance of the 5th movement is the world premiere. Audio
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GOLIJOV: Duo for Marimba and Cello, Mariel
4 Nov 2017Marimba player Ian Rosenbaum and cellist Matthew Barley play a work by Osvaldo Golijov, written in memory of a dear friend who died suddenly. Audio
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Ian Rosenbaum introducces LIgNEouS
4 Nov 2017Ian Rosenbaum talks about Andy Akiho's LIgNEouS Suite with Tim Dodd. Audio
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Thursday, 2 November 2017
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BRAHMS: Intermezzo in C Op 119 No 3
2 Nov 2017Performed by Piers Lane as an encore at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert in Auckland Town Hall, 2 November 2017. Read more Audio
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BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat Op 83
2 Nov 2017Performed by Piers Lane and the Auckland Philhamonia Orchestra conducted by Brett Dean, Auckland Town Hall, 2 November 2017. Read more Audio
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SIBELIUS: Scene With Cranes; Brett DEAN: Fire Music
2 Nov 2017Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Brett Dean, Auckland Town Hall, 2 November 2017. Brett Dean introduces. Read more Audio
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Fire Music ignites new life after tragedy
2 Nov 2017Australian composer Brett Dean wrote Fire Music in response to the disastrous ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires of 2009 in Victoria. He’s here to conduct the work with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
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Claire COWAN: Ultraviolet
31 Oct 2017NZTrio performs 'Ultraviolet' by Claire Cowan, a work they commissioned with CMNZ in 2015. 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
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