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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 January 2026
with Clarissa Dunn
Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts 2025: Franck and Prokofiev
Alban Gerhardt (cello), Alexei Volodin (piano)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Cello Sonata in C Op 119
Franck, César: Cello Sonata in A FWV8
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19
(BBC Wigmore Hall, London)
Fux, Johann Joseph: Overture in D minor - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (dir) (RNZ 2019)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Robert Orr (oboe), Wilma Smith (violin), Amanda Verner (viola), Matthias Balzat (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)
Schubert, Franz: Adagio & Rondo Concertante in F D487 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), Julia Joyce (viola), Andrew Joyce (cello), Diedre Irons (piano) (RNZ)
Becker, Bob arr P Scholes: Bye Bye Medley - Steven Logan (xylophone), Auckland Chamber Orchestra (RNZ)
Strauss, Richard: September, from Four Last Songs - Eliza Boom (soprano), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ)
Latest audio
Monday, 31 July 2017
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Leonie HOLMES: Frond, from Three Landscapes for Orchestra
31 Jul 2017New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley. Read more Audio
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Sunday, 30 July 2017
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Houstoun Plays Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Nos 13-24
30 Jul 2017Michael Houstoun in recital at the University of Auckland Music Theatre performs the Preludes and Fugues Nos 13-24 of Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach Read more Audio
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Saturday, 29 July 2017
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Houstoun Plays Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Nos 1 - 12
29 Jul 2017Michael Houstoun in recital at the University of Auckland Music Theatre performs the Preludes and Fugues Nos 1-12 of Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 25 July 2017
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Chamber Music brought to life with technology
25 Jul 2017New Zealand pianist Xenia Pestova is playing a collection of new music by mostly contemporary and female composers as part of her Chamber Music New Zealand tour. One of the works she has commissioned… Read more Audio
Monday, 24 July 2017
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Orchestra Wellington: HOLST - The Planets
24 Jul 2017Holst's pieces describe the moods or personalities of seven planets. Performed by Orchestra Wellington, and women of the Orpheus Choir, conducted by Marc Taddei, and accompanied by video by NASA. Read more Video, Audio
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Claire COWAN: Stark - The Violin Concerto (première)
24 Jul 2017The concerto takes its inspiration from iconic NZ dancer Freda Stark, made famous in the 1930’s after her lover, Thelma Mareo was allegedly murdered with a glass of poisoned milk. Read more Video, Audio
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I'll Hum the First Few Bars by David Long
24 Jul 2017David Long of The Mutton Birds has composed ‘I’ll Hum the First Few Bars' for amplified guitar, orchestra, and something called 'mechatronics'. Read more Video, Audio
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Sunday, 23 July 2017
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Houstoun Plays Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Nos 13-24
23 Jul 2017Michael Houstoun in recital at the University of Auckland Music Theatre performs the Preludes and Fugues Nos 13-24 of Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach Read more Audio
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Saturday, 22 July 2017
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Houstoun Plays Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Nos 1 - 12
22 Jul 2017Michael Houstoun in recital at the University of Auckland Music Theatre performs the Preludes and Fugues Nos 1-12 of Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach Read more Audio
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Houstoun Plays Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier
22 Jul 2017Michael Houstoun is performing The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach complete. He tells us what this means to him, about the technical challenges, about the demands on a pianist's imagination, and about… Read more Video, Audio
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Friday, 21 July 2017
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NZSO National Youth Orchestra: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
21 Jul 2017The 2017 NZSO National Youth Orchestra plays Benjamin Britten's famous 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'. Under the baton of composer and conductor Sir James MacMillan, they also perform his… Read more Video, Audio
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Review: Violinist Alina Ibragimova with APO
21 Jul 2017European star violinist Alina Ibragimova gave a blistering account of the Bartok 2nd violin concerto last night with the APO and Giordano Bellincampi. Her Shostakovich was electrifying when the young… Read more Audio
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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