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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 September 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2018: The Firebird
FALLA: Suite No 1, from The Three-Cornered Hat
FALLA: Suite No 2, from The Three-Cornered Hat
JOLIVET: Bassoon Concerto
JOSIAH CARR: Redwood
STRAVINSKY: Suite, from The Firebird (1945 version)
Todd Gibson-Cornish (bassoon), New Zealand SO National Youth Orchestra/Jaime Martin
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 06/07/18 (RNZ)
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Friday, 3 February 2017
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'Fa' - Dorothy Ker - String Taxonomy
3 Feb 2017'Fa' a programme of new music merging Western and Eastern cultures, NZTrio, Xia Jing (guzheng). Read more Video, Audio
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'Fa' - Gao Ping - Feng Zheng
3 Feb 2017'Fa' a programme of new music merging Western and Eastern cultures, NZTrio, Xia Jing (guzheng). Read more Video, Audio
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'Fa' - Dylan Lardelli - Shells
3 Feb 2017'Fa' a programme of new music merging Western and Eastern cultures NZTrio, Xia Jing (guzheng). Read more Video, Audio
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Saturday, 28 January 2017
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Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No 2 in D minor
28 Jan 2017Performed by NZTrio at their concert, 'Glow', in the Loft at Q Theatre, 27 September 2016 Audio
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Gao Ping: Feng Zheng
28 Jan 2017Performed by Xia Jing (guzheng) and NZTrio at their concert, 'Glow', in the Loft at Q Theatre, 27 September 2016 Audio
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Gareth Farr: Forbidden Colours
28 Jan 2017Performed by NZTrio at their concert, 'Glow', in the Loft at Q Theatre, 27 September 2016 Audio
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Zhou Long: Spirit of Chimes
28 Jan 2017Performed by NZTrio at their concert, 'Glow', in the Loft at Q Theatre, 27 September 2016 Audio
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Sunday, 25 December 2016
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Auckland Philharmonia - Celebrate Christmas 2016
25 Dec 2016The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performs its annual 'Celebrate Christmas' concert in Holy Trinity Cathedral with special guests soprano Patricia Wright and The Graduate Choir. Audio
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Saturday, 10 December 2016
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Handel - Messiah Part 1
10 Dec 2016Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Christopher Field (countertenor), Henry Choo (tenor), James Clayton (bass), The Tudor Consort with NZ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Graham Abbott. Introduced by… Read more Audio
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Handel - Messiah, interval
10 Dec 2016MESSIAH: Interview with Handel specialist Graham Abbott. Read more Audio
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Handel - Messiah Part 2
10 Dec 2016Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Christopher Field (countertenor), Henry Choo (tenor), James Clayton (bass), The Tudor Consort with NZ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Graham Abbott. Introduced by… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 17 November 2016
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
17 Nov 2016The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Kazuki Yamada, at their final Premier Series concert for 2016, 'Fantastic!', Auckland Town Hall, 17 November 2016 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
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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