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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 December 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Pictures at an Exhibition
Emily Beynon (flute), New Zealand SO/Gemma New
FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (The Invocation of the Sea)
CONNESSON: Flute Concerto No 2
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
(RNZ)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Etude-tableau in C minor Op 33/3 - Michael Houstoun (piano) ()
Nielsen, Carl: Serenata in vano - Peter Scholes (clarinet), Sam Brough (bsn), Simon Williams (horn), Callum Hall (cello), Eric Scholes (dbl bass) (RNZ)
Latest audio
Friday, 8 November 2024
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Herbert HOWELLS: In Youth is Pleasure
8 Nov 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir conducted by David Squire 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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Jonathan DOVE: Ring out, wild bells, from The Passing of the Year
8 Nov 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir conducted by David Squire 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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David HAMILTON: E te Ariki, from A Westlake Mass
8 Nov 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir conducted by David Squire 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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Josef RHEINBERGER: Kyrie, from Cantus Missae
8 Nov 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir conducted by David Squire 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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Marek RACZYNSKI: Gaudeamus omnes
8 Nov 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir conducted by David Squire 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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Jenny MCLEOD: Cock's Crow, from Childhood
8 Nov 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir conducted by David Squire 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 - Whakawātea, tribute to kapa haka pioneers
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 - Haka, Pōkokohua urutā
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 - Whiti te marama i te pō (Hirini Melbourne)
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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Nga Tumanako - Medley: Paikea; Kotiro Maori
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 - Waiata a ringa, lament for Te Wharehuia Milroy
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 - Rongomaiwahine
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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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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