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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
Monday, 7 October 2024
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COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: arr Powell Deep River
7 Oct 2024Concert three at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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BARTOK: Rhapsody No 1 for violin and piano
7 Oct 2024Concert three at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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BARTOK, de CASTRO-ROBINSON: Out Of Doors & A Zigzagged Gaze
7 Oct 2024Concert three at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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BARTOK: The Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes
7 Oct 2024Concert three at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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At The World's Edge Festival 2024 - Concert 3: Out of Doors
7 Oct 2024The concert of the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Read more Audio
Sunday, 6 October 2024
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SCHOENFELD: Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
6 Oct 2024The second concert from the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Melodies
6 Oct 2024The second concert from the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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GOLIJOV: The Dreams And Prayers of Isaac the Blind
6 Oct 2024The second concert from the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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De CASTRO-ROBINSON: Split The Lark
6 Oct 2024The second concert from the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Audio
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At The World's Edge Festival 2024 - Concert 2: Fantazi
6 Oct 2024The concert of the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival. Read more Audio
Saturday, 5 October 2024
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BARTOK: Piano Quintet in C
5 Oct 2024Justine Cormack, Benjamin Baker, Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Ian Greenberg, Daniel Lebhardt performing at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival in Queenstown. Audio
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De CASTRO-ROBINSON: This Liquid Drift Of Light
5 Oct 2024Madeleine Xiao performing at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival in Queenstown. 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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