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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
Saturday, 5 October 2024
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SHENG: Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet
5 Oct 2024Julian Bliss, Justine Cormack, Lorna Zhang, Serenity Thurlow, Ian Greenberg performing at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival in Queenstown. Audio
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PROKOFIEV: String Quartet No.2
5 Oct 2024Alexi Kenney, Benjamin Baker, Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Sterling Elliott performing at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival in Queenstown. Audio
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At The World's Edge Festival 2024 - Concert 1: Dispersion
5 Oct 2024The first concert of the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival, which was held at Te Atamira in Queenstown. Read more Audio
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De CASTRO-ROBINSON: Bird-sung Sky
5 Oct 2024Justine Cormack, Benjaming Baker performing at the 2024 At The World's Edge Festival in Queenstown. Audio
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Friday, 4 October 2024
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Wellington Jazz Festival 2023: Jake Baxendale's Waypeople
4 Oct 2024Premiered at the 2023 Wellington Jazz Festival, Pōneke saxophonist and composer Jake Baxendale’s 'Waypeople' was inspired by a poetic version of the classic Chinese philosophical text the Tao Te… Read more Video, Audio
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Webster, Louise: while the dark tide rises
4 Oct 2024Robert Orr (oboe), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich
2024 NZ Composer Sessions Read more AudioThis audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.
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Smith, George: Conversations with Death
4 Oct 2024New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich
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Bewley, Jack: Crustacean Lobotomy
4 Oct 2024New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich
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Natarajan, Sai: A Beacon in the Cosmic Blizzard
4 Oct 2024New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich
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Parkins-Craig, Maddy: New Mountain
4 Oct 2024New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich
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Gendall, Chris: Wow Signal
4 Oct 20242024 NZ Composer Sessions
David Bremner (trombone), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich Read more AudioThis audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.
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Prastiti, Briar: Pegasus
4 Oct 20242024 NZ Composer Sessions
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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
More live performances and recordings:
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