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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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18 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Immerse 2023 Part 1, Become Ocean
TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree
ADAMS, John Luther: Become Ocean
New Zealand SO/André de Ridder
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 28/07/23 (RNZ)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: January; November, from The Seasons Op 37 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (pno) (RNZ )
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ 2025-02-20TD)
Mahler, Gustav: Der Einsame im Herbst, from Das Lied von der Erde - Hadleigh Adams (bar), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ OW 2023-07-22)
Latest audio
Saturday, 10 February 2024
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PAGANINI arr MALOV: Caprices Nos 13 & 14
10 Feb 2024Performed by violinist Sergey Malov at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Grand Finale', Nelson, 10 February 2024. Read more Audio
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PAGANINI arr MALOV: Caprice No 9
10 Feb 2024Performed by violinist Sergey Malov at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Grand Finale', Nelson, 10 February 2024. Read more Audio
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VIEUXTEMPS: Capriccio, Homage à Paganini
10 Feb 2024Performed by violist Sergey Malov at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Grand Finale', Nelson, 10 February 2024. Read more Audio
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RAVEL: Mother Goose
10 Feb 2024Performed by pianists Izabella Simon and Dénes Várjon with introductions by their daughter Liána Izabella Várjon at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Grand Finale', Nelson, 10 February… Read more Audio
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BARTOK: Piano Quintet in C major
10 Feb 2024Performed by Dénes Várjon (piano), New Zealand String Quartet at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'The Romantic Bartók', Nelson, 10 February 2024. Read more Audio
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LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 5, Héroïde-élégiaque
10 Feb 2024Performed by pianist Izabella Simon at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'The Romantic Bartók', Nelson, 10 February 2024. Read more Audio
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Friday, 9 February 2024
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STRAUSS arr LEOPOLD: Metamorphosen
9 Feb 2024Performed by New Zealand String Quartet, Sergey Malov (viola), Heather Lewis (cello), Hiroshi Ikematsu (contrabass) at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Metamorphosen', Nelson, 9 February… Read more Audio
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Tabea SQUIRE: Behind the Stars a Dark Sky
9 Feb 2024Performed by Simeon Broom (violin), Arna Morton (violin), Alex McFarlane (viola), Heather Lewis (cello), Justin Bird (piano) at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Metamorphosen', Nelson, 9… Read more Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in Bb Op 11, Gassenhauer
9 Feb 2024Performed by James Campbell (clarinet), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Izabella Simon (piano) at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Metamorphosen', Nelson, 9 February 2024. Read more Audio
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SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 9
9 Feb 2024Performed by Monique Lapins, Peter Gjelsten, Lucas Baker (violins) at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Monique's Choice', Nelson, 9 February 2024. Read more Audio
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ADAMS: Road Movies
9 Feb 2024Performed by Monique Lapins (violin) and Gabriela Glapska (piano) at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Monique's Choice', Nelson, 9 February 2024. Read more Audio
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SAARIAHO: Calice No 1
9 Feb 2024Performed by Monique Lapins (violin) and Gabriela Glapska (piano) at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival concert 'Monique's Choice', Nelson, 9 February 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
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- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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