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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
Thursday, 1 August 2024
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The BBC Proms 2024 on RNZ Concert
1 Aug 2024The BBC Proms offers diverse and exciting musical journeys across eight weeks of live performances from a vast array of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from the UK and around the world… Read more
Sunday, 28 July 2024
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 2, Arias
28 Jul 2024Austin Haynes (counter-tenor), Tayla Alexander (soprano), Samuel McKeever (bass), Felicity Tomkins (soprano), Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimoano (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by… Read more Audio
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 2, Songs/Lieder
28 Jul 2024Austin Haynes (counter-tenor), Tayla Alexander (soprano), Samuel McKeever (bass), Felicity Tomkins (soprano), Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimoano (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by… Read more Audio
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 1, Arias
28 Jul 2024Alfred Fonoti-Fuimoano (baritone), Katie Trigg (mezzo), Morgan-Andrew King (bass), Madison Horman (soprano), Manase Latu (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by pianist Terence… Read more Audio
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Saturday, 27 July 2024
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 1, Songs/Lieder
27 Jul 2024Alfred Fonoti-Fuimoano (baritone), Katie Trigg (mezzo), Morgan-Andrew King (bass), Madison Horman (soprano), Manase Latu (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by pianist Terence… Read more Audio
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Sunday, 21 July 2024
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SCHUMANN Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish
21 Jul 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Great Classics Series concert, 'Romantic Journeys', Auckland Town Hall, 21 November 2024. Audio
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Wednesday, 17 July 2024
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World Choir Games Celebration Concert - ByeZoo Choir
17 Jul 2024The ByeZoo Choir's performance at the World Choir Games 2024 Celebration Concert, 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 2', Auckland Town Hall, 17 July 2024. Read more Audio
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World Choir Games Celebration Concert - University of Oregon Chamber Choir
17 Jul 2024The University of Oregon Chamber Choir's performance at the World Choir Games 2024 Celebration Concert, 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 2', Auckland Town Hall, 17 July 2024. Read more Audio
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World Choir Games Celebration Concert - Paradisum
17 Jul 2024Paradisum's performance at the World Choir Games 2024 Celebration Concert, 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 2', Auckland Town Hall, 17 July 2024. Read more Audio
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World Choir Games Celebration Concert - Consonus vokalensemble
17 Jul 2024Consonus vokalensemble's performance at the World Choir Games 2024 Celebration Concert, 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 2', Auckland Town Hall, 17 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Thursday, 11 July 2024
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World Choir Games Celebration Concert - Delaware Choral Scholars
11 Jul 2024The Delaware Choral Scholars' performance at the World Choir Games Celebration Concert, 'A Choral Kaleidoscope', Auckland Town Hall, 11 July 2024. Read more Audio
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World Choir Games Celebration Concert - Ungklang
11 Jul 2024Ungklang's performance at the World Choir Games 2024 Celebration Concert, 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 1', Auckland Town Hall, 11 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
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