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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, 5 July 2024
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TRAD arr Quartel: The Parting Glass
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Benjamin Madden at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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TRAD arr Smith: Scarborough Fair
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Fiona Wilson at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Six Motets Op 79, Nos 1, 4, 5
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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PASEK, PAUL: You Will be Found, from Dear Evan Hansen
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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ELLIOTT, Rosa: Those Others
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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STEINBERG, KELLY: True Colours
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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WHITACRE: Cloudburst
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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ARTLEY: O magnum mysterium
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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TRAD arr Patriquin: Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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GUILLAUME, Sydney: Kanaval
5 Jul 2024Performed by the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 5 July 2014. Read more Audio
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New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir - Concert on the Eve of a Tour of China 2024
5 Jul 2024Aotearoa's finest high school choristers perform a concert in St Matthews-in-the-City on the eve of their departure for a short tour of China. Read more Audio
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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