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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
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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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PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 5 in B-flat Op 100
5 Jul 2024NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Tianyi Lu
Recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
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KAPUSTIN: Concert Etude Op 40/8
5 Jul 2024Shan Liu (piano), recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Read more Audio
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KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in D-flat
5 Jul 2024Shan Liu (piano), NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Tianyi Lu
Recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
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LEOV, Jessie: Speculations on a Rainbow
5 Jul 20242024 NZSO National Youth Orchestra recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Read more Audio
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NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2024
5 Jul 2024The 2024 NZSO National Youth Orchestra perform at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, conducted by Tianyi Lu Read more Audio
Thursday, 4 July 2024
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Op 35
4 Jul 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Alan Buribayev at their Premier Series concert, 'Scheherazade', Auckland Town Hall, 4 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Gareth FARR: The Horizon from Owhiro Bay
4 Jul 2024Performed as an encore by Sylvia Jiang at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series concert, 'Scheherazade', Auckland Town Hall, 4 July 2024. Read more Audio
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PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 16
4 Jul 2024Performed by Sylvia Jiang with the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Alan Buribayev at their Premier Series concert, 'Scheherazade', Auckland Town Hall, 4 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Melody EÖTVÖS: The Saqqara Bird
4 Jul 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Alan Buribayev at their Premier Series concert, 'Scheherazade', Auckland Town Hall, 4 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: The Eternal City
4 Jul 2024Giordano Bellincampi takes us to the country of his birth with a concert featuring all three of Ottorino Respighi's Rome triptyches. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Schererazade
4 Jul 2024New Zealand pianist Sylvia Jiang returns to the Auckland Philharmonia stage to play Prokofiev's daunting Second Piano Concerto, widely considered one of the most difficult pieces of all to play. The… Read more Audio
Friday, 28 June 2024
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Troy Kingi with the Auckland Philharmonia
28 Jun 2024For one night only Troy Kingi and the Auckland Philharmonia perform his third, psychedelic-soul album, Shake That Skinny Ass All The Way To Zygertron. This concert is full of great tunes, fun songs… 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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Resound
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