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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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10 December 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2025: Bach and Golijov
Gilles Vonsattel (piano), L.P. How, Alejandro Valdepeñas (violins), Margaret Dyer Harris (viola), Alastair Eng (cello), Mark Tatum (double bass), Todd Palmer (clarinet), Verona Quartet
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E BWV1053
Golijov, Osvaldo: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
(WFMT)
Jarre, Maurice arr Alfred Reed: Theme from Lawrence of Arabia - Royal New Zealand Airforce Band/David Gallaher (RNZ 2024-11-10)
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)
Debussy, Claude: Images, Book 1 - Liam Wooding (piano) (RNZ)
Byrd, William: Agnus Dei, from Mass for four voices - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ TC 2023)
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Thursday, 28 August 2025
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The Big Sing Gala Concert 2025
The Big Sing Gala Concert 2025, performed at the Dunedin Town Hall on 28 August 2025. Audio
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Wagner, Richard arr Vlieger: Die Meistersinger, an orchestral tribute
28 Aug 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Antony Hermus at their Premier Series - Love Stories concert on 28 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotry Ilyich: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy, Overture
28 Aug 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Antony Hermus at their Premier Series - Love Stories concert on 28 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Glinka, Mikhail: Russlan & Ludmilla, Overture
28 Aug 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Antony Hermus at their Premier Series - Love Stories concert on 28 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
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Monday, 25 August 2025
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NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Blues Symphony
25 Aug 2025André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and legendary jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ acclaimed Blues Symphony plus a work by Bryce Dessner.
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Thursday, 21 August 2025
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Böhme, Oskar: Sextet
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia brass players at their In Your Neighbourhood - Tuba Tones concert on 21 August 2025 at the St Luke's, Remuera.
Performers were: Alexander Jeantou (tuba), Drew… Read more Audio
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Danielsson, Christer: Concertant Suite
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia brass players at their In Your Neighbourhood - Tuba Tones concert on 21 August 2025 at the St Luke's, Remuera.
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Calvert, Morley: Suite From The Monteregian Hills
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia brass players at their In Your Neighbourhood - Tuba Tones concert on 21 August 2025 at the St Luke's, Remuera.
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Danielsson, Christer: Capriccio da Camera
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia brass players at their In Your Neighbourhood - Tuba Tones concert on 21 August 2025 at the St Luke's, Remuera.
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Previn, André: Four Outings For Brass
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia brass players at their In Your Neighbourhood - Tuba Tones concert on 21 August 2025 at the St Luke's, Remuera.
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Monday, 18 August 2025
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NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Become Ocean
18 Aug 2025André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in John Luther Adam’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Become Ocean. And NZSO percussionists perform Tōru Takemitsu’s incredibly atmospheric piece Rain Tree. Read more Audio
Sunday, 17 August 2025
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Ritchie, Anthony: You! Who?
Performed by Tessa Romano (mezzo-soprano) and Terence Dennis (piano) at the University of Otago - Te Korokoro studios on 17 August 2025. Poem by Fiona Farrell.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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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
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
More live performances and recordings:
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Concert Hall Collection
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Resound
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