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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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19 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZCT: 2025 Chamber Music Contest Final
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 1, (1) and (3)
BACEWICZ: Quartet for four violins
BIZET arr WILBERG: Fantasy on Themes from Bizet's Carmen
SMETANA: Piano Trio in G minor Op 15, (3)
DAMASE: Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano
ROTA: Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano
PIAZZOLA arr VERHELST: Suite from Maria de Buenos Aires
WIENER: Go Between
Fellas with Cellas;4tissimo;Mérimée Quartet;Vzpominka;Les Mousquetaires;Nino Rota Trio;Los Piazzolanos;The Betwieners
Town Hall, Auckland 02/08/25 (RNZ)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Capriccio Italien Op 45 - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ)
Latest audio
Saturday, 9 December 2023
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Leo Liu - A RITCHIE: Olveston Suite, Nos 1 and 4
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Read more Audio
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Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition 2023
9 Dec 2023The six finalists perform in the University of Auckland School of Music Theatre at the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition. Read more Audio
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BYRD: This Day Christ was Born
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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POULENC: Quem vidistis, from Four Christmas Motets
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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HOWELLS: Here is the Little Door
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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POULENC: Vidente Stellam, from Four Christmas Motets
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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LASSO: Vidente Stellam
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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POULENC: O Magnum Mysterium, from Four Christmas Motets
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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VICTORIA: O Magnum Mysterium
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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SANDSTRØM: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 Audio
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BERG: Es ist ein Reis entsprungen
9 Dec 2023Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort, recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on 9 December, 2023 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
- Text to 8824 (texts cost 20 cents)
- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
- RNZ Concert Facebook Page
- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
More live performances and recordings:
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Concert Hall Collection
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Resound
Showcasing work by New Zealand composers