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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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15 August 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
BBC Proms 2025: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY: Le chant du rossignol K026;
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64;
DAVIS: Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey;
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28
Augustin Hadelich (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
Royal Albert Hall, London 24/07/25 (BBC)
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Saturday, 23 September 2023
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FALLA: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve
23 Sep 2023Performed by Benjamin Baker (vln), Laurence Matheson (pno) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 23 September, 2023 Audio
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POULENC: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
23 Sep 2023Robert Orr (ob), Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Laurence Matheson (pno) Audio
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SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44
23 Sep 2023Benjamin Baker, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello), Laurence Matheson (pno) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September… Read more Audio
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MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370
23 Sep 2023Robert Orr (ob), Wilma Smith (vln), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September, 2023 Audio
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S FISHER: Mata-Au for string trio
23 Sep 2023Benjamin Baker (vln), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September, 2023 Read more Audio
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FRANCAIX: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
23 Sep 2023Robert Orr (ob), Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Laurence Matheson (pno) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September, 2023 Audio
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Martinborough Music Festival 2023: Françaix, Fisher, Mozart and Schumann
23 Sep 2023Chamber music by Françaix, Fisher, Mozart and Schumann at the 2023 Martinborough Music Festival Read more Audio
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Martinborough Music Festival 2023: Poulenc, Falla, Boccherini, Loeffler, Marsalis
23 Sep 2023Music of Poulenc, Falla, Boccherini, Loeffler, Marsalis performed at the Martinborough Music Festival 2023 Read more Audio
Friday, 22 September 2023
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RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19
22 Sep 2023Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Wilma Smith, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (viola), Ashley Brown (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 22 September… Read more Audio
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence
22 Sep 2023Benjamin Baker, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo, Amanda Verner (violas), Ashley Brown, Matthias Balzat (cellos) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 22… Read more Audio
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ELGAR: Romance for bassoon in D minor Op 62
22 Sep 2023Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Wilma Smith, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (viola), Ashley Brown (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 22 September… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 21 September 2023
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APO: Reflections
21 Sep 2023Listen to languid, ecstatic music of a hot summer afternoon from Debussy, the world premiere of a piece for APO principal oboe, Bede Hanley, and Prokofiev’s last symphony - direct and tuneful, but… Read more
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.
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