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19 February 2026

with Clarissa Dunn

Ritchie, Anthony: Underwater Music - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ NZAR)

Debussy, Claude: La plus que lente - Andrew Beer (violin), Ingrid Bauer (harp) (RNZ 2025-08-31)

Meng, Henry: No 3 from Watercolours Op 236 - Henry Meng (piano) (RNZ)

Traditional arr Quartel: The Parting Glass - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir/Susan Densem (RNZ)

7.30

Auckland Philharmonia (Live): Classic 1 - Best of Brahms

Andrew Beer (violin), Ashley Brown (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi

Brahms, Johannes: Academic Festival Overture Op 80

Brahms, Johannes: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor Op 102

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98

(RNZ Auckland Town Hall, Auckland)

Latest audio

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

  • NZSO - Til Time Shall End

    music Wellington
    10 Sep 2025

    Multi-Grammy Award winner Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the NZSO in two post-war American works, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No 2, The Age of Anxiety with pianist Joyce Yang, and Aaron Copland’s… Read more Audio

Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Monday, 8 September 2025

  • NZSO - Jubilation

    music Wellington
    8 Sep 2025

    James Judd conducts the NZSO in an uplifting programme that invites us to question the range of emotions lurking beneath the music’s smiling surface.

    Recorded 30 May 2024 at the Michael Fowler… Read more Audio

Monday, 1 September 2025

Saturday, 30 August 2025

  • Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet, 2nd movement

    music Auckland
    30 Aug 2025

    Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

    Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet In C Op 59 No 3

    music Auckland
    30 Aug 2025

    Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

    Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Ngwenyama, Nokuthula: Flow

    music Auckland
    30 Aug 2025

    Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

    Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet G Minor Op 74 No 3, Rider

    music Auckland
    30 Aug 2025

    Performed by the Takács Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert on 30 August 2025 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

    Performers were: Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

Thursday, 28 August 2025

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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

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