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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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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)
Latest audio
Monday, 28 July 2025
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NZSO: Heavenly
28 Jul 2025Mahler’s Fourth - a picture of the perfect childhood - is paired with Gabriella Smith's Tumblebird Contrails, a hauntingly evocative work inspired by the hallucinatory sounds of the Pacific Ocean. Read more Audio
Friday, 25 July 2025
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Auckland Philharmonia: Beethoven 5
Join Conductor Giordano Bellincampi, the Auckland Philharmonia, and soloist Arabella Steinbacher for Beethoven 5. The programme features Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 5, Rossini's La Cenerentola… Read more Audio
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2024 Lexus Song Quest Grand Final
Five finalists sing one song with piano accompaniment and two arias accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The winner and runner-up are announced live on stage by the International Head… Read more Audio
Friday, 18 July 2025
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 2
18 Jul 2025Finding the opera voices of tomorrow, here is RNZ Concert's recording of the second of two semi-finals for the Lexus Song Quest 2024. Soprano Tayla Alexander and Felicity Tomkins, counter-tenor Austin… Read more Audio
Friday, 11 July 2025
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LIVE: 2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 1
11 Jul 2025Finding the opera voices of tomorrow, here is RNZ Concert's recording of the first of two semi-finals for the Lexus Song Quest 2024. Soprano Madison Horman, mezzo Katie Trigg, tenor Manase Latu… Read more Audio
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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Schönberg, Arnold: Verklärte Nacht Op 4
10 Jul 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series - Nightscapes concert on 10 July 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Wagner, Richard arr Leopold Auer: Träume WWV 91B
10 Jul 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series - Nightscapes concert on 10 July 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Piazzola, Astor arr Jeff Scott: Libertango
10 Jul 2025Performed by Bede Hanley (oboe), Jonathan Cohen (clarinet), Ingrid Hagan (bassoon), Gabrielle Pho (horn) as an encore at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series - Nightscapes concert on 10 July… Read more Audio
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b
10 Jul 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series - Nightscapes concert on 10 July 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The soloists were Bede Hanley… Read more Audio
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Strauss II, Johann: Emperor Waltz Op 437
10 Jul 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series - Nightscapes concert on 10 July 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Saturday, 5 July 2025
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RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27
5 Jul 2025Performed by the 2025 NZSO National Youth Orchestra under conductor Adam Johnson on 7 July, 2025 at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre Recorded by RNZ Concert Producer/engineer: David Houston… Read more Audio
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VENTER, LUKA: glacier
5 Jul 2025Performed by the 2025 NZSO National Youth Orchestra under conductor Adam Johnson on 7 July, 2025 at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre Recorded by RNZ Concert Producer/engineer: David Houston… Read more 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
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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