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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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02 January 2026
with Clarissa Dunn
Russ Spiegel at the Creative Jazz Club
Russ Spiegel (guitar), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Finn Scholes (trumpet), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums)
SPIEGEL: Up the Creek
SPIEGEL: Streets of Milan
SPIEGEL: Miami Girl
VELÁZQUEZ: Bésame mucho
SPIEGEL: Slippery Slope
SPIEGEL: Underdown Groove
SPIEGEL: Count Up
SPIEGEL: Retribution Blues
SPIEGEL: Caribbean Blue
(RNZ Anthology, Auckland)
Piazzolla, Astor: Oblivion - Rachel Vernon (clarinet), Aroha String Quartet (RNZ 2022)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 (1) - Shan Liu (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2024-10-08)
Leclair, Jean-Marie: Violin Sonata in E Minor Op2/1 - Justine Cormack (violin), James Bush (cello), Simon Martyn-Ellis (theorbo) ()
Latest audio
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
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2023 Les Voisins 5 TAYLOR on what grounds for violin, cello and theorbo
Chamber music trio, Les Voisins, perform at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington on 7 May 2023. Audio
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2023 Les Voisins 4 MARAIS Sonnerie de Ste Genevieve du Mont-de-Paris
Chamber music trio, Les Voisins, perform at St Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington on 7 May 2023. Audio
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2023 Les Voisins 3 VISEE Suite in C minor for solo theorbo
Chamber music trio, Les Voisins, perform at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington on 7 May 2023. Audio
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2023 Les Voisins 2 LECLAIR Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op 2
Chamber music trio, Les Voisins, perform at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington on 7 May 2023. Audio
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2023 Les Voisins 1 VISEE Prelude and Passacaille for solo theorbo
Chamber music trio, Les Voisins, perform at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington on 7 May 2023. Audio
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Friday, 30 June 2023
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ELGAR: Enigma Variations
30 Jun 2023NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Recorded 30 June 2023, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
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COPLAND: Billy the Kid
30 Jun 2023NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Recorded 30 June 2023, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
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Nathaniel OTLEY: the convergence of oceans
30 Jun 2023NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Recorded 30 June 2023, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
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Tuesday, 27 June 2023
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APO: The Greats
27 Jun 2023NZ violinist Benjamin Morrison returns from Vienna to perform with the APO in a dynamic performance of Brahms and Schubert conducted by Giordano Bellincampi. Read more
Friday, 23 June 2023
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Orchestra Wellington: Fantastic Symphonies
23 Jun 2023Experience the rage, fury and opium-addled love of French composer Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique - the original anthem to sex, drugs and rock and roll. Here it is paired with it's sequel Lelio, … Read more
Thursday, 22 June 2023
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Music Alive: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - Brahms 4
22 Jun 2023Pianist Sylvia Jiang makes her debut with the Auckland Philharmonia in Liszt's Second Piano Concerto. The orchestra rounds out the programme with music by Stravinsky and Brahms. Read more Audio
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
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Music Alive: NZTrio - Homeland 1
20 Jun 2023The 2023 Homeland series has a focus on the music of Antonin Dvořák. This performance also includes the willing air - a new piece by Eve de Castro-Robinson, and piano trios by Weinberg and Daniel… Read more Audio
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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- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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Resound
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