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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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28 January 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Romance
SCHUMANN arr DEBUSSY: Six Studies in Canonic Form Op 56:JANACEK: Violin Sonata:PIAZZOLLA: Kicho:MONTI: Czárdás:PRICE: Piano Quintet
Dénes Várjon, Izabella Simon (piano), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Hiroshi Ikematsu (contrabass), Takács Quartet, Jian Liu (piano)
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson 05/02/24 (RNZ)
Strauss, Richard: Don Juan - New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ )
Ballard, Sarah: Prema Lahari (World Première) - NZTrio (RNZ )
Delibes, Leo: Où va la jeune Hindoue, from Lakme - Amelia Berry (soprano), New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ 2022)
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Tuesday, 4 June 2024
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NZ Barok - Hark, Sweet Music
4 Jun 2024NZ Barok performs two baroque treasures: Handel's Water Music and Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Read more Audio
Monday, 27 May 2024
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NZSO: Legacy
Pianist Stephen De Pledge and the New Zealand SO performed this concert as part of the Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebrations. It includes the premiere of a Gillian Whitehead work with a timely… Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 23 May 2024
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RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44
23 May 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Lawrence Renes at their Premier Series concert, 'Totally Trumpet', Auckland Town Hall, 23 May 2024. Read more Audio
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TRAD: Norwegian Folk Song
23 May 2024Performed as an encore by trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series concert, 'Totally Trumpet', Auckland Town Hall, 23 May 2024. Read more Audio
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PENDERECKI: Trumpet Concertino
23 May 2024Performed by Tine Thing Helseth with the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Lawrence Renes at their Premier Series concert, 'Totally Trumpet', Auckland Town Hall, 23 May 2024. Read more Audio
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Aleksandra PAKHMUTOVA: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
23 May 2024Performed by Tine Thing Helseth with the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Lawrence Renes at their Premier Series concert, 'Totally Trumpet', Auckland Town Hall, 23 May 2024. Read more Audio
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SMETANA: The Bartered Bride Overture
23 May 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Lawrence Renes at their Premier Series concert, 'Totally Trumpet', Auckland Town Hall, 23 May 2024. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Bruckner 9
23 May 2024A performance from an Auckland Philharmonia Premier Series concert. Karl-Heinz Steffens conducts. Read more Audio
Thursday, 9 May 2024
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Auckland Philharmonia: Mozart's Clarinet
9 May 2024Annelien Van Wauwe joins the Auckland Philharmonia and conductor Jun Märkl to play Mozart's Clarinet Concerto as Mozart himself was likely to hear it - performed on the basset clarinet. Also on the… Read more Audio
Thursday, 2 May 2024
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BRUCKNER: Symphony No 9
2 May 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens at their Premier Series concert, 'Bach & Bruckner', Auckland Town Hall, 2 May 2024. Read more Audio
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Thursday, 11 April 2024
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SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little
11 Apr 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Christoph Altstaedt at their Great Classics series concert, 'Viennese Feast', Auckland Town Hall, 11 April 2024. Read more Audio
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MAHLER arr BRITTEN: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me
11 Apr 2024Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Christoph Altstaedt at their Great Classics series concert, 'Viennese Feast', Auckland Town Hall, 11 April 2024. 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
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