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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 February 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2017: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
ORAM: Young People's Guide to the Orchestra (première)
MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
JELLEYMAN: Vespro (première)
BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Colin Currie (percussion), NZSO National Youth Orchestra/James MacMillan
Auckland Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)
Françaix, Jean: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano - Robert Orr (ob), Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Laurence Matheson (pno) (RNZ MMF 2023)
Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody No 9 in Eb, Carnival in Pest - Te Kōkī Trio: Martin Riseley (violin), Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ WCMT 2023-05-28)
Latest audio
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
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Auckland Arts Festival: Force of Nature
21 Nov 2023A concert at the 2023 Auckland Arts Festival of new music by New Zealand composers. It celebrates New Zealand's wildlife. Read more Audio
Friday, 17 November 2023
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HAYDN: Symphony No 103 in Eb, Drumroll
17 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Great Classics series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 17 November 2023. Read more Audio
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RACHMANINOV arr Zoltan Kocsis: Vocalise
17 Nov 2023Performed by Alexander Gavrylyuk at the Auckland Philharmonia's Great Classics series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 17 November 2023. Read more Audio
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23
17 Nov 2023Performed by Alexander Gavrylyuk and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Great Classics series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 17 November 2023. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Gavrylyuk Plays Tchaikovsky
17 Nov 2023Ukrainian-born Australian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk is the Auckland Philharmonia's guest for the mighty First Piano Concerto by Tchaikovsky ... always a crowd favourite. Giordano Bellincampi… Read more Audio
Saturday, 11 November 2023
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Giordano Bellincampi speaks to Tim Dodd about Mahler 5
11 Nov 2023Recorded in Giordano Bellincampi's dressing room at the Auckland Town Hall in a break from rehearsals of Mahler's Symphony No 5 with the Auckland Philharmonia. Read more Audio
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MAHLER: Symphony No 5
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'Mahler 5', Auckland Town Hall, 11 November 2023. Read more Audio
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WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'Mahler 5', Auckland Town Hall, 11 November 2023. Read more Audio
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STRAVINSKY: Petroushka
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Benjamin Northey on the 11th of November, 2023 at the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium in the Christchurch Town Hall. Read more Audio
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WAGNER: Rienzi Overture
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'Mahler 5', Auckland Town Hall, 11 November 2023. Read more Audio
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STRAUSS: Four Last Songs
11 Nov 2023Sung by Eliza Boom (soprano), with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey on the 11th of November, 2023 at the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium in the Christchurch Town Hall. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Mahler 5
11 Nov 2023The Philharmonia's Music Director Giordano Bellincampi conducts them in a programme of Wagner and Mahler. Read more Audio
Coming up
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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