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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
Saturday, 11 November 2023
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L BOULANGER: Matins de Printemps
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra with 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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Last Songs: Eliza Boom with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
11 Nov 2023'Last Songs' features Kiwi soprano Eliza Boom performing Richard Strauss' most beloved work with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey Read more Audio
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
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The Graduate Choir NZ 21st Anniversary Celebration
31 Oct 2023The Graduate Choir New Zealand and their Music Director Terence Maskell celebrate their 21st Anniversary with a concert in St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 30 October 2022. Read more Audio
Friday, 20 October 2023
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2022 Wellington Jazz Festival: Sunday Mixtape
20 Oct 2023The Sunday Mixtape, commissioned by the Wellington Jazz Festival, was an opportunity for three very different Aotearoa jazz musicians to present sets of brand new music. Read more Video, Audio
Thursday, 19 October 2023
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RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45
19 Oct 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Chloé van Soeterstède at their Premier Series concert 'Symphonic Dances', Auckland Town Hall, 19 October 2023. Read more Audio
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MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64
19 Oct 2023Performed by Sergey Khachatryan and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Chloé van Soeterstède at their Premier Series concert 'Symphonic Dances', Auckland Town Hall, 19 October 2023. Read more Audio
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PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical
19 Oct 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Chloé van Soeterstède at their Premier Series concert 'Symphonic Dances', Auckland Town Hall, 19 October 2023. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Symphonic Dances
19 Oct 2023It's a programme of Sergeys! Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and that's sandwiched between "symphonies" by Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninov. Read more Audio
Friday, 13 October 2023
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Nathan Haines Octet live at Wellington Jazz Festival 2021
13 Oct 2023Listen to saxophonist, clarinettist, flutist, band leader and composer Nathan Haines and his octet perform original material from new past releases at this Wellington Jazz Festival concert. Read more Audio
Friday, 6 October 2023
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Whirimako Black: Jazz at the Opera House
6 Oct 2023Hear 'the Soul Daughter of Tūhoe', Whirimako Black, performing te reo Māori jazz standards and originals at the 2021 Wellington Jazz Festival. Read more Audio
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Friday, 29 September 2023
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BRAHMS: A German Requiem iii. Herr, lehre doch mich
29 Sep 2023Performed by Madeleine Pierard (sop), Robert Tucker (baritone), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, conducted by Brent Stewart at the Michael Fowler Centre on 10 September, 2022 Audio
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Thursday, 28 September 2023
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DEBUSSY: La Mer
28 Sep 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Jun Märkl at their Premier Series concert 'Mozart's Clarinet', Auckland Town Hall, 28 September 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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