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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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14 January 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - New Worlds
DVORAK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97OSCHER: Escenas del SurBEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky
Richard O'Neill (viola), New Zealand String Quartet, Sergey Malov (viola), Hiroshi Ikematsu (double bass), Takács Quartet
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson 03/02/24 (RNZ)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: The Sea Hawk - Auckland Phil/Carlos Kalmar (RNZ )
Field, John: Nocturne No 6, Cradle Song - Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ )
Latest audio
Friday, 8 November 2024
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Ngā Tūmanako - Whiti te marama i te pō (Hirini Melbourne)
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Nga Tumanako - Medley: Paikea; Kotiro Maori
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Ngā Tūmanako - Waiata a ringa, lament for Te Wharehuia Milroy
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Ngā Tūmanako - Rongomaiwahine
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Ngā Tūmanako - Taku whare tapere (Kawariki Morgan)
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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Ngā Tūmanako - Hei raukura
8 Nov 2024Toa Whakaihuwaka champions at Te Matatini 2019, Ngā Tūmanako perform at 'A Night of Song and Dance', World Choir Games 2024, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, 18 July 2024. Read more Audio
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World Choir Games 2024 - 'A Night of Song and Dance'
8 Nov 2024Ngā Tūmanako and the New Zealand Youth Choir perform in one of the Celebration Concerts at the World Choir Games 2024 held in Auckland. Read more Audio
Friday, 1 November 2024
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World Choir Games 2024 - 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 2'
1 Nov 2024Four choirs from around the world perform in one of the Celebration Concerts at the World Choir Games 2024 held in Auckland. Read more Audio
Friday, 25 October 2024
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World Choir Games 2024 - 'A Choral Kaleidoscope 1'
25 Oct 2024Four choirs from around the world perform in one of the Celebration Concerts at the World Choir Games 2024 held in Auckland. Read more Audio
Thursday, 24 October 2024
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NZSO Arias Concert, Part Two
24 Oct 2024Soprano Eliza Boom and tenor Paul O'Neill perform arias and duets from Puccini's much-loved operas with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Luis Gómez.
Recorded 24 October 2024… Read more Audio
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NZSO Arias Concert, Part One
24 Oct 2024Soprano Eliza Boom and tenor Paul O'Neill perform arias and duets from Puccini's much-loved operas with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Luis Gómez.
Recorded 24 October 2024… Read more Audio
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Friday, 11 October 2024
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Live: Kirsten Te Rito - Māreikura
11 Oct 2024Māreikura is an exciting new work that blends jazz and Te Reo Māori. Inspired by Māori goddesses and cosmology, Te Rito draws extensively on Te Ao Māori. Recorded live at the 2023 Wellington Jazz… 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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