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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 on Sunday at 7pm
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15 May 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts: Rheingau Music Festival Opening Concert
BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture Op 9
LALO: Symphonie Espagnole Op 21
YSAYE: Rustic Dance, from Sonata in G for solo violin Op 27/5
POULENC: Stabat Mater
CHOPIN: Preludes Op 28, selection
Guido Sant'Anna (violin), Vannina Santoni (soprano), MDR Radio Choir, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Alain Altinoglu, Claire Huangci (piano)
Eltville Eberbach Abbey, Rheingau (Deutsche Welle)
Farr, Gareth: Kiwi, from Ornithological Anecdotes - Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), Bradley Wood (piano) (Whānau London Voices Royal Albert Hall, London)
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Saturday, 9 December 2023
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Leo Liu - A RITCHIE: Olveston Suite, Nos 1 and 4
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Read more Audio
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Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition 2023
9 Dec 2023The six finalists perform in the University of Auckland School of Music Theatre at the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition. Read more Audio
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Friday, 8 December 2023
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Music Alive: Whakatipu Festival 2022 Young Artist Recitals #4
8 Dec 2023This festival was created to give early-career NZ musicians a performance opportunity during COVID. In this concert you’ll hear music by violinist Hazuki Katsukawa, viola player Zephyr Wills, and… Read more Audio
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Thursday, 7 December 2023
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Music Alive: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - "Dvořák Cello Concerto"
7 Dec 2023French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière joins the APO to perform Dvořák's ever-popular concerto in a programme that also includes the bracing Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski and a… Read more Audio
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NZSO: The Art of Fugue
7 Dec 2023NZSO Sessions 2022: Art of Fugue
Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen and principle oboe Robert Orr join with members of the NZSO to perform extracts from Bach's The Art of Fugue, his Concerto for… Read more Audio
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Asian Composers League: Te Hau - Alistair Fraser and Bridget Douglas
7 Dec 2023Listen to Alistair Fraser (taonga pūoro) and Bridget Douglas (flute) perform recent compositions from Hong Kong, Aotearoa, and Denmark in this Asian Composers League concert, Te Hau, held in… Read more Audio
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Wednesday, 6 December 2023
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POULENC: Les chemins de l'amour
6 Dec 2023Performed as an encore by Antonio Pompa-Baldi in his recital at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 6 December 2023. Read more Audio
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BACH trans BUSONI: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor
6 Dec 2023Performed by Antonio Pompa-Baldi in his recital at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 6 December 2023. Read more Audio
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RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42
6 Dec 2023Performed by Antonio Pompa-Baldi in his recital at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 6 December 2023. Read more Audio
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CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasy in Ab Op 61
6 Dec 2023Performed by Antonio Pompa-Baldi in his recital at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 6 December 2023. Read more Audio
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ROBERTO PIANA: Inferno, from Glances on the Divine Comedy
6 Dec 2023Performed by Antonio Pompa-Baldi in his recital at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 6 December 2023. Read more Audio
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LISZT: Ballade No 2 in B minor
6 Dec 2023Performed by Antonio Pompa-Baldi in his recital at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 6 December 2023. 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 on Sunday at 7pm
- 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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