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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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14 May 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
Auckland Arts Festival: Force of Nature
THORNE: Te Manawa o Raukatauri
PERKINS: Ngā Manu o te Ngahere (Birds of the Forest)
SHEPHERD: He Awa Whiria (Braided River)
FISHER: Toroa (Albatross)
SCHOLES: Widowmaker (The Falling)
YOUNG: Place of Echo - Pūtaringamotu
THORNE: Te Toroa me te - Tohorā
JENNINGS: Urban Lives: Longfin Eels and Long-Tailed Bats
Somi Kim (piano), Ashley Brown (cello), Amalia Hall (violin), Kathryn Moorhead (flute), Peter Scholes (clarinet), Rob Thorne (taonga pūoro), Yoshiko Tsuruta (percussion)
Concert Chamber, Auckland (RNZ)
Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No 7 - Auckland Phil/Vincent Hardaker (RNZ )
Kelly, Victoria: Songs Without Words - Justine Cormack (vln), Marike Kruup (vln), Robert Ashworth (vla), Ken Ichinose (cello) (RNZ )
Latest 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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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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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
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
Coming up
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
Coming up
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
Coming up
Friday, 6 October 2023
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Whirimako Black live at Wellington Jazz Festival 2021
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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Toshio HOSOKAWA: Circulating Ocean
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 on Sunday at 7pm
- Text to 8824 (texts cost 20 cents)
- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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- RNZ Concert on X
- Write to PO Box 123, Wellington
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Concert Hall Collection
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Resound
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