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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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27 September 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
BBC Proms 2024: Steve Reich's Jacob's Ladder
STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements
REICH: Jacob's Ladder
TIPPET: Ritual Dances, from The Midsummer Marriage
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61
Synergy Vocals, BBC Symphony Orch/Martyn Brabbins
Royal Albert Hall, London 30/08/24 (BBC)
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Sunday, 26 November 2023
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NZTrio - 'Dumky'
26 Nov 2023NZTrio brings us the final in their three-concert 'Homeland' series in which they explore the ways that composers connect with a location – often their own place of birth. Read more Audio
Friday, 24 November 2023
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STRAVISNKY: Petrushka
24 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 24 November 2023. Read more Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
24 Nov 2023Performed by Clara-Jumi Kang and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 24 November 2023. Read more Audio
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HOLMES: For just a little moment
24 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 24 November 2023. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Beethoven's Violin
24 Nov 2023Not particularly showy, but gorgeously lyrical, Beethoven's Violin Concerto shines in the hands of Clara-Jumi Kang who confesses that she loves Beethoven "too much". The Auckland Philharmonia under… Read more Audio
Thursday, 23 November 2023
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David Burchell at the Auckland Town Hall Organ
23 Nov 2023Dunedin organist David Burchell plays a recital on the Auckland Town Hall Organ. The organ is German-built in the style of an English concert organ, and so this programme is largely German and… Read more
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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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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