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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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22 December 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Christmas Pops
Jacqui Dark (mezzo) New Zealand SO/Benjamin Northey
Favourite festive music and songs
(RNZ Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington)
Webb, Joy arr P Graham: The Light - Ascot Park Hotel Brass/Joe Thomas (RNZ 2025-07-02)
Allegri, Gregorio arr E W Haukas: Miserere - Auckland City Brass/Mark Close (RNZ 2025-07-02)
Young, Kenneth: Douce Tristesse - Auckland Philharmonia/Shiyeon Sung/Shiyeon Sung (RNZ Auckland Town Hall)
Latest audio
Thursday, 15 May 2025
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PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 In C Op 26
15 May 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and Alexander Gavrylyuk, conducted by Shiyeon Sung, at their Premier Series - Tchaikovsky 5 concert on 15 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ… Read more Audio
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K YOUNG: Douce Tristesse
15 May 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Shiyeon Sung at their Premier Series - Tchaikovsky 5 concert on 15 May 2025 at the Auckland Town hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Monday, 5 May 2025
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NZSO: Poem of Ecstasy
5 May 2025Gemma New conducts a programme featuring titans of early twentieth-century romanticism. The programme takes its name from Scriabin’s 1908 Poem of Ecstasy.
Recorded in 2023 at the Michael Fowler… Read more Audio
Sunday, 4 May 2025
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Vierne, Louis: Carillon de Westminster Op 54/6
Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell… Read more Audio
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Artley, Chris: I will lift up mine eyes
Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) and Orson Paine (trumpet) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was… Read more Audio
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Mendelssohn, Felix: Organ Sonata No 1 in F minor
Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell… Read more Audio
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Tavener, John: Hymn to the Mother of God
Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell… Read more Audio
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Madden, Richard: Set me as a Seal
Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.
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Stanley, John arr Henry Coleman: Suite for Organ
Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.
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Howells, Herbert: Magnificat (Collegium Regale)
Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.
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Chesnokov, Pavel: Salvation is created
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ under conductor Terence Maskell at their concert with the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV543
Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.
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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
More live performances and recordings:
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Concert Hall Collection
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Resound
Showcasing work by New Zealand composers