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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 October 2025
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Pinnacle
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Respighi Fountains of Rome
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Daniil Trifonov (piano), New Zealand SO/Umberto Clerici
Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture gives us a taste of Italian festivities, while Respighi’s resplendent Fountains of Rome takes us on a tour of four of the fifty monumental fountains in Rome. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov was described by The Times as “without question the most astounding pianist of our age”, his rendition of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto is unforgettable.
(RNZ Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington)
Maxwell Davies, Peter arr Tennant: Farewell to Stromness - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)
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Thursday, 27 February 2025
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NZSO: Song of Destiny
27 Feb 2025A concert of hope, drama and triumph with music by Verdi, Brahms and Dvořák. James Judd conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Voices New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Brahms 3
27 Feb 2025In his second performance with the Auckland Philharmonia this season, James Ehnes brings us one of his specialties: Bartok's 1st Violin Concerto. Giordano Bellincampi conducts music by Ligeti and… Read more Audio
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Grand Finale
26 Feb 2025To bring the 2024 festival to a close, all the artists join in for a final celebration. Pianists Izabella Simon and Dénes Várjon play Ravel with help from their daughter Liána; Sergey Malov plays and… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - The Romantic Bartók
25 Feb 2025Hungarian pianists Izabella Simon and Dénes Várjon bring us a programme of music by their countrymen Franz Liszt and Bela Bartók - his very rarely heard Piano Quintet, written early in his life when… Read more Audio
Thursday, 20 February 2025
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MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish
20 Feb 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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BACH: Largo, from Sonata for solo violin No 3 in C, BWV1005
20 Feb 2025Performed as an encore by James Ehnes at the Auckland Philharmonia's Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77
20 Feb 2025Performed by James Ehnes and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture
20 Feb 2025Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Classic Series concert 'Ehnes & Bellincampi', Auckland Town Hall, 20 February 2025. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Ehnes & Bellincampi
20 Feb 2025James Ehnes joins the orchestra for Brahms's Violin Concerto in this Classic Series concert. Giordano Bellincampi conducts. Read more Audio
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Metamorphosen
19 Feb 2025Taking its title from Richard Strauss's late masterpiece, written in mourning for the destroyed Munich National Theatre, this concert also includes performances of two other works that riff on the… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Monique's Choice
18 Feb 2025Violinist Monique Lapins plays some of her favourites. Read more Audio
Coming up
Monday, 17 February 2025
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NZSO: Legacy
Pianist Stephen De Pledge and the New Zealand SO performed this concert as part of the Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebrations. It includes the premiere of a Gillian Whitehead work with a timely… Read more Video, Audio
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.
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