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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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04 November 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Music from the Movies
The NZSO performs music from Jurassic Park, E.T., Schindler's List, Back to the Future, Chariots of Fire, Rocky, Mission Impossible, Spiderman, and Star Wars
Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 09/02/18 (RNZ)
Britten, Benjamin: Three Divertimenti - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ )
Rachmaninov, Sergei: To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ Tudor Consort 2021-06-26)
Latest audio
Saturday, 15 December 2018
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MARKS/HAYMAN: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
15 Dec 2018New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey with audience sing along. Read more Audio
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
15 Dec 2018New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey. Read more Audio
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HERMANN: We need a little Christmas, from Mame
15 Dec 2018Jacqui Dark (vocals) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey. Read more Audio
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TRAD arr ANTHONY RITCHIE: The Twelve Days of Christmas
15 Dec 2018Jacqui Dark (vocals) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey. Read more Audio
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NZSO Christmas Pops - Interval interview
15 Dec 2018Jacqui Dark and Benjamin Northey talk to Charlotte Wilson about how they celebrate Christmas. Read more Audio
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NZSO Christmas Pops - Part Two
15 Dec 2018Vocalist Jacqui Dark with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey. Read more Audio
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Saturday, 8 December 2018
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HANDEL: Messiah - Part One
8 Dec 2018Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Kristin Darragh (mezzo), James Egglestone (tenor), Martin Snell (bass), The Tudor Consort, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas McGegan Recorded 8 December 2018… Read more Audio
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HANDEL: Messiah - Parts Two & Three
8 Dec 2018Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Kristin Darragh (mezzo), James Egglestone (tenor), Martin Snell (bass), The Tudor Consort, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas McGegan Recorded 8 December 2018… Read more Audio
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Friday, 7 December 2018
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NZSO: Christmas Brass - Part Two
7 Dec 2018Brian Buerkle introduces and conducts a concert of Christmas favourites performed by NZSO Brass. Read more Audio
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Monday, 3 December 2018
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93
3 Dec 2018Beethoven adopts a generally light-hearted poise for this late symphony, one that in many ways recalls the earlier classical style of Mozart and Haydn. Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra… Read more Audio
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Jimmy LÓPEZ: Fiesta!
3 Dec 2018Subtitled "Four Pop Dances for Orchestra". Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Auckland Town Hall, 29 June 2018. Read more Audio
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MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191
3 Dec 2018Written when Mozart was just 18, the concerto exhibits the bassoon's lyrical and acrobatic abilities. Performed by Robert Weeks and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel… 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
- Text to 8824 (texts cost 20 cents)
- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
- RNZ Concert Facebook Page
- 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