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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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30 September 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Alexander Shelley Returns
HOLMES: Frond, from Three Landscapes
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
TARREGA: Gran Jota
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra
Pablo Sáinz Villegas (guitar), New Zealand SO/Alexander Shelley
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 29/07/17 (RNZ)
Gombert, Nicolas: Magnificat Tertii et Octavi Toni - Aurora IV, Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ )
Schumann, Clara: Romance for violin & piano Op 22/2 - Donald Armstrong (violin), Jian Liu (pno) (RNZ WCMT 2023-07-16)
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Saturday, 30 July 2022
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LIVE: Tami Neilson & The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
30 Jul 2022Country music queen Tami Neilson is joined on stage by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for this special live performance at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in July 2022. RNZ Music's Andre Upston was… Read more Audio
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Friday, 29 July 2022
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Romantic Masters with the CSO
29 Jul 2022The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra presents a concert of 'Romantic Masters', starting with Berlioz' 'Roman Carnival Overture', then Saint-Saëns' Nile-inspired 'Piano Concerto No 5', and Dvořák's… Read more Audio
Thursday, 28 July 2022
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APO: Sibelius Violin Concerto - Viktoria Mullova
28 Jul 2022Performed by Viktoria Mullova with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 26 July 2022
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CMNZ: Cornerstones - Viktoria Mullova Trio
26 Jul 2022Mullova is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and New Zealand's Stephen De Pledge in performing Schubert’s… Read more
Sunday, 24 July 2022
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Interview - Giordano Bellincampi on Il Trovatore
24 Jul 2022Giordano Bellincampi talks to Tim Dodd about Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore' and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's semi-staging of the opera in the Auckland Town Hall. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia - Il Trovatore
24 Jul 2022The Auckland Philharmonia's Opera in Concert for 2022, performed in Auckland Town Hall, 16 July 2022. Read more Audio
Saturday, 23 July 2022
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Rosa ELLIOTT: Forest Song
23 Jul 2022The world premiere performance given by NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir and Voices NZ conducted by David Squire, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. Read more Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 24 - 25
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. Read more Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 20 - 21
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloist Natasha Te Rupe Wilson (soprano) conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral… Read more Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 15 - 17
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloists Natasha Te Rupe Wilson (soprano) and James Harrison (baritone) and Nota Bella girls'… Read more Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 12 - 14
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloists Oliver Sewell (tenor) and James Harrison (baritone), conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy… Read more Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 6 - 9
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ, conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. 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
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