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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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03 June 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
The NZSO & The Phoenix Foundation - Celebrate!
The Phoenix Foundation perform songs in arrangements by NZ composers Claire Cowan, Chris Gendall, Gareth Farr & Hamish Oliver
The Phoenix Foundation, New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)
Strauss, Richard: Symphonia Domestica Op 53 - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ )
Traditional: Lota Nu'u - Christie Cook (mezzo-soprano), Whānau London Voices (Whānau London Voices Royal Albert Hall, London)
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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
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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
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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 Gavrilyuk 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 pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk is the Auckland Philharmonia's guest for the mighty First Piano Concerto by Tchaikovsky ... always a crowd favourite. Giordano Bellincampi conducts and the… Read more Audio
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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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MAHLER: Symphony No 5
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'Mahler 5', Auckland Town Hall, 11 November 2023. Read more Audio
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WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'Mahler 5', Auckland Town Hall, 11 November 2023. Read more Audio
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WAGNER: Rienzi Overture
11 Nov 2023Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'Mahler 5', Auckland Town Hall, 11 November 2023. Read more Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Mahler 5
11 Nov 2023The Philharmonia's Music Director Giordano Bellincampi conducts them in a programme of Wagner and Mahler. 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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- Email concert@rnz.co.nz
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Resound
Showcasing work by New Zealand composers