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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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06 September 2024
with Clarissa Dunn
BBC Proms 2024: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn
BONIS: Salomé, from 'Trois femmes de légende'MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream Op 61
Anthony McGill (clarinet), Moyo Akandé, Ewan Black (actors), National Youth Choir of Scotland, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Gemma New
Royal Albert Hall, London 16/08/24 (BBC)
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Friday, 5 July 2024
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KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in D-flat
5 Jul 2024Shan Liu (piano), NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Tianyi Lu
Recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
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LEOV, Jessie: Speculations on a Rainbow
5 Jul 20242024 NZSO National Youth Orchestra recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
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NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2024
5 Jul 2024The 2024 NZSO National Youth Orchestra perform at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, conducted by Tianyi Lu Read more Audio
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Friday, 28 June 2024
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Troy Kingi with the Auckland Philharmonia
28 Jun 2024For one night only Troy Kingi and the Auckland Philharmonia perform his third, psychedelic-soul album, Shake That Skinny Ass All The Way To Zygertron. This concert is full of great tunes, fun songs… Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 25 June 2024
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NZTrio: Homeland 3, 'Dumky'
25 Jun 2024Performed by NZTrio at their concert 'Homeland 3: Dumky', Auckland Concert Chamber, 26 November 2023. Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 11 June 2024
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New Zealand Chamber Soloists: Mōtete
11 Jun 2024The New Zealand Chamber Soloists continue their commissioning project 7x7 with a new work from Gillian Whitehead, surrounding it with music by Haydn, Shostakovich and Robert Schumann. Read more Audio
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Tuesday, 4 June 2024
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NZ Barok - Hark, Sweet Music
4 Jun 2024NZ Barok performs two baroque treasures: Handel's Water Music and Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Read more Audio
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Monday, 27 May 2024
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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
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Thursday, 9 May 2024
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Auckland Philharmonia: Mozart's Clarinet
9 May 2024Annelien Van Wauwe joins the Auckland Philharmonia and conductor Jun Märkl to play Mozart's Clarinet Concerto as Mozart himself was likely to hear it - performed on the basset clarinet. Also on the… Read more Audio
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Friday, 15 March 2024
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NZSO Beyond Words - music for the anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque Attacks
15 Mar 2024The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents Beyond Word, a commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque attacks with music bringing together Moroccan singer/songwriter Oum… Read more Audio
Saturday, 9 March 2024
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PART: Silouan's Song
9 Mar 2024Beyond Words is a New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concert marking the fifth anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque attacks. New Zealand SO/Fawzi Haimor Recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre… Read more Audio
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SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47
9 Mar 2024Performed by Peter Gjelsten and the CSO at the National Concerto Competition Final at Christchurch Town Hall. 09 March 2024. Recorded and produced by Adrian Hollay for RNZ Concert. 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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