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		<title>Perry So and John Chen illuminate NZSO&#8217;s Chinese New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindis Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Floating Bride, the Crimson Village (Ross Harris); Yellow River Piano Concerto (Xian Xinghai and arranged by others); Symphony No 6 &#8216;Pastoral&#8217; (Beethoven) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Perry So; with John Chen (piano) Michael Fowler Centre Wednesday 1 February, 7.30pm I missed the equivalent concert last year, marking the Chinese New Year, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribute to Kurt Sanderling from ICA Classics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mechen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KURT SANDERLING (1912-2011)  - a great maestro BRUCKNER &#8211; Symphony No.3 in D Minor (CD) Kurt Sanderling (conductor) / BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (recorded Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1978 &#8211; the disc also includes an interview with Kurt Sanderling) CD ICAC 5005 SCHUMANN &#8211; Symphony No.4 in D Minor / MAHLER &#8211; Das Lied von der Erde (DVD) Kurt Sanderling (conductor) / BBC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standard continues to rise at New Zealand Opera School at Whanganui</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindis Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great Opera Moments 2012 New Zealand Opera School, Final concert Royal Wanganui Opera House Friday 13 January, 7.30pm The 18th New Zealand Opera School at Whanganui has most of the things going for it that make some of the great music festival of Europe such lasting attractions: all it needs is a real festival to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur from Thomas Gaynor at St Paul&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary Collier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul Friday 16 December 2011, 12.45pm While writing this review I was listening to the radio: choirs and audience were singing the New Zealand Anthem in the Wellington Town Hall, at the conclusion of this year’s ‘Big Sing’ Secondary Schools Choral Festival.  Accompanying the singing was – Thomas Gaynor, on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Walls&#8217;s years as NZSO&#8217;s chief ends with excellent didactic performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindis Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Close Encounters:of the symphonic kind Conductor and commentator: Peter Walls Schubert: first movement of the Unfinished Symphony; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture  Wellington Town Hall Thursday 15 December, 6.30pm The NZSO brought its year to an end (apart from a family-oriented appearance at Te Papa on Saturday) with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventurous and educational leaving-taking by NZSO&#8217;s conductor-chief executive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary Collier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Close Encounters of the Symphonic Kind 1: “Classical Drive: Mozart: Symphony no.31 K.297 “Paris”; first movement Beethoven: Symphony no.1 Op.21; first movement Beethoven: Symphony no.7 Op.92; second movement Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute K.620 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Peter Walls (conductor and speaker) Wellington Town Hall Wednesday, 14 December 2011 at 6.30pm The hour-long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A variety of carols in a variety of guises at St Andrew&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary Collier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joy to the world: a selection of Christmas music Robyn Jaquiery (piano), Clarissa Dunn (soprano), Ryan Smith (accordion?), Paul Rosoman (organ), Andrew Weir (trumpet), Ariana Odermatt (piano), Karyn Andreassend (soprano), Tre-Belle (Karyn Andreassend, Jennifer Little, soprano, Jess Segal, mezzo soprano) St Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 12.15pm Unfortunately, I missed the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Britten Christmas from Nota Bene</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary Collier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Britten Christmas: Alla Marcia; A Hymn to the Virgin; Simple Symphony; Rosa Mystica; Sweet was the Song; The Sycamore Tree; Saint Nicolas cantata. Nota Bene Chamber Choir, conducted by Michael Vinten, with soloists, and orchestra, Amber Rainey and Ken Ryan (piano) and Douglas Mews (organ) in Saint Nicolas. Sacred Heart Mary Cathedral, Hill Street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolcum Yole! from the Tudor Consort</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mechen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRITTEN &#8211; A Ceremony of Carols / A Boy Was Born The Tudor Consort Carolyn Mills (harp) Choristers of St.Mark&#8217;s Church School Michael Stewart, director Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Wellington Saturday, 10th December 2011 This was the first of two concerts given by separate choirs in the capital on different days of the same weekend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fine violin and piano recital, of variable music, as final 2011 offering from School of Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindis Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3; Martin Bresnick: Bird as Prophet for violin and piano; Messiaen: Theme and Variations for violin and piano; Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor, Op 121 Sarita Kwok (violin) and Jian Liu (piano) Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University Friday 9 December, 7.30pm This was the [...]]]></description>
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