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		<title>A Trio of International Consequence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne French]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NZ Trio &#8211; Magnifique Schubert – Notturno in E flat major (D897) Pēteris Vasks – Episodi e canto perpetuo (1985) Linda Dallimore – Self-portrait (2024) Saint-Saens – Piano trio No 2 in E minor (Op. 92) St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Friday 2 May, 7.30 pm The night of the concert was cold and wet. <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/05/a-trio-of-international-consequence/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Up with Bacchus!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne French]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE TUDOR CONSORT – Repast Khandallah Town Hall Saturday 15 June, 4 pm Director Michael Stewart in front of The Tudor Consort Photo credit: Joel Chuah Jayson If you’ve ever wanted to know what the Tudor Consort sounds like when it’s off the leash, this concert provided the answer. Repast comprised drinks and nibbles for <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/06/up-with-bacchus/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mostly youthful music presented with aplomb by the NZ Trio</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne French]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Triptych 1: Unquiet Dream Benjamin Britten: Introduction and allegro for piano trio Chris Cree-Brown: The Second Triumvirate Lera Auerbach: Trio No 2 Triptych – this mirror has three faces Felix Mendelssohn: Trio in D min, Op. 49  NZ Trio (with guest Sarah Watkins) Public Trust Hall, Wellington Wednesday 23 May 2024  This was a distinctly <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/05/mostly-youthful-music-presented-with-aplomb-by-the-nz-trio/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cantoris’s enterprising coupling of Gounod and CPE Bach</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne French]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CHARLES GOUNOD – St. Cecilia Mass CARL PHILLIPP EMMANUEL BACH – Magnificat Cantoris Chamber Choir, with the Queen’s Closet Thomas Nikora (conductor) St.Peter’s-on-Willis, Wellington Saturday 18 May 2024 Saint-Saëns thought the St Cecilia Mass was Gounod’s best work. But I’d never heard it before, so I was interested to go along to Cantoris’s first concert <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/05/cantoriss-enterprising-coupling-of-gounod-and-cpe-bach/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘I find her becoming’: Nota Bene at 20</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2024/04/i-find-her-becoming-nota-bene-at-20/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne French]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nota Bene Twentieth Anniversary Gala Concert St Andrews on the Terrace, 27 April 2024 What’s the difference between an orchestra and a choir? No, not a trick question. The difference is that choirs usually love their music directors. At Nota Bene’s 20 th anniversary concert on Saturday, the affection and trust between conductor and choir <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/04/i-find-her-becoming-nota-bene-at-20/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bravo NYO!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ENIGMA NZ National Youth Orchestra 2023 Conductor: Giancarlo Guererro Nathaniel Otley – The convergence of oceans Aaron Copland – Billy the Kid: Suite Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Friday 30th  June 2023 This year’s NYO conductor started playing in the local youth orchestra in Costa Rica, where he grew up, before <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/06/bravo-nyo/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Les Voisins &#8211; delicious distortions, with swing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Les Voisins Justine Cormack, violin James Bush, cello Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo and guitar Works by Robert de Visée, Jean Marie Leclair, and Marin Marais Alex Taylor, Onwhatgrounds (for violin, cello, and theorbo) Maurice Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello Stephane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France, Nuages, SweetGeorgiaBrown, MinorSwing St Andrews on the Terrace, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/05/les-voisins-delicious-distortions-with-swing/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Magnificent Endurance</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2023/04/magnificent-endurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NZSO – Enduring Spirit: Bloch and Shostakovich Aaron Jay KERNIS (1960–), Musica Celestis Ernest BLOCH – Schelomo Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony NO 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 Nicolas Altstaedt, cello Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Friday 28 April 2023 This was always going to be a big <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/04/magnificent-endurance/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fundamentally thrilling &#8211; Orchestra Wellington</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2023/04/fundamentally-thrilling-orchestra-wellington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orchestra Wellington &#8211; Fundamental Forces Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH – Symphony in E Minor Igor STRAVINSKY – Violin Concerto in D Josef HAYDN – Symphony No 39 in G Minor, ‘Tempesta di Mare’ Sergei PROKOFIEV – Scythian Suite Natalia Lomeiko, Violin Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei, Music Director Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Saturday 15th April, 2023 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/04/fundamentally-thrilling-orchestra-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The River of Youth &#8211; Arohanui Strings and Orchestra Wellington</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orchestra Wellington  &#8211; The River  Glen Downie (b. 1991) – Well Within the Madding Crowd (with Arohanui Strings) Joseph Joachim – Violin Concerto No 2 (‘Hungarian’) Soloist: Amalia Hall Julian Kirgan-Baez (b. 1992) – Reflection  Robert Schumann – Symphony No 3 (‘Rhenish’) Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei (conductor) Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Saturday, 15th October, 2022 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/10/the-river-of-youth-arohanui-strings-and-orchestra-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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