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		<title>Mark Menzies and Michael Endres &#8211; linking worlds with violin and piano</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2023/06/mark-menzies-and-michael-endres-linking-worlds-with-violin-and-piano/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Chamber Music presents THE MENZIES/ENDRES DUO – Music by Schubert, Schnittke, Fisher and Beethoven FRANZ SCHUBERT – Rondo in B Minor “Rondo Brilliant” ALFRED SCHNITTKE – Violin Sonata No. 2 (quasi una sonata) SALINA FISHER – Mono no aware LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer” Mark Menzies (violin) and Michael Endres <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/06/mark-menzies-and-michael-endres-linking-worlds-with-violin-and-piano/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Breaking the piano recital drought &#8211; Michael Houstoun at Waikanae</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Waikanae Music Society presents Michael Houstoun (piano) Bach Toccata in c minor BWV 911 Brahms Variation and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op 24 Chopin Berceuse, Op 57                  Impromptu in F#, Op 36 Rachmaninoff Prelude in Eb, Op 23, No 2 Prelude in Eb, Op 23 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/06/breaking-the-piano-recital-drought-michael-houstoun-at-waikanae/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>TAIORO</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Taioro ki te Ao Text by Sharn Maree, music by Anthony Ritchie Sharn Maree, poet and narrator Sherry Grant, piano Donald Maurice, viola Bats Theatre 26 February 2023 &#160; Colonialism was the subject of this musical performance. Colonialism is a much debated historical concept, but Sharn Maree focused on its impact on a Wahine Maori. <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/02/taioro/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A brave challenge &#8211; Schumann&#8217;s &#8220;Scenes from Goethe&#8217;s Faust&#8221; from Orchestra Wellington and the Orpheus Choir</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2022/12/a-brave-challenge-schumanns-scenes-from-goethes-faust-from-orchestra-wellington-and-the-orpheus-choir/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(This review was written by Steven Sedley in conjunction with other Middle C reviewers) Orchestra Wellington&#8217;s Faust Robert Schumann – Scenes from Goethe&#8217;s Faust Soloists: Emma Pearson, Wade Kernot, Christian Thurston, Jared Holt, Michaela Cadwgan, Maike Christie-Beekman, Barbara  Paterson, Margaret Medlyn, Jamie Young Marc Taddei (conductor) Orchestra Wellington Orpheus Choir St Mark&#8217;s Schola Cantorum Michael <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/12/a-brave-challenge-schumanns-scenes-from-goethes-faust-from-orchestra-wellington-and-the-orpheus-choir/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NZ Chamber Soloists add lustre to final 2022 Waikanae Concert</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Waikanae Music Society presents: New Zealand Chamber Soloists Katherine Austin (piano) ; James Tennant (&#8216;cello) Lara Hall(violin/viola) : Dimitri Atanassov (violin/viola) MOZART &#8211; Piano Quartet No, 2 in E Major K.493 HELEN BOWATER &#8211; Fekete Folyó (Black River) SCHUMANN &#8211; Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Op.47 Memorial Hall, Waikanae, Sunday, 30th October 2022 Waikanae is <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/10/nz-chamber-soloists-add-lustre-to-final-2022-waikanae-concert/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A concert of &#8220;music from then and now&#8221; with the NZSO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legacy &#8211; The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Stephen de Pledge (Piano) Alexander Shelley (Conductor) Gillian Whitehead retrieving the fragility of peace Mozart Piano Concerto No, 20 in D Minor, K466 Brahms Symphony No, 1 in C Minor Op. 68 Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Saturday 1 October 2022 This was a concert that spanned almost two and a half <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/10/a-concert-of-music-from-then-and-now-with-the-nzso/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Music to celebrate an anniversary of international friendship</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2022/09/music-to-celebrate-an-anniversary-of-international-friendship/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chinese Arts and Entertainment Group presents East / West: A Symphonic Celebration XILIN WANG The Torch from &#8216;Symphonic Poem from Yunnan&#8217; DOUGLAS LIBURN Drysdale Overture YUANKAI BAO Chinese Sights and Sounds Happy Sunrise Green Willow Lan Huahua Song of Riddles Dialogue on Flowers TIAN ZHOU &#8211; Gift (Commissioned work of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra) TRADITIONAL Pokarekara Ana&#124; SHIGUANG WANG The song <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/09/music-to-celebrate-an-anniversary-of-international-friendship/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Heartland of the Romantic Piano Repertoire &#8211; Michael Endres at Waikanae</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2022/09/heartland-of-the-romantic-piano-repertoire-michael-endres-at-waikanae/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michael Endres (piano) SCHUBERT Drei Klavierstück, D 946 LISZT Rhapsodie Espagnole, S 254 SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, Opus 16 Memorial Hall, Waikanae Sunday 18th  September 2022 A solo piano recital featuring the heartland of the romantic piano repertoire, Schubert, Liszt, Schumann, is very rare indeed in Wellington. International luminaries flit in occasionally, play a concerto with an <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/09/heartland-of-the-romantic-piano-repertoire-michael-endres-at-waikanae/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Springful of &#8220;Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; music, from Orchestra Wellington</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A MIDSUMMER NIGHT&#8217;S DREAM Robert Schumann Dichterliebe arranged by Henrik Hellstenius Deborah Wai Kapohe, mezzo Robert Schumann Cello Concerto Inbal Megiddo, cello Felix Mendelssohn Midsummer Night Dream Barbara Paterson, Michaela Codwgan, sopranos, Dryw McArthur, Alex Greig and Danielle  Meldrum, actors, Women&#8217;s voices of the Orpheus Choir. Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei (conductor) Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/08/a-springful-of-midsummer-nights-dream-music-from-orchestra-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The band is back &#8211; NZSO with Hilary Hahn and Gemma New</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents: JOHN RIMMER &#8211; Lahar SERGE PROKOFIEV &#8211; Violin Concerto No. 1 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH &#8211; Symphony No. 5 Hilary Hahn (violin) Gemma New (conductor) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Thursday 4th August 2022 The band is back. This was the first concert by the NZSO for some <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/08/the-band-is-back-nzso-with-gemma-new-and-hilary-hahn/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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