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		<title>NZSQ Storytellers 2026 Concert Three’s enthralling vibrancies from home and worldwide</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NZSQ Storytellers 2026 Concert Three SARA ARAIN – The Internal Eclipse LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – String Quartet No.11 in F Minor Op.95 BENJAMIN BRITTEN – String Quartet No. 3 in G Major Op.94 CLAIRE COWAN – Sweet Suite : Hansel &#38; Gretel &#8211; highlights for String Quartet New Zealand String Quartet Martin Riseley, Peter Clark <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/11/nzsq-storytellers-2026-concert-threes-enthralling-vibrancies-from-home-and-worldwide/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nature and art, architecture and philosophy &#8211; Orchestra Wellington&#8217;s epic 2026 &#8220;Revelations&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON 2026 – “Revelations” NATALIE HUNT – Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket CLAUDE DEBUSSY – Nocturnes FERRUCCIO BUSONI – Piano Concerto The concert also included items by the Sistema Group Arohanui Strings Jian Liu (piano) Marc Taddei (conductor) Arohanui Strings Sistema Youth Orchestra and associated players Orpheus Choir of Wellington <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/10/nature-and-art-architecture-and-philosophy-orchestra-wellingtons-epic-revelations/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A &#8220;significant birthday&#8221; concert of decades &#8211; Schubert&#8217;s Schwanengesang from Roger Wilson and Terence Dennis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace Lunchtime Concert Series presents: FRANZ SCHUBERT – Schwanengesang  (1828) D957 Roger Wilson (baritone) and Terence Dennis (piano) St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington Wednesday 21st October, 2026 St Andrew’s on-The-Terrace Wellington’s remarkable Lunchtime Concert Series continued to delight its regular attendees besides scoring notably extra interest in its latest Wednesday concert – this was a complete performance of <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/10/a-significant-birthday-concert-of-decades-schuberts-schwanengesang-from-roger-wilson-and-terence-dennis/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spirit of Youth effervesces and overflows at Wellington Youth Orchestras&#8217; combined 2026 concert</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Youth Orchestras present: &#8211; BERLIOZ – “Roman Carnival” Overture SIBELIUS – Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47 BORODIN – “Polotsvian Dances” from “Prince Igor” SAINT-SAENS (arr. Isaac) “Bacchanale” from “Samson et Dalila” COPLAND – “Hoedown” from “Rodeo” ARTURO MARQUEZ – Danzon No.2 Ambrose Tarrant-Matthews (violin) Mark Carter / Chris van der Zee (conductors) Wellington <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/10/spirit-of-youth-effervesces-and-overflows-at-wellington-youth-orchestras-combined-2026-concert/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Richard Strauss and Johannes Brahms &#8211; music of free and sonorous measure!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RICHARD STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier – Suite Op. 59 Four Last Songs Op. posth. (texts by Hermann Hesse and Joseph von Eichendorff) JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in f Major Op. 90 Madeleine Pierard (soprano) Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Friday, October 2nd, 2026 Review for Middle C by <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/10/richard-strauss-and-johannes-brahms-music-of-free-and-sonorous-measure/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington&#8217;s VU NZ School of Music&#8217;s Piano Extravaganza Concert lives up to its name</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St.Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert Series An NZSM Piano Extravaganza, presented by four of Victoria University School of Music’s advanced piano students – MICHELLE CORVERA MOZART – Piano Sonata in G Major KV 283 – Mvts II (Andante) and III  (Presto) SALINA FISHER – Moths in the Light (2007) HAILEY ZHOU MOZART – Piano Sonata No 17 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/10/wellingtons-vu-nz-school-of-musics-piano-extravaganza-concert-lives-up-to-its-name/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>50th Anniversary tribute to Benjamin Britten (and his heroes)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Twelfth &#8220;Comfy Concert&#8221; at Roseneath&#8217;s &#8220;The Long Hall&#8221; (Benefit for Arohanui Strings) Chamber &#8220;Pot-Pourri&#8221; Ensemble Rolf Gjelsten (&#8216;cello) / Helene Pohl (violin) Sophia Acheson (viola) / Robert Orr (oboe) JS BACH &#8211; Suite No. 2 in D MInor, for solo &#8216;cello Rolf Gjelsten (&#8216;cello) BENJAMIN BRITTEN &#8211; Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings Robert Orr <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/50th-anniversary-tribute-to-benjamin-britten-and-his-heroes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington City Orchestra spinning musical tales of adventure, love and vengeance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington City Orchestra at St.Andrew&#8217;s NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Antar” Symphony (1875) ALEXANDER SCRIABIN – Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor Op.20 (1896-97) ANTONIN DVOŘÁK – The Golden Spinning-Wheel Op.109 (1896) William Berry (piano) Andrew Atkins (conductor) Wellington City Orchestra St.Andrews-on-The -Terrace, Wellington Saturday, 19th September, 2026 Review for “Middle C” by Peter Mechen None of these <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/wellington-city-orchestra-spinning-musical-tales-of-adventure-love-and-vengeance/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NZ Trio with sonorous help from friends, continues to enchant</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NZTrio+ at Old St.Paul’s Cathedral GARETH FARR – Ahi (for violin, ‘cello and piano) &#8211; Amalia Hall (violin)  / Matthias Balzat (‘cello) / Somi Kim (piano) CAROLINE SHAW – Thousandth Orange (for violin, viola, ‘cello and piano) with Alexander McFarlane (viola) FRANZ SCHUBERT – Piano Quintet in A Major Op.114 D.667 “Trout” (for violin, viola, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/nz-trio-continues-to-enchant-and-with-plenty-of-sonorous-help-from-friends/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Quang Hong Luu (piano)  – brilliantly personifying composer and music and their times</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Quang Hong Luu, with Phan Hồng Châu,  at Old St.Paul&#8217;s, Wellington FRANZ  LISZT &#8211;  Anneés de pelerinage – Troisieme (Third Year of Pilgrimage) S.163 Angelus – “Prayer to the Guardian Angels” Aux Cyprès de la Villa d’Este No.1 &#38; 2 Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este Sunt Lachrymae Rerum E mode Hongroise Marche Funebre Sursum <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/quang-hong-luu-piano-brilliantly-personifying-composer-and-music-and-their-times/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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