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		<title>50th Anniversary tribute to Benjamin Britten (and his heroes)</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/09/50th-anniversary-tribute-to-benjamin-britten-and-his-heroes/</link>
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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>The Dolfin-Lin Duo &#8211; positively tingling with spontaneous re-discovery!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Chamber Music presents: Dolfin-Lin Duo – Balazs Dolfin (‘cello) / Tony Chen Lin (piano) ZOLTÁN KODÁLY  &#8211;  Magyar Rondo (Hungarian Rondo) (1917) ANTON WEBERN  &#8211;  Sonata for ‘Cello and Piano (1914) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH  &#8211;  Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major  BWV 1028 GAO PING  &#8211;  Sonata No. 2 for <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/the-dolfin-lin-duo-positively-tingling-with-spontaneous-re-discovery/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deliciously unfamiliar/eminently listenable music from little-known French composer Michel Corrette</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MICHEL CORRETTE (1707-1795) France LES DELICES DE LA SOLITUDE – Sonatas Op. 20 Nos.1-6 Michelle Kesler &#8211;  ‘Cello I Sonatas 2, 4 &#38; 6  / Cello II Miranda Wilson &#8211; ‘Cello I Sonatas 1, 3 &#38; 5  / Cello II MSR Classics MS 1832 Recorded November 2024 in the Recital Hall at Brigham Young University, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/deliciously-unfamiliar-but-eminently-listenable-music-from-little-known-composer-michel-corrette/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Virtuosi &#8211; Orchestra Wellington’s celebration of the capital’s individual and interactive instrumental brilliance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[VIRTUOSI – Orchestra Wellington ELGAR – Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra Op.47 ELGAR – Concerto for ‘Cello and Orchestra in E Minor Op.85 BARTÓK – Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 New Zealand String Quartet : Peter Clark, Martin Riseley (guest player), violins; Gillian Ansell, viola; Martin Smith, ‘cello Inbal Megiddo, ‘cello Orchestra <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/orchestra-wellingtons-celebration-of-the-capitals-individual-and-interactive-instrumental-brilliance/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gary Wilby &#8211; To those who dwell in realms of day&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[REFLECTIONS, MINIATURES, AND SOUNDSCAPES  by Gary Wilby &#8211; FUTUNA CHAPEL 2026 Gary Wilby &#8211; electric piano Petrina Wu, Tina Wilby (&#8216;cellos) Natasha McMillan (violin) Julie Coulson (narrator) Futuna Chapel, Friend St., Karori, Wellington Sunday, 19th April, 2026 Gary Wilby himself regards his sound-creations as “miniatures and intimate”, echoing in a real sense something of poet <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/04/gary-wily-to-those-who-dwell-in-realms-of-day/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Still more musical miracles reported and evidenced in Wellington, this time at Roseneath’s The Long Hall!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The creative spirit continues to work wonders in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa – (“Kei te ora tonu te wairua auaha ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara o Aotearoa”) Peter Gjelsten tackles a Bach Violin Sonata (No. 2 in A Minor BWV 1003) at The Long Hall, Roseneath The Chamber Pot-Pourri Ensemble A Kaibosh Food Rescue Benefit Concert ROSS HARRIS <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/03/still-more-musical-miracles-reported-and-evidenced-in-wellington-this-time-at-roseneaths-the-long-hall/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Masterpieces from masterly musicians &#8211; A St. Andrew&#8217;s lunchtime concert, from Rolf Gjelsten and Nicole Chao</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace Church, Wellington  &#8211; Lunchtime Concert Series BEETHOVEN – ‘Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major Op.69 TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. Fitzenhagen) – Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33 Rolf Gjelsten (‘cello) and Nicole Chao (piano) Wednesday 18th March 2026 Review for “Middle C” by Peter Mechen “Two masterpieces for the ‘cello-and-piano repertoire, delivered by a pair <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/03/masterpieces-from-masterly-musicians-shafts-of-gold-in-the-gloom-a-st-andrews-lunchtime-concert-from-rolf-gjelsten-and-nicole-chao/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Late-afternoon Bach and Shostakovich – worlds and times apart sounding together….</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[JS BACH – Suite No. 3 in C Major for Solo Violincello BWV 1009 Rolf Gjelsten  (‘cello) DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH – String Quartets: No 5  in B-flat (1952) / No. 2  in A Major Op. 68 (1944) The Chamber Pot-Pourri Ensemble: Helene Pohl, Simeon Broom (violins), Nicholas Hancox (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (’cello) The Long Hall, Roseneath, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/10/late-afternoon-bach-and-shostakovich-worlds-and-times-apart-sounding-together/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>THE SHOCK OF THE NEW REVISITED &#8211; New Zealand premieres from Orchestra Wellington</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[                                                                                                     Shostakovich and Britten PARTY FAITHFUL <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/07/the-shock-of-the-new-revisited-with-new-zealand-premieres-from-orchestra-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Joanna Dann and David Neild &#8211; a feast of ‘cello-and-piano presentation at St. Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St, Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace Lunchtime Concert series JOANNA DANN (‘cello) &#38; DAVID NEILD piano) ROBERT SCHUMANN – Fantasiestücke Op.73 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – Sonata for ‘Cello and Piano No. 4 in C Op. 102/1 SERGEI RACHMANINOV – Andante (third mvt.) from Sonata for ‘Cello and Piano Op.19 FRANZ SCHUBERT (arr. David Popper) Du Bist die Ruh (Rückert <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/07/joanna-dann-and-david-neild-a-feast-of-cello-and-piano-presentation-at-st-andrews-on-the-terrace-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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