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		<title>NZSQ Storytellers 2026 Concert Three’s enthralling vibrancies from home and worldwide</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/11/nzsq-storytellers-2026-concert-threes-enthralling-vibrancies-from-home-and-worldwide/</link>
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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>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>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>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>SPACE JUMP – An exhilarating listening leap from NZTrio into firmament-like territories</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FAZIL SAY – Space Jump for Piano Trio (2013) REENA ESMAIL – Piano Trio (2019) KEITH MOSS – Field Notes in Autumn (2026 &#8211; NZ Trio commisssion) ROBERT SCHUMANN – Piano Trio No 2 in F Major NZTrio  (He taonga wairere) Amalia Hall (violin), Matthias Balzat (cello), Somi Kim (piano) Wellington Central Library – Te <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/space-jump-an-exhilarating-listening-leap-from-nztrio-into-firmament-like-territories/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Zealand String Quartet bring to us music with “the beauty of loneliness,  pain, strength and freedom”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Zealand String Quartet – Storytellers Music by Henry Purcell, Anthony Ritchie, Fanny Mendelssohn, Salina Fisher and Benjamin Britten Prefab Hall, Jessie St., Mt.Cook, Wellington Wednesday 12th August Review by Leila Lois, for “Middle C” We are seated in the glowing wooden wood panelled warehouse structure of Prefab Hall, ensconced down a laneway in Wellington’s <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/08/new-zealand-string-quartet-bring-to-us-music-with-the-beauty-of-loneliness-pain-strength-and-freedom/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Beethoven in Kelburn resounding in St. Michael&#8217;s beautiful church</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/08/beethoven-in-kelburn-resounding-in-st-michaels-beautiful-church/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Koru Trio Rachel Thomson (piano), Anne Loeser (violin) Sally Isaac (‘cello) BEETHOVEN – Romance No. 2  in F Major Op.50 (arrangement for violin and piano (published; Simrock) BEETHOVEN – Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat Major Op. 97 “Archduke” St.Michael’s Church, St.Michael’s Crescent, Kelburn, Wellington Saturday 8th August, 2026 Review for “Middle C” by <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/08/beethoven-in-kelburn-resounding-in-st-michaels-beautiful-church/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Classics and commemoratives from the splendid Aroha Quartet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Chamber Music presents the Aroha String Quartet The Aroha Quartet: Eli Vincent (viola), Konstanze Artmann (violin), Haihong Liu (leader), Robert Ibell (&#8216;cello)  &#8211; photo, Wellington Chamber Music HAYDN – String Quartet Op. 64 No,6 BARBER – String Quartet Op.11 ROSS CAREY – Toccatina (Elegy &#8211; 2010) BEETHOVEN – String Quartet No. 10 “Harp” Op.74 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/08/classics-and-commemoratives-from-the-splendid-aroha-quartet/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Music of celebration and of mourning, from the Aroha String Quartet International Music Academy</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/07/music-of-celebration-and-of-mourning-from-the-aroha-string-quartet-international-music-academy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AROHA STRING QUARTET – International Music Academy Tutors Concert ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) – Tango Ballet (1956) – arrangement for string quartet by Jose Bragato RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) – Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings (1945) – arrangement for 7 solo strings by Rudolf Leopold (1996) Members of the Aroha String Quartet International Music Academy Tutors &#8211; <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/music-of-celebration-and-of-mourning-from-the-aroha-string-quartet-international-music-academy/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elouan Quartet and Bridget Douglas &#8211; stellar performance and partnership</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Chamber Music  2026 presents: ELOUAN QUARTET with BRIDGET DOUGLAS (flute) AMY BEACH _Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet SALINA FISHER – Mata-Au (2021) ARTHUR FOOTE &#8211;  A Night Piece for Flute and String Quartet (1918) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – String Quartet in B-flat major Op. 18 No. 6 ALBERTO GINASTERA – Impresiones <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/elouan-quartet-and-bridget-douglas-stellar-performance-and-partnership/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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