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		<title>Orchestra Wellington’s “Creation” concert boldly crosses cultures and genres</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orchestra Wellington presents “Creation” DARIUS MILHAUD – La Création du Monde BÉLA BARTÓK – Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion CARL NIELSEN – Symphony No. 4 “Inextinguishable” Ballet Collective Aotearoa John Psathas Group – Akvilė Šileikaitė, Michael Houstoun (pianos) Fabian Ziegler, Katarzyna Myćka (percussion) Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei – conductor Michael Fowler Centre. Wellington Saturday <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/08/orchestra-wellingtons-creation-concert-boldly-crosses-cultures-and-genres/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sonic Architecture and Musical Splendour at Wellington Cathedral of St.Paul</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/03/sonic-architecture-and-musical-splendour-at-wellington-cathedral-of-st-paul/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sound Cathedral &#8211; assembled forces, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul &#8211; all photo images courtesy Nick George, Creative SOUND CATHEDRAL:  Almost 500 years of music and sound collaboration brings together Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus’s Sibylline Prophecies from1550,  traditional Taonga Puoro from Aotearoa, and  present-day composer Michael Norris’s reconstructive configurations of Renaissance polyphonies. The Tudor <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/03/sonic-architecture-and-musical-splendour-at-wellington-cathedral-of-st-paul/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nota Bene&#8217;s melodious and heartwarming Wedding of Liesl and Duncan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nota Bene Choir presents: THE WEDDING OF LIESL AND DUNCAN 7:30pm,16th August, 2025 Wesley Church, Taranaki St., Wellington Liesl – Barbara Paterson (soprano) / Duncan – Robert Tucker (baritone) Friends and Guests – Nota Bene Choir Pianists: Heather Easting / Emma Sayers Music Director – Maaike Christie-Beekman Devised, Written and Directed by Jacqueline Coats Order <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/08/nota-benes-melodious-and-heartwarming-wedding-of-liesl-and-duncan/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Witch Music Theatre&#8217;s take on Tolstoy at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington a knockout!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Witch Theatre Productions presents: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 – Music and lyrics by Dave Malloy Cast: Lane Corby (Natasha), William Duignan (Pierre), Áine Gallagher (Sonya), Frankie Leota (Marya), Jade Merematira (Hélène), Glen Horsfall (Andrey/Prince Nikolai), Henry Ashby (Anatole Kuragin), Princess Mary (Rachel McSweeney), Kevin Orlando (Dolokhov), Patrick Jennings (Balaga) Jackson Cordery <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/04/witch-music-theatres-take-on-tolstoy-at-the-hannah-playhouse-in-wellington-a-knockout/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Irrepressibly delightful Ali Harper – every which way at Circa Theatre’s “The Supper Club”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Circa Theatre presents: “The Supper Club” Ali Harper (hostess, performer, singer) with The Jazz Hot Supper Club Band &#8211; Tom McLeod (piano), Blair Latham (saxophone, clarinet, guitar, flute), Olivia Campion (percussion), Scott Maynard (double-bass) Writer &#8211; Ali Harper Director &#8211; Ian Harman Music Director &#8211; Tom McLeod Choreography – Ian Harman &#38; Sandy Gray Set <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/01/irrepressibly-delightful-ali-harper-every-which-way-at-circa-theatres-the-supper-club/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bartok&#8217;s &#8220;Bluebeard&#8217;s Castle&#8221; &#8211; a production for our time</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2023/08/bartoks-bluebeards-castle-a-production-for-our-time/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NZ Opera presents: BELA BARTOK – Bluebeard’s Castle A co-production by Theatre of Sound and Opera Ventures (UK) Cast Susan Bullock – Judith Lester Lynch – Bluebeard Erin Meek – Judith 1960s Katie Burson – Judith 1970s/80s Marion Prebble – Judith 1990s Ava Phipps – Meadow William Kelly – River Laurence Renes (conductor) Daisy Evans <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/08/bartoks-bluebeards-castle-a-production-for-our-time/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Springful of &#8220;Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; music, from Orchestra Wellington</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2022/08/a-springful-of-midsummer-nights-dream-music-from-orchestra-wellington/</link>
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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>Ali Harper&#8217;s Circa Theatre tribute to the extraordinary Carole King</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2022/01/ali-harpers-circa-theatre-tribute-to-the-extraordinary-carole-king/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carole King  &#8211; A Natural Woman Ali Harper (vocals) With Nick Granville (guitar), Scott Maynard (bass), Francis Meria (piano) and Francis Leota (guest singer). Producer(s) – Ali Harper, Iain Cave (Ali-Cat Productions) Music arrangements – Tom Rainey Lighting, sound design and operator – Rich Tucker Costume design – Roz Wilmott-Dalton, Ali Harper Circa Theatre, I <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/01/ali-harpers-circa-theatre-tribute-to-the-extraordinary-carole-king/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Roxy&#8221; at Te Auaha, from WITCH Music Theatre &#8211; a whirl of visceral impressions from Tinseltown&#8217;s golden age of movie musicals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Witch Music Theatre and Te Auaha presents: ROXY – A New Hollywood Cabaret Featuring: Nick Erasmuson, Jason Chasland, Emily Burns, Bailea Twomey, Aine Gallagher, Jade Merematira, William Duignan, Fynn Bodley-Davies, Zane Berghuis, Rebecca Ansell, Lane Corby, Jared Pallesen, Pippa Drakeford, Patrick Jennings, Katy Pakinga, Glenn Horsfall, Rachel Te Tau, Allegra Canton, Thomas Laybourn, Karli Holdren, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2021/12/roxy-at-te-auaha-from-witch-music-theatre-a-whirl-of-visceral-impressions-from-tinseltowns-golden-age-of-movie-musicals/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Rockin&#8217; On&#8221; with the Lockdown Quartet at St.Andrew&#8217;s on-The-Terrace</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2021/10/rockin-on-with-the-lockdown-quartet-at-st-andrews-on-the-terrace/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne French]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Family Lockdown Quartet Lucy Maurice and Rupa Maitra, violins: Donald Maurice, viola; and Gemma Maurice, cello St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington Wednesday 20 October 2021 From 26 March to 27 May 2020, when New Zealand was locked down in Alert Level 4 and many of us were watching Netflix in our pyjamas until it <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2021/10/rockin-on-with-the-lockdown-quartet-at-st-andrews-on-the-terrace/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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