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		<title>NZ Trio with sonorous help from friends, continues to enchant</title>
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		<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>Orchestra Wellington&#8217;s &#8220;Colossal&#8221; triumphantly ticks all the descriptive and presentation boxes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marc Taddei with Orchestra Wellington and Wellington District Brass Ensemblepresents “Colossal” JOSHUA PEARSON – Digital Fenua: Fakatili Te Kiloga Fau (world premiere) HECTOR BERLIOZ – Requiem: Grand Messe des Morts Kyle Stegall (tenor) Orpheus Choir, Wellington (Brent Stewart, director) Te Kōkī Orchestra / Wellington Brass Band / Trust Porirua City Brass Hutt City Brass / <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/orchestra-wellingtons-colossal-triumphantly-ticks-all-the-descriptive-and-presentation-boxes/">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>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>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 that unfurls the Colours of Karori’s splendid Futuna Chapel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; “Something old, something new…”  &#8211; the Elementi Trio at Futuna Chapel, July 2026Monica Verburg, Nicholas Hancox and Pepe Becker ELEMENTI TRIO – Monica Verburg – flute, alto flute Nicholas Hancox – viola Pepe Becker – soprano, thumb piano (mbira) Futuna Chapel, Karori, Wellington Sunday, 5th July 2026 Sitting in Futuna Chapel, in Karori, on <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/music-that-unfurls-the-colours-of-karoris-splendid-futuna-chapel/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A world-encircling winter solstice concert compendium &#8211; from the Wellington City Orchestra</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington City Orchestra with Virginie Pacheco, Sam Zhu and Ewan Clark CLAIRE COWAN* ( Aotearoa New Zealand) – Legend of the Trojan Bird (2008) EDWARD GREGSON (England) – Concerto for Tuba (1978) AMY BEACH (United States) – Symphony in E Minor “Gaelic” (1896) Sam Zhu (tuba) Virginie Pacheco* (assistant conductor) Ewan Clark (conductor) Wellington City <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/06/a-world-encircling-winter-solstice-concert-compendium-from-the-wellington-city-orchestra/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aotearoa and China &#8211; a musical dialogue presented by Jian Liu</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Chamber Music Concert Series 2026 Jian Liu (piano) presents &#8220;Aotearoa and China – a musical  dialogue&#8221; Works for solo piano  by New Zealand and Chinese composers &#8211; the first of four concerts as part of a CMNZ tour) St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington Sunday, 14 th June 2026 Review for Middle C by <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/06/aotearoa-and-china-a-musical-dialogue-presented-by-jian-liu/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NZTrio’s sensational Dreamscape Concert sweet relief for Wellington</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; NZTrio He Taonga Wairere performing at Nga Pou Ruahine &#8211; Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, Wellington NZTrio He Taonga Wairere – Dreamscape ROXANNA PANUFNIK – Around Three Corners (1995) ROBERT SCHUMANN &#8211; Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor Op.63 (1847) CLAIRE COWAN – wood: strings: hammers: flesh (2008) CHARLES IVES – Piano Trio <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/05/nztrios-sensational-dreamscape-concert-sweet-relief-for-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trio Obscura – singular tones and timbres bringing to life old and new music with verve and sensitivity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; TRIO OBSCURA Bede Hanley (oboe), Robert Ashworth (viola), Sarah Watkins (piano) AUGUST KLUGHARDT (1849-1902) “Schilflieder” (Songs of the Reeds) – Five Fantasy Pieces   (1872) ALYSSA MORRIS (1984- ) “The Big Questions” (2024) 1. Who am I?  2. What is this Crazy Thing called Life? 3. How is it Possible?  4. What Comes Next? CHARLES <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/05/trio-obscura-singular-tones-and-timbres-bringing-to-life-old-and-new-music-with-verve-and-sensitivity/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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