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		<title>The First Smile &#8211; 50 years of Gamelan in Aotearoa New Zealand &#8211; a celebration!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Poynton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The First Smile &#124; Gamelan Ensemble &#8211; Rattle Records (2024) Players: Gerard Crewdson, Chris Francis, Rosalind Jiko, Helen Lowe, Hui Luo, Barbara Lyon, Keith McEwing, Jennifer Shennan The First Smile is not really a CD, it’s a celebration! Actually where to start with the celebrations? Nothing less than a list is in order: *50th anniversary <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/06/18883/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Towards a new Romantic language</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2022/09/towards-a-new-romantic-language/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne French]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orchestra Wellington: Leviathan Wagner Lohengrin Prelude to Act 1 Psathas Leviathan Concerto for percussion Schumann Symphony No 2 Alexej Gerassimez (percussion) Marc Taddei (conductor) Orchestra Wellington Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Saturday. 17th September, 2022 The whole concert took the title ‘Leviathan’, which was, frankly, misleading. Much more than half the concert came from the soundworld of <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/09/towards-a-new-romantic-language/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ravel and Bartók make companionable and stimulating piano-and-percussion bedfellows in stunning NZSM Adam Concert Room performances</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Te Kōkī  NZ School of Music presents: RAVEL – Rapsodie Espagnole (arr. 2 pianos and percussion) BARTÓK – Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion SZ110 Gabriela Glapska and Jian Liu (pianos) Sam Rich and Naoto Segawa (percussion) Adam Concert Room, Victoria University of Wellington Friday 23rd July 2021 While waiting in the foyer for the <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2021/07/music-by-ravel-and-bartok-make-companionable-and-stimulating-piano-and-percussion-bedfellows-in-stunning-nzsm-adam-concert-room-performances/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Adventurous, quirky, energetic &#8211; a musical-life experience for the 2017 NZSONYO</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2017/07/adventurous-quirky-energetic-a-musical-life-experience-for-the-2017-nzsonyo/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2017 presents: YOUNG PERSON&#8217;S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA CELESTE ORAM (NYO Composer-in-Residence 2016) Young People&#8217;s Guide to the Orchestra (World Premiere) JAMES McMILLAN &#8211; Veni, Veni Emmanuel* REUBEN JELLEYMAN (NYO Composer-in-Residence 2017) Vespro (World Premiere) BENJAMIN BRITTEN &#8211; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op.34 (The Young Person&#8217;s Guide <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2017/07/adventurous-quirky-energetic-a-musical-life-experience-for-the-2017-nzsonyo/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Magnificent NZSO concert, with percussionist Colin Currie, under James MacMillan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindis Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 01:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by James MacMillan with Colin Currie (percussion) Thomas Adès: Polaris James MacMillan: Percussion Concerto No 2 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 Michael Fowler Centre Saturday 8 July, 7:30 pm I had rather expected that, even if the pieces by Adès and MacMillan had not exactly created a stampede for tickets, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2017/07/magnificent-nzso-concert-with-percussionist-colin-currie-under-james-macmillan/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Music New Zealand hosts exciting concert by pianos and percussion</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2014/08/chamber-music-new-zealand-hosts-exciting-concert-by-pianos-and-percussion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindis Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chamber Music New Zealand: “Rhythm and Resonance” Mozart’s Sonata for two pianos, K 448; Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (arr. Guldborg); Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (arr. Ptaszynska) Diedre Irons and Michael Endres – pianos; Thomas Guldborg and Lenny Sakovsky – percussion Michael Fowler Centre Tuesday <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2014/08/chamber-music-new-zealand-hosts-exciting-concert-by-pianos-and-percussion/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Distinguish Strike and Psathas from the hoi poloi of noise makers of the gig world</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 04:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Festival Between Zero and One: Ensemble: Strike Percussion Composer: John Psathas ; Visual effects: Tim Gruchy St. James Theatre Monday 10 March, 7:30 pm Strike is regarded as the country’s premier percussion ensemble and the performance was promoted in the Festival programme as “Inspired by ancient and modern rhythms – from tribal beats <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2014/03/distinguish-strike-and-psathas-from-the-hoi-poloi-of-noise-makers-of-the-gig-world/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stroma, with percussionist Claire Edwardes</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2013/08/stroma-with-percussionist-claire-edwardes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Wells]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 03:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STROMA presents Event Horizon Stroma, conducted by Hamish McKeich, with Claire Edwardes (percussion) Alison Isadora: Cornish Pasty / Gyorgy Ligeti: Continuum Jeroen Speak: Musik fur witwen, jungfrauen und unschuldige Gerard Brophy: Coil / Steven Mackey: Micro-concerto Ilott Concert Chamber Thursday, 1 August 2013 Stroma’s recent concert featured works by two expatriate New Zealand composers, Jeroen Speak and <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2013/08/stroma-with-percussionist-claire-edwardes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Magnificent Nordic programme from NZSO, Vänskä and Currie</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2013/07/magnificent-nordic-programme-from-nzso-vanska-and-currie/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindis Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä with Colin Currie (percussion soloist) Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (Pärt) Percussion Concerto ‘Sieidi’ (Kalevi Aho) Symphony No 5, Op 50 (Nielsen) Michael Fowler Centre Friday 5 July, 6.30pm Osmo Vänskä’s name first came to my notice as conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in a series <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2013/07/magnificent-nordic-programme-from-nzso-vanska-and-currie/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Percussionist Currie dazzles in brilliant NZSO concert</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindis Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Appalachian Spring Suite (Copland), Percussion Concerto (Jennifer Higdon), I paesaggi dell’anima (Lyell Cresswell), Symphony No 6 ‘Pastoral’ (Beethoven) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley with Colin Currie (percussion) Michael Fowler Centre Friday 3 September, 6.30pm Are Wellington audiences losing their taste for adventure? What was it that led to so many empty seats <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2010/09/percussionist-currie-dazzles-in-brilliant-nzso-concert/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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