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		<title>Wellington&#8217;s VU NZ School of Music&#8217;s Piano Extravaganza Concert lives up to its name</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/10/wellingtons-vu-nz-school-of-musics-piano-extravaganza-concert-lives-up-to-its-name/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St.Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert Series An NZSM Piano Extravaganza, presented by four of Victoria University School of Music’s advanced piano students – MICHELLE CORVERA MOZART – Piano Sonata in G Major KV 283 – Mvts II (Andante) and III  (Presto) SALINA FISHER – Moths in the Light (2007) HAILEY ZHOU MOZART – Piano Sonata No 17 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/10/wellingtons-vu-nz-school-of-musics-piano-extravaganza-concert-lives-up-to-its-name/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington City Orchestra spinning musical tales of adventure, love and vengeance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington City Orchestra at St.Andrew&#8217;s NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Antar” Symphony (1875) ALEXANDER SCRIABIN – Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor Op.20 (1896-97) ANTONIN DVOŘÁK – The Golden Spinning-Wheel Op.109 (1896) William Berry (piano) Andrew Atkins (conductor) Wellington City Orchestra St.Andrews-on-The -Terrace, Wellington Saturday, 19th September, 2026 Review for “Middle C” by Peter Mechen None of these <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/wellington-city-orchestra-spinning-musical-tales-of-adventure-love-and-vengeance/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Quang Hong Luu (piano)  – brilliantly personifying composer and music and their times</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Quang Hong Luu, with Phan Hồng Châu,  at Old St.Paul&#8217;s, Wellington FRANZ  LISZT &#8211;  Anneés de pelerinage – Troisieme (Third Year of Pilgrimage) S.163 Angelus – “Prayer to the Guardian Angels” Aux Cyprès de la Villa d’Este No.1 &#38; 2 Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este Sunt Lachrymae Rerum E mode Hongroise Marche Funebre Sursum <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/09/quang-hong-luu-piano-brilliantly-personifying-composer-and-music-and-their-times/">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>Ozan Biner-McGrath at St.Andrew’s – a piano recital of music to delight in and savour</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MUZIO CLEMENTI (1752-1832) – Piano Sonata in B Minor Op.40 No.2 SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Prelude in B Minor  Op.32 No.10 Etude-Tableau in F-sharp Minor  Op.39 No.3 CESAR FRANCK  (1822-1890) Prelude, Choral et Fugue FWV 21 Ozan Biner-McGrath (piano) St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington Wednesday 29th July 2026 The St. Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert series in Wellington has consistently delighted <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/08/ozan-biner-mcgrath-at-st-andrews-a-piano-recital-of-music-to-delight-in-and-savour/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NSZO&#8217;S Let There Be Light illuminates Saariaho, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shan Liu (piano) with Jaime Martín and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra &#8211; photo, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra KALJA SAARIAHO (1952-2023) – Lumiere et Pesanteur SERGE PROKOFIEV (1891-1953 – Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Major Op.26 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893 – Symphony No. 4 in F Minor Op.36 Shan Liu (piano) Jaime Martín (conductor) <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/nszos-let-there-be-light-illuminates-saariaho-prokofiev-and-tchaikovsky/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aotearoa and China &#8211; a musical dialogue presented by Jian Liu</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/06/aotearoa-and-china-a-musical-dialogue-presented-by-jian-liu/</link>
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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>Orchestra Wellington in full &#8220;swing&#8221; with escapist New York jazz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON -2026 Collaborations W:ELLINGTONMarc  Taddei with Orchestra Wellington  &#8211; Photo Credit : Andy Best LEONARD BERNSTEIN &#8211; Chichester Psalms &#8211; Tudor Consort / Joshua Derbyshire-Foale (boy soprano) GEORGE GERSHWIN &#8211; Piano Concerto in F &#8211; David Fung (piano) ROLF LIEBERMANN &#8211; Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra &#8211; Te Koki Jazz Band DUKE ELLINGTON <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/06/orchestra-wellington-in-full-swing-with-escapist-new-york-jazz/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Echoes of woodland scenes rubbing shoulders with companionable coffee-houses! – an echt-Viennese musical lunchtime experience for Wellingtonians at St. Andrew’s-on-the-Terrace!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christine Wang (violin), Beth Chen (piano), and Sebastian Dunn (horn) EUGÈNE BOZZA (1905-1991) – En Forêt (In the Forest) Op.40 Sebastian Dunn (horn), Beth Chen (piano) FRITZ KREISLER (1875-1962) – Schön Rosmarin (Old Viennese Dance No. 3) Christine Wang (violin), Beth Chen (piano) JOHANNES BRAHMS  (1833-1897) – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E-flat <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/05/echoes-of-woodland-scenes-rubbing-shoulders-with-companionable-coffee-houses-an-echt-viennese-musical-lunchtime-experience-for-wellingtonians-at-st-andrews-on-the-terrace/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scriabin and Rachmaninov from Tony Lee – a piano-fancier’s ultimate dream concert?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ALEXANDER SCRIABIN – Preludes &#8211;  Op.11 No.1 in C Major Op.17 No.5 in F Minor Op.16 No.1 in B Major Etude – Op. 2 No. 1 in C-sharp Minor SERGEI RACHMANINOV – Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28 Tony Lee (piano) St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington Wednesday, 22nd April, 2026 Perhaps the use of the <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/04/scriabin-and-rachmaninov-from-tony-lee-a-piano-fanciers-ultimate-dream-concert/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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