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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>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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		<title>Virtuosi &#8211; Orchestra Wellington’s celebration of the capital’s individual and interactive instrumental brilliance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[VIRTUOSI – Orchestra Wellington ELGAR – Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra Op.47 ELGAR – Concerto for ‘Cello and Orchestra in E Minor Op.85 BARTÓK – Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 New Zealand String Quartet : Peter Clark, Martin Riseley (guest player), violins; Gillian Ansell, viola; Martin Smith, ‘cello Inbal Megiddo, ‘cello Orchestra <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/orchestra-wellingtons-celebration-of-the-capitals-individual-and-interactive-instrumental-brilliance/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tales of the New Zealand String Quartet 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Zealand String Quartet presents “STORYTELLERS”  &#8211; the 2026 Season Part One: ORIGINS MIKA CORNELIUS – Universal Veil FRANZ SCHUBERT – String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major D.87 GARETH FARR – String Quartet No. 2 “Mondo Rondo” MISSY MAZZOLI – Death Valley Junction BENJAMIN BRITTEN – String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op.25 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/05/tales-of-the-new-zealand-string-quartet-2026/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Still more musical miracles reported and evidenced in Wellington, this time at Roseneath’s The Long Hall!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The creative spirit continues to work wonders in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa – (“Kei te ora tonu te wairua auaha ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara o Aotearoa”) Peter Gjelsten tackles a Bach Violin Sonata (No. 2 in A Minor BWV 1003) at The Long Hall, Roseneath The Chamber Pot-Pourri Ensemble A Kaibosh Food Rescue Benefit Concert ROSS HARRIS <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/03/still-more-musical-miracles-reported-and-evidenced-in-wellington-this-time-at-roseneaths-the-long-hall/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Melencolia &#8211; ANTHONY RITCHIE &#8211; Three String Quartets, from the Jade String Quartet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MELENCOLIA ANTHONY RITCHIE’S STRING QUARTETS 1-3 Jade String Quartet Miranda Adams, Charmian Keay (violins). Robert Ashworth (viola), James Yoo (’cello) Producer: Kenneth Young Engineers: John Kim, Steve Garden RATTLE RAT-D159 2025 After first-time listening right through in a single, totally absorbed (occasionally transfixed) sitting to a recently issued Rattle Records recording of Anthony Ritchie’s three <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/12/melencolia-anthony-ritchie-three-string-quartets-from-the-jade-string-quartet/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Late-afternoon Bach and Shostakovich – worlds and times apart sounding together….</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[JS BACH – Suite No. 3 in C Major for Solo Violincello BWV 1009 Rolf Gjelsten  (‘cello) DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH – String Quartets: No 5  in B-flat (1952) / No. 2  in A Major Op. 68 (1944) The Chamber Pot-Pourri Ensemble: Helene Pohl, Simeon Broom (violins), Nicholas Hancox (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (’cello) The Long Hall, Roseneath, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/10/late-afternoon-bach-and-shostakovich-worlds-and-times-apart-sounding-together/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Beauty, grace, wit, adventure and excitement – the Aroha String Quartet and friends</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 03:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aroha String Quartet and friends                                                                         Photo: Zhongxian Jin              Back row: Nick Walshe (clarinet), Justin <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/10/beauty-grace-wit-adventure-and-excitement-the-aroha-string-quartet-and-friends/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Handel, Ysaÿe, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn – courses and causes at Roseneath’s  Long Hall.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Chamber Pot-Pourri Ensemble presents: GEORG FRIEDRIC HANDEL – Trio Sonata in B Minor EUGENE YSAŸE – Ballade for Solo Violin Op. 27 No 3* DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH – String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor FELIX MENDELSSOHN – String Quartet No.2 in A Minor Op.13 Helene Pohl and Peter Gjelsten* (violins) Nicholas Hancox (viola) / <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/09/handel-ysaye-shostakovich-and-mendelssohn-courses-and-causes-at-roseneaths-long-hall/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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