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		<title>Music of celebration and of mourning, from the Aroha String Quartet International Music Academy</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/07/music-of-celebration-and-of-mourning-from-the-aroha-string-quartet-international-music-academy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AROHA STRING QUARTET – International Music Academy Tutors Concert ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) – Tango Ballet (1956) – arrangement for string quartet by Jose Bragato RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) – Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings (1945) – arrangement for 7 solo strings by Rudolf Leopold (1996) Members of the Aroha String Quartet International Music Academy Tutors &#8211; <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/music-of-celebration-and-of-mourning-from-the-aroha-string-quartet-international-music-academy/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>SHOSTAKOVICH &#8211; &#8220;unpacked&#8221; and emptied out &#8211; a life&#8217;s remarkable music</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Estella Wallace introduces her new work &#8220;Of Sorrows&#8221; at the Prefab Hall, Wellington&#8217;s &#8220;Shostakovich Unpacked&#8221; &#8211; photo: Maeve O&#8217;Connell SHOSTAKOVICH UNPACKED &#8211; Concert Series from the New Zealand String Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH – Piano Quintet in G Minor Op. 57 (1940) Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.147 (1975) ESTELLA WALLACE – Of Sorrows, for String <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/11/shostakovich-unpacked-and-emptied-out-a-lifes-remarkable-music/">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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		<category><![CDATA[baroque music]]></category>
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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>THE SHOCK OF THE NEW REVISITED &#8211; New Zealand premieres from Orchestra Wellington</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[                                                                                                     Shostakovich and Britten PARTY FAITHFUL <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/07/the-shock-of-the-new-revisited-with-new-zealand-premieres-from-orchestra-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shostakovich and Mozart &#8211; different kinds of intensities and delights at Roseneath&#8217;s Long Hall in Wellington</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2025/04/shostakovich-and-mozart-different-kinds-of-intensities-at-roseneaths-long-hall-in-wellington/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SHOSTAKOVICH AND MOZART Helene Pohl and Anna van der Zee (violins), Rolf Gjelsten (&#8216;cello) and Nicholas Hancox (viola) play Shostakovich DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH – String Quartets – No. 11 in F Minor Op,122 No. 13 in B-flat minor Op,138 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – String Quintet in D Major K.593 The Chamber Pot-pourri Ensemble Helene Pohl, Anna <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/04/shostakovich-and-mozart-different-kinds-of-intensities-at-roseneaths-long-hall-in-wellington/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Orchestra Wellington &#8211; heroically fulfilling the need for music</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2024/12/orchestra-wellington-fulfilling-the-need-for-music/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[choral]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orchestra Wellington presents: A MODERN HERO EVE de CASTRO-ROBINSON – Hour of Lead BENJAMIN BRITTEN – War Requiem Morag Atchison (soprano) Daniel Szesiong Todd (tenor) Benson Wilson (baritone) Orpheus Choir, Wellington Wellington Young Voices Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei (music director) Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Saturday 7th December, 2024 What could possibly preface in concert a <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/12/orchestra-wellington-fulfilling-the-need-for-music/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Colour and excitement aplenty &#8211; Monique Lapins and Jian Liu play Bartók for Rattle</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2022/08/17255/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rattle Records presents: BARTÓK – Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz 75 Violin Sonata No. 2 Sz 76 Rumanian Folk-Dances Sz 56 (arr. for Violin and Piano by Zoltan Székely) Sonatina for Piano Sz 55 (arr. For Violin and Piano by Andre Gertler) Monique Lapins (violin) and Jian Liu (piano) Producer: Kenneth Young Recorded: Graham Kennedy <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/08/17255/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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