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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>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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		<title>SHOSTAKOVICH &#8211; &#8220;unpacked&#8221; and emptied out &#8211; a life&#8217;s remarkable music</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2025/11/shostakovich-unpacked-and-emptied-out-a-lifes-remarkable-music/</link>
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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>Delicious, profound and adventurous &#8211; an irresistible orchestral feast from the Wellington City Orchestra</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON CITY ORCHESTRA Justus Rozemond (conductor with Sophia Acheson (viola ) Nicolai –  Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor” Rachmaninov – Tone-Poem “Isle of the Dead” Berlioz – “Harold in Italy” – Symphony with Viola obbligato St,Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington Saturday, 5th April 2025 Concert viewed via video – thanks to Nick Baldwin (camera) and Angus Webb <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/04/delicious-profound-and-adventurous-an-irresistible-orchestral-feast-from-the-wellington-city-orchestra/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Haydn and Mozart Camerata&#8217;s perfect fellow-churchgoers at Wellington&#8217;s St.Peter&#8217;s-0n-Willis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Camerata presents: HAYDN IN THE CHURCH 2023 Josef HAYDN – Symphony No. 17 in F Major Hob.1.17 Wolfgang MOZART – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat K.364 Anne Loeser (violin) / Victoria Jaenecke (viola) Camerata Ensemble St.Peter’s Church-on-Willis, Wellington Friday, October 20th, 2023 Sometimes one goes to a concert which by dint of the music and the <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/10/haydn-and-mozart-cameratas-perfect-fellow-churchgoers-at-wellingtons-st-peters-0n-willis/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A new film commemorates the 1941 Babiy Yar Massacre of Ukraine Jews by the Nazis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LACRIMOSA DIES ILLA – a 2020 film Featuring excerpts from “Requiem – The Holocaust” by Israeli composer Boris Pigovat, a work for orchestra and viola soloist. Narrator – Valentyna Bugrak Composer – Boris Pigovat Viola soloist – Xi Liu Conductor – Martin Riseley New Zealand School of Music Orchestra Designer and Producer – Donald Maurice <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2021/02/a-new-film-commemorates-the-1941-babiy-yar-massacre-of-ukraine-jews-by-the-nazi/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Morgen&#8221; &#8211; pianist Rae de Lisle makes a welcome return to performing, with &#8216;cellist Andrew Joyce &#8211; and with help from Julia Joyce</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MORGEN Songs for ‘Cello and Piano Andrew Joyce (‘cello) Rae de Lisle (piano) items marked * with Julia Joyce (viola) BRAHMS : Liebestreu Op3, No.1 / Minnelied Op.71, No.5 / “Immer leise wird mein Schlummer Op.105 No.2 “Wie melodien zieht es mir leise durch den Sinn” Op.105, No.1 / Sapphische Ode Op.94 No.4 Feldeinsamkeit Op.86 <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2020/08/morgen-pianist-rae-de-lisle-makes-a-welcome-return-to-performing-with-cellist-andrew-joyce-and-with-help-from-julia-joyce/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jennifer Stumm and Te Koki Trio share honours at Wellington&#8217;s MFC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chamber Music New Zealand presents: JENNIFER STUMM AND TE KOKI TRIO Music by Michael Williams, György Kurtág, Schumann, and Brahms MICHAEL WILLIAMS – Spirit flies Sun Rises GYÖRGY KURTÁG &#8211; Three Pieces for Viola Solo (from “Signs, Games and Messages”) ROBERT SCHUMANN – Märchenbilder  (Fairytale Pictures) JOHANNES BRAHMS – Scherzo in C Minor from FAE <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2019/08/jennifer-stumm-and-te-koko-trio-share-honours-at-wellingtons-mfc/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An excellent lunchtime concert from university string students at St Andrew’s</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindis Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 04:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrew’s lunchtime concert Performances by string students of the New Zealand School of Music Zephyr Wills (viola), Rebecca Warnes (cello), Hayden Nickel (violin), Ellen Murfitt (violin), Emily Paterson (cello), Tamina Beveridge (piano) Music by Bach, Hindemith, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn St Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday 8 May, 12:15 pm Though I had thought not to <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2019/05/an-excellent-lunchtime-concert-from-university-string-students-at-st-andrews-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Polished viola student performances of Bach suites plus some unfamiliar music at St Andrew&#8217;s</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindis Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrew’s lunchtime concert NZSM Viola Students: Zephyr Wills, Deborah King, Grant Baker; accompanied by Catherine Norton Music by Schubert, Britten, Bach, Enescu, Kreisler and Walton St Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday 17 October, 12:15 pm One rarely goes to a recital by students from Victoria University’s school of music (also known as the New <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2018/10/polished-viola-student-performances-of-bach-suites-plus-some-unfamiliar-music-at-st-andrews/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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