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		<title>Wellington Youth Orchestra with Mark Carter serves up an orchestral feast.</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/05/wellington-youth-orchestra-with-mark-carter-serves-up-an-orchestral-feast/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Youth Orchestra with Mark Carter at St.Andrews-on-The-Terrace  &#8211;  photo credit:  Cindy Young Waldron SIBELIUS – Finlandia ELGAR – Suite No. 2 from “The Wand of Youth” VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – A London Symphony Wellington Youth Orchestra Mark Carter, conductor St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 “Pines to Pastures” was the Wellington Youth Orchestra’s programme-title for <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/05/wellington-youth-orchestra-with-mark-carter-serves-up-an-orchestral-feast/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington Youth Orchestra &#8211; revels ceremonial and fantastical</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Youth Orchestra –  Conductor Mark Carter  congratulates WYO leader Alan Kao at the conclusion of the &#8220;Fanfare and Fantasy&#8221; concert on Saturday May 3rd, 2025 FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN – Symphony No. 100 in G Major “Military” MODEST MUSORGSKY (ed. Rimsky-Korsakov) – Night on a Bare Mountain PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – Capriccio Italien Wellington Youth <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/05/wellington-youth-orchestra-revels-ceremonial-and-fantastical/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington’s Youth Orchestras show the way through is together!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“SYMPHONIC FUSION” Wellington Youth Orchestra and Wellington Youth Sinfonietta Mark Carter (WYO) and Christiaan van der Zee (WYS) – conductors Xavier Ngaro (violin) SUPPE – Overture “Poet and Peasant” BRUCH &#8211; Violin Concerto No. 1 Op.26 WALTON – Suite from “Henry V” PONCHIELLI – “Dance of the Hours” (from “La Gioconda”) SHOSTAKOVICH – Waltz No. <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/10/wellingtons-youth-orchestras-show-the-way-through-is-together/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anton Webern steals the show! &#8211; Orchestra Wellington and Marc Taddei with &#8220;Pharaoh&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON presents “PHARAOH” GEMMA PEACOCKE – Manta (with Arohanui Strings) ANTON WEBERN – Passacaglia Op.1 JOHN PSATHAS – Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra  “Pharaoh” (with Tomoni Nozaki – timpani) BRIAR PRASTINI (vocalist) – White, Red, Black WOLFGANG MOZART – Incidental Music to “Thamos , King of Egypt” (with the Orpheus Choir of Wellington – <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/10/anton-webern-steals-the-show-orchestra-wellington-and-marc-taddei-with-pharaoh/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington Youth Orchestra take on Verdi, Grieg and Tchaikovsky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A GLORIOUSLY UNINHIBITED CONCERT EXPERIENCE Wellington Youth Orchestra Music by Verdi, Grieg and Tchaikovsky VERDI – Overture “Nabucco” GRIEG – 4 Norwegian Dances TCHAIKOVSKY – Symphony No.5 in E Minor Mark Carter (conductor) Wellington Youth Orchestra St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace Church, Wellington Sunday, 30th April, 2023 St. Andrew’s-on-the-Terrace was positively burgeoning with people on this holiday afternoon, all <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2023/04/wellington-youth-orchestra-take-on-verdi-grieg-and-tchaikovsky/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Masterworks from the WYO</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Stanton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Youth Orchestra Mark Carter, conductor Emica Taylor (flute) JOHANNES BRAHMS &#8211; Academic Festival Overture CARL NIELSEN &#8211; Concerto for Flute and Orchestra ALEXANDER BORODIN &#8211; Symphony No. 2 in B Minor St Andrew&#8217;s on-The-Terrace, Wellington Saturday, 1st October, 2022 A grey and damp Saturday afternoon in Wellington was the perfect environment from which to <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/10/masterworks-from-the-wyo/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Plaudits for the Wellington Youth Orchestra with Donald Maurice</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Youth Orchestra presents: CHILDHOOD Music by Boris Pigovat and Anthony Ritchie PIOGOVAT &#8211; IN the Mood to Tango RITCHIE &#8211; Symphony No. 5 &#8220;Childhood&#8221; Donald Maurice (conductor) Wellington Youth Orchestra St.Andrew&#8217;s on-The-Terrace, Wellington\ Sunday, 31st July 2022 Donald Maurice has had a long association with both Boris Pigovat and Anthony Ritchie. He perfumed and <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/07/plaudits-for-the-wellington-youth-orchestra-with-donald-maurice/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington Youth Orchestra – an appealing programme delivered with rich orchestral sound</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Sedley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Youth Orchestra presents: ELGAR – Cockaigne Overture  (In London Town) Op. 40 BEETHOVEN – Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G Major Op.40 DVORAK – Symphony No. 8 in G Major Op.88 Soloist: Lucas Baker (violin) Wellington Youth Orchestra Mark Carter (conductor) St Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington Saturday, 30th April, 2022 This was a <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2022/04/wellington-youth-orchestra-an-appealing-programme-delivered-with-rich-orchestral-sound/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Strings for Africa&#8221; joyously fill the vistas of St.Andrew&#8217;s-on-The-Terrace</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sinfonia for Hope and Stringendo presents: STRINGS FOR AFRICA JS BACH – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor BWV 1052 Antonio VIVALDI – Concerto for 4 Violins and ‘Cello – No.10 of Op.3 “L”estro armónico” RV 580 Gabriel FAURE – Cantique de Jean Racine (arr. for ‘cello ensemble) JS BACH – Brandenburg Concerto No. <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2021/05/strings-for-africa-joyously-fill-the-vistas-of-st-andrews-on-the-terrace/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welington Youth Orchestra and Mark Carter with violinist Lucas Baker &#8211; a Transatlantic treat!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington Youth Orchestra presents: TRANSATLANTIC Music by Barber, Britten, Gershwin and Vaughan Williams VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – Overture “The Wasps” (1909) BARBER – Violin Concerto,  Op.14 BRITTEN – Sinfonia da Requiem,  Op.20 GERSHWIN – An American in Paris  (1928) Lucas Baker (violin) Mark Carter (conductor) Wellington Youth Orchestra St. James’ Church, Woburn, Lower Hutt Saturday, 15th <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2021/05/welington-youth-orchestra-and-mark-carter-with-violinist-lucas-baker-a-transatlantic-treat/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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