1946, r. 1981

for piano

By:

• Douglas Lilburn

Duration:

08' 00"

Contents:

1. Sea Change (1946); 2. Prelude (1950); 3. (No title) - written in 1972 and revised in 1981.

Samples

	Score (698k)	Page 1	© Waiteata Music Press
	Recording (469k)	No description
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Availability

• This work has 2 scores, 5 recordings and a resource

Programme Note

The title comes from the first piece of the set, which was completed in 1946. The second piece, Prelude, dates from 1950 and the third from 1972, revised in 1981. These superbly evocative pieces belong together yet span different periods within Lilburn’s writing: the early, individual lyricism and the later time when he was writing almost entirely electronic music. Lilburn brings to each of the Sea Changes his breadth and sensitivity, and awareness, from a Pacific perspective, of a universal environment.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Humanity
• Sea and water - NZ

Performance History

	11 May 1990	Performed by Margaret Lion (piano) at St John’s Smith Square in London
	07 May 2009	Performed by William Green (piano) at the Auckland Public Library in Auckland No. 3 only
	30 Oct 2010	Performed by Geoffrey Hinds (piano) at St Barnabas’ Anglican Church in Auckland the first Sea Change only
	08 Oct 2011	Performed by Geoffrey Hinds (piano) at St Barnabas Anglican Church, Mt Eden, Auckland Sea Change only