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- for orchestra
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- Duration:
- 29' 00"
- Instrumentation:
- 2222; 4330; timp; strs.
- Contents:
- I. Prelude; II Scherzo; III Introduction; IV. Finale
Samples
 | Recording (1444k) | First Movement 2:16-3:17 | © Kiwi Pacific |
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Availability
- This work has a score, 5 recordings and 2 resources
Programme Note
Douglas Lilburn’s Symphony No. 2 was given its first performance as a studio broadcast in December 1953 conducted by Warwick Braithwaite. The first public performance was given by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins in the Wellington Town Hall in June 1959.
- Difficulty:
- Advanced
Performance History
| 29 May 1972 |
Performed by the NZBCSO, conductor Alex Lindsay |
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| 29 May 2001 |
Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Judd |
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| New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | ||
| 28 Aug 2010 |
Performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir William Southgate in the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium, Christchurch |
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| Christchurch Symphony | ||
| 28 Jan 2011 |
Performed by the West Symphony Orchestra with conductor Grant Cooper |
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| Grant Cooper | ||
| 29 Jan 2011 |
Performed by the West Symphony Orchestra with conductor Grant Cooper |
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| Grant Cooper |