1951

for orchestra

By:

• Douglas Lilburn

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, 1 Media on Demand, 5 recordings and a resource

Media on Demand

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
	29 May 2001	Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Judd
		New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
	28 Aug 2010	Performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir William Southgate in the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium, Christchurch
		Christchurch Symphony
	26 Jan 2011	Grant Cooper and Mona Seghatoleslami discuss Lilburn’s Overture Aotearoa in a radio interview
	28 Jan 2011	Performed by the West Symphony Orchestra with conductor Grant Cooper
		Grant Cooper
	29 Jan 2011	Performed by the West Symphony Orchestra with conductor Grant Cooper
		Grant Cooper