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The Young Pine-Tree

for piano

Year:  1945

Year:  1945

Composer:   Douglas Lilburn

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About

This piece was composed at the close of the Second World War. The subheading reads: 'The young pine-tree at Diamond Harbour [on Banks Peninsula] dreams of a forest giant in the North.' The arch-shaped opening motif represents the pine, while Tane Mahuta [New Zealand's famously large kauri tree] speaks in the restorative, deep-rooted response.

Notes taken from album Douglas Lilburn Complete Piano Music Volume 3, Trust Records MMT2067


Performance history

30 Oct 2010: Fundraising Piano Recital

Performed by Dan Poynton at the Ilott Theatre in Wellington, in 2006