Navigation for Douglas: The Landscape of a New Zealand Composer

Credits

(1) Sir William Southgate: Douglas would have hated this series.

(2) Peter Vere-Jones: "Gordon" - reading from Douglas’s unpublished notes for Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [MS-Papers-7623-025].   Underscored by Occasional Pieces for Piano (1942-73), performed by Margaret Nielsen (piano), recorded in 1981 [SA/NTK 14358].

(3) Peter Walls: Description of Douglas - generous but frightening...a fighter.

(4) Jack Body and Douglas: Petitioning for the release of jailed composers. Archival interview recorded in 1975 [SA/NTK 14560].   Underscored and followed by Landfall in Unknown Seas (1942), performed by the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Ritchie, with narrator Bruce Mason, recorded in 1972 [SA/NTK 14285].

(5) Audio: Jill Palmer displays Douglas's typewriter held at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

(6) Peter Vere-Jones: Reads a letter from Douglas to President Park Chung-hee of the Republic of Korea, 21 May 1976 [ATL MS Papers 2483-115].   Underscored and followed by String Quartet in E minor (1946), performed by the Schola Musica Quartet, recorded in 1978 [SA/NTK 14382].

(7) Jack Body and Douglas: “Freedom seems to function on many levels …” - archival interview recorded in 1975 [SA/NTK 14560].   Underscored by Poem in Time of War (electronic with voice of Vietnamese student, 1967) [SA/NTK 14453].

(8) Music: Poem in Time of War (electronic with voice of Vietnamese student, 1967) [SA/NTK 14453].

(9) Jill Palmer: Forming the New Zealand Music Archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

(10) Music: Chaconne (1946), performed by Patrick O'Byrne (piano), recorded in 1987 [SA/NTK 14454].

(11) Jill Palmer: Describing what's in the Lilburn collection at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

(12) Peter Vere-Jones: "My strong willed Mother …" - reading from Douglas’s unpublished notes for Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [MS-Papers-7623-025].   Underscored by Summer Voices (electronic, 1969) [SA/NTK 14555].

(13) Music: Incidental music from This is New Zealand (1949), a New Zealand Broadcasting Service radio documentary.

(14) Chris Bourke and Douglas: “You're composing to say something rather than to stretch yourself?” - archival interview recorded in 1985 for the Listener.

(15) Ross Harris: Supporting other composers in the background.

(16) Peter Walls: “I think Douglas was always hesitant to promote himself, but now …”

(17) Music: Quartet for Brass Instruments (1957), performed by Concord Brass - Grant Cooper, Daniel Waldron, Marc Guy and Barry Kilpatrick; recorded in 1989 [SA/NTK 14305].

(18) Jeannie Lilburn: The Queen's visit; receiving the Order of New Zealand.

(19) Peter Vere-Jones: "I quickly made friends with the children in the street…" - reading from Douglas’s unpublished notes for Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [MS-Papers-7623-025].   Underscored by No. 7 from Seventeen Pieces for Guitar (1969-70), performed by Edrick Banks (guitar), recorded in 1983 [Radio New Zealand Tape 2960].

(20) Jill Palmer: Order of New Zealand medal story.

(21) Music: The Return (1965), electronic sound image - poem by Alistair Campbell, read by Tim Elliot, voices by Mahi Potiki [SA/NTK 14384].

(22) John Thomson: Douglas's friendship with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Archival interview recorded in 1995 [Radio New Zealand DAT 962307].

(23) Douglas Lilburn: Tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams. Archival talk extracted from Tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams recorded on his death in 1958 [SA/NTK T-161].

(24) Music: St Joan (1955), performed by members of the National Orchestra conducted by James Robertson, recorded in 1955 and remastered in 1988 [SA/NTK 14435].

(25) Jenny McLeod: Douglas taught me how to listen.

(26) Peter Walls: New Zealandness in his music.

(27) Peter Vere-Jones: "There was a final family summer …" - reading from Douglas’s unpublished notes for Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [MS-Papers-7623-025].   Underscored by Allegro Concertante (1944), performed by Dean Major (violin) and Rae de Lisle (piano), recorded in 1988 [SA/NTK 14408].

(28) Ropata Erwin: “Douglas was extremely loyal to his friends …”; Rita Angus.

(29) Joyce Hamilton: “I remember when Rita died ...”

(30) Dean Major: “With Douglas it was a matter of trust …”

(31) Alistair Te Ariki Campbell: “His music didn't influence me - but his personality did …” Underscored and followed by Sonatina (1948), performed by Richard Foreman (clarinet) and Bruce Greenfield (piano), recorded in 1990 [SA/NTK 15417].

(32) Helen Young: Douglas affected my decisions.

(33) Alistair Te Ariki Campbell: “I never thought in terms of making money…”

(34) Peter Vere-Jones: "On the last day of the holiday …" - reading from Douglas’s unpublished notes for Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [MS-Papers-7623-025].

(35) Music: The Return (1965), electronic sound image - poem by Alistair Campbell, read by Tim Elliot, voices by Mahi Potiki [SA/NTK 14384], followed by A Song of Islands (originally titled Song of the Antipodes, 1946), performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins, recorded in 1985 [SA/NTK 14341].

(36) Dorothy McKegg: Production Credits.