Lilburn
LILBURN: Symphony No 3
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tobias Ringborg at their Great Classics series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 18 August 2022. Audio
The Magpie House
Stories surrounding a modest Wellington house and its inhabitants weave into a Forest-Gump-like saga of war and music, espionage and persecution, the search for identity and a place to call home.
Kiwi Covers
William Dart has a look at a handful of albums that feature cover versions of songs by Chris Knox, Neil Finn, and Tim Finn, including the new True Colours, New Colours. Audio
LILBURN: Allegro For Strings
Performed by the strings of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the 'Kia Kaha!' concert without audience, Auckland Town Hall, 12 June 2020. Video, Audio
22 Ascot Terrace
On Christmas Day, 1959, Douglas Lilburn moved into 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington - just a stone's throw from where he had been living on Tinakori Road, right opposite the Botanical Gardens… Audio, Gallery
LILBURN: Overture Aotearoa
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey. Video, Audio
John Elmsly
Composer John Elmsly, electro-acoustic music expert and Associate Professor at the University of Auckland for more than 30 years, reflects on his year as the Lilburn composer in residence in… Audio
Lilburn and Broadcasting
Perhaps more than any other New Zealand composer, Douglas Lilburn's career in music was influenced and supported by broadcasting. But this was mutually beneficial, and broadcasting too gained much… Audio
Douglas LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio
Douglas LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas (Introduction)
Introduced by Kenneth Young. Audio
Elizabeth Kerr: Stroma review
Elizabeth reviews last night's Stroma performance of 'Nine Echoes': composer responses to the Nine Short Pieces for piano by Douglas Lilburn, on what would have been his 100th birthday. Audio
Chris Bourke: Lilburn Research Fellow
Chris Bourke will deliver the 2015 Lilburn Lecture on Wednesday at the National Library in Wellington. He talks to Clarissa Dunn about that lecture and his current work as Lilburn Research Fellow at… Audio
Michael Norris: 'Nine Echoes'
New music ensemble Stroma mark 100 years since Douglas Lilburn's birth with a concert of specially composed works: responding to Lilburn's Nine Short Pieces for Piano. Co-director and composer Michael… Audio
Full John Hopkins talk on Lilburn's Symphony No 3
John Hopkins talks about the symphony that Lilburn dedicated to him and discusses the personality of the man behind the work. Audio
Douglas LILBURN: Symphony No 3
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins. Recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert, 31 July 1962. Audio
Lilburn and Broadcasting
Perhaps more than any other New Zealand composer, Douglas Lilburn's career in music was influenced and supported by broadcasting. But this was mutually beneficial, and broadcasting too gained much… Audio
Memories of Early Years - Episode 8
Composer Douglas Lilburn's evocative recollections of his childhood, first on a remote farm in the Turakina Valley, and then in Whanganui.Read by Peter Vere-Jones from the book Memories of Early Years… Audio
Memories of Early Years - Episode 7
Composer Douglas Lilburn's evocative recollections of his childhood, first on a remote farm in the Turakina Valley, and then in Whanganui. Read by Peter Vere-Jones from the book Memories of Early… Audio
Memories of Early Years - Episode 6
Composer Douglas Lilburn's evocative recollections of his childhood, first on a remote farm in the Turakina Valley, and then in Whanganui. Read by Peter Vere-Jones from the book Memories of Early… Audio