Douglas Lilburn: Symphony No. 1 in A major (1949)

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Sinfónica de Nueva Zelanda dirigida por James Judd.
I. Allegro non troppo (0:00)
II. Andante con moto (12:12)
III. Allegro (21:22)
Douglas Lilburn came to be New Zealand’s most important composer of the 20th Century. He went to study in the Royal Academy of Music in London with Ralph Vaughan-Williams and became acquiesced with his master’s music and that of Jean Sibelius; composer whose music was en vogue in England during the 1930’s. When Lilburn returned to his home, he set to become an important voice in the Oceanian isles. His Symphony No. 1 of 1949 became a very important example of art music in New Zealand. Although the work denotes very strong influences from Sibelius and Vaughan-Williams, it is cast in a very original voice and form.
Douglas Lilburn llegó a ser el compositor más importante del siglo 20 en Nueva Zelanda. Fue a estudiar a la Real Academia de Música en Londres con Ralph Vaughan Williams y se encontró profundamente inspirado por la música de su maestro y la de Jean Sibelius, compositor en boga en Inglaterra durante los años 30. Cuando Lilburn volvió al hogar, estaría en camino de convertirse en una voz importante de Oceanía. Su Sinfonía No. 1 de 1949 se volvió un importante ejemplo para la música culta en Nueva Zelanda: si bien ésta contiene importantes influencias de Sibelius y Vaughan-Williams, también posee una voz y forma originales.
Image/imagen: Bays and Islands I / Bahías e Islas I. Harlod Coop. 2004.

[@gabrieru1983]

Ésta sinfonía luminosa y dinámica es una de mis preferidas del siglo pasado.
Música franca con un lenguaje que continúa la tradición del post romanticismo pero con una veta de originalidad casi sibeliana.....una maravilla!

[@donaldferguson734]

Wonderful symphony as is his second.

[@alanhowe1455]

There's a lot of Tapiola in this. Really fine stuff.

[@alexandrecosta1832]

If it wasn´t for the "glory" or "triumph" trumpets and metals in the begining and 1st movement, it could be Sibelian I agree. But...not a milimeter of nostalgy, foggy bottom lay typical of Sibelius. There are howeber "fingertips" of Holst, maybe Elgar, Vaugham Williams, a kind of Windsor nobility as well as welsh glimmering deep geological greatness... Impressive. It deserves t be heard again, no doubt. Thank you, Master Lilburn.

[@drnefariousroses263]

Apparently Douglas is like my great uncle or my great-great uncle or something, so it was interesting to hear his music. It's pretty good.

[@ianrmillard4394]

A perhaps typically laconic New Zealand comment! I think that his music is *very* good; this symphony is the one I like best and this version, conducted by James Judd, the best of a few that I have heard.

[@galas062]

thank you!!

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Great!

[@nurselaydn6429]

Müthiş 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@magmasunburst9331]

Who did the painting?

[@jackmccoy66]

Harold Coop - It's called "Bays and Islands I"