New LILBURN SONATA
the New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn will be ‘broadcast from 2YA at 83 p.m. on Sunday, June 19, by the pianist ‘Frederick Page. It bears the title | /1949, and is in three movements, | Allegro, Poco Adagio, and Allegro Assai. It was first played on May 21 at a meeting | NEW Pianoforte Sonata by |
of the Society of Registered Music Teachers in — Wellington. Another new Lilburn composition broadcast recently was the Sonatina ‘for Clarinet and Piano, which was played from 2YA on May 19, by George Hopkins (clarinet) and Frederick Page. This work was also played at ° the conversazione held ° last month to celebrate the jubilee of Victoria University College, where the composer is a Lecturer in Music. It was the first performance of any of his works since Boyd Neel played his Diversions 18 months ago, although he has written a certain amount of incidental music for plays and films during the past year. Douglas Lilburn comes from Hunterville, and went in 1937 to the Royal
College of Music, where he studied composition under Vaughan Williams. At the Centennial Music Competition in 1940 he scored a great success, winning prizes with his Drysdale and Festival overtures and his choral work Prodigal Country. He had previously made a name for himself by winning a Percy Grainger prize with his work Forest. His Diversions was recently performed in England by the Boyd Neel Orchestra.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 520, 10 June 1949, Page 9
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235New LILBURN SONATA New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 520, 10 June 1949, Page 9
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