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

[@donaldferguson734]

Wonderful symphony as is his second.

[@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!

[@galas062]

thank you!!

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Great!

[@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.

[@nurselaydn6429]

Müthiş 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@magmasunburst9331]

Who did the painting?

[@jackmccoy66]

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