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  Douglas Lilburn (aged 21, 1936) Episode 10, Legacies

Episode ten, Legacies, looks at what Douglas Lilburn has left behind. Sir William Southgate acknowledges that Douglas would have hated all the fuss of a documentary series being made about him. Jill Palmer talks about Douglas's vision for an archive of New Zealand music, the Lilburn collection held by the Alexander Turnbull Library, and the Lilburn Trust. Ross Harris and Jenny McLeod talk about Douglas's support for other composers.

Peter Walls describes Douglas Lilburn as a fighter for causes in music and the arts. Jack Body and Douglas discuss the notion of freedom, and talk about petitioning for the release of jailed composers overseas. Alistair Te Ariki Campbell and Ropata Erwin talk about Douglas's friendship and tremendous loyalty. Helen Young reflects on the influence Douglas had on Broadcasting. Jeannie Lilburn and Jill Palmer talk about Douglas being awarded the Order of New Zealand. John Thomson notes Douglas's friendship with Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Douglas himself gives a moving tribute to Vaughan Williams on his death in 1958.


People who feature in Episode 10: Sir William Southgate, Peter Vere-Jones, Peter Walls, Jack Body, Douglas Lilburn, Jill Palmer, Chris Bourke, Ross Harris, Jeannie Lilburn, John Thomson, Jenny McLeod, Ropata Erwin, Joyce Hamilton, Dean Major, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Helen Young and Dorothy McKegg.

Broadcasts:     2pm, Sunday 8th August 2004 nationwide on Concert FM.

Duration: 49'23

Reference (sometimes media) numbers are listed next to archival material that can be sourced from Sound Archives/Nga Taonga Korero [SA/NTK] or the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand/Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa [ATL].


00:07 Sir William Southgate: Douglas would have hated this series.
00:46 Peter Vere-Jones: "Gordon" - reading from Douglas's unpublished Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches
[ATL A-2001-172-004].
Underscored by Occasional Pieces for Piano (1942-73), performed by Margaret Nielsen (piano), recorded in 1981 [SA/NTK 14358].
01:21 Peter Walls: Description of Douglas - generous but frightening...a fighter.
03:30 Jack Body and Douglas: Petitioning for the release of jailed composers. Archival interview recorded in 1975 [SA/NTK 14560].
Underscored 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].
05:12 Audio: Jill Palmer displays Douglas's typewriter held at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
05:35 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 by String Quartet in E minor (1946), performed by the Schola Musica Quartet, recorded in 1978 [SA/NTK 14382].
07:20 Jack Body and Douglas: Freedom works 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].
08:45 Music: Poem in Time of War (electronic with voice of Vietnamese student, 1967) [SA/NTK 14453].
09:50 Jill Palmer: Forming the New Zealand Music Archive.
11:42 Music: Chaconne (1946), performed by Patrick O'Byrne (piano), recorded in 1987 [SA/NTK 14454].
12:20 Jill Palmer: Describing what's in the Lilburn collection.
15:30 Peter Vere-Jones: "My strong willed Mother" - reading from Douglas's unpublished Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [ATL A-2001-172-004].
Underscored by Summer Voices (electronic, 1969) [SA/NTK 14555].
15:50 Music: Incidental music from This Is New Zealand (1949), a BBC/New Zealand Broadcasting Service radio documentary.
16:09 Chris Bourke and Douglas: You're composing to say something rather than to stretch yourself? Archival interview recorded in 1985 for the Listener. A complete transcript of this interview is available.
18:40 Ross Harris: Supporting other composers in the background.
20:19 Peter Walls: Hesitant to promote himself, but now...
21:22 Music: Quartet for Brass Instruments (1957), performed by Concord Brass, recorded in 1989 [SA/NTK 14305].
22:20 Jeannie Lilburn: The Queen's visit, receiving the Order of New Zealand.
24:32 Peter Vere-Jones: "I quickly made friends" - reading from Douglas's unpublished Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [ATL A-2001-172-004].
Underscored by No. 7 from Seventeen Pieces for Guitar (1969-70), performed by Edrick Banks (guitar), recorded in 1983 [Radio New Zealand Tape 2960].
25:05 Jill Palmer: Order of New Zealand medal story.
26:20 Music: The Return (1965), electronic sound image - poem by Alistair Campbell, read by Tim Elliot, voices by Mahi Potiki [SA/NTK 14384].
27:35 John Thomson: Douglas's friendship with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Archival interview recorded in 1995 [Radio New Zealand DAT 962307].
28:39 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].
32:35 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].
33:03 Jenny McLeod: Douglas taught me how to listen.
35:24 Peter Walls: New Zealandness in his music.
38:00 Peter Vere-Jones: "There was a final family summer" - reading from Douglas's unpublished Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [ATL A-2001-172-004].
Underscored by Allegro Concertante (1944), performed by Dean Major (violin) and Rae de Lisle (piano), recorded in 1988 [SA/NTK 14408].
38:40 Ropata Erwin: Douglas was very loyal...Rita Angus.
39:58 Joyce Hamilton: When Rita died.
40:30 Dean Major: It was a matter of trust.
41:30 Alistair Te Ariki Campbell: His music didn't influence me - but his personality did. Underscored by Sonatina (1948), performed by Richard Foreman (clarinet) and Bruce Greenfield (piano), recorded in 1990 [SA/NTK 15417].
42:45 Helen Young: Douglas affected my decisions.
43:50 Alistair Te Ariki Campbell: We never thought in terms of making money.
45:55 Peter Vere-Jones: "On the last day of the holiday" - reading from Douglas's unpublished Memories of Early Years - a selection of autobiographical sketches [ATL A-2001-172-004].
46:30 Music: The Return (1965), electronic sound image - poem by Alistair Campbell, read by Tim Elliot, voices by Mahi Potiki [SA/NTK 14384].
46:40 Music: 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].
48:20 Dorothy McKegg: Production Credits.