As a child, composer Douglas Lilburn lived at Drysdale, a sheep station in the upper Turakina valley – a place which he later described as a paradise, and which was to inspire his Drysdale Overture.
Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. © Lilburn Trust. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero (Drysdale Overture/Reference number CDR136)
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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand Collection
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PAColl-2049
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