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Haurongo: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon

A birthday offering

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Pictured here in the early 1960s, Douglas Lilburn composed A birthday offering in 1956 to mark the 10th birthday of the National Orchestra.

Listen to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Hopkins, perform this piece in 1986.

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Reference: 14340

Image: Alexander Turnbull Library, Douglas Lilburn Collection, PAColl-6884-2-51-2

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Philip Norman. 'Lilburn, Douglas Gordon', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/music/28010/a-birthday-offering (accessed 4 June 2026).