Douglas Lilburn was painted by one of his Christchurch friends, Leo Bensemann, about 1942. That year Lilburn composed Landfall in unknown seas for a narrator and orchestra. The text was taken from a poem by Allen Curnow, and tells of Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand. This excerpt from the work is played by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Using this item
Reference: G-264
by Leo Bensemann
Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. Reference: 14282.
Sound courtesy of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Lilburn Trust, John Ritchie (conductor)
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.