Work Details
| Title: | Four Canzonas |
| Date: | 1980 |
| Category: | Orchestral |
| Instrumentation: | Strings |
| Reference: | Waiteata Press |
| Description: | Composed 1943-50, arranged 1980. "Canzona 1" (4'30") is from Lilburn's 1943 score for "Hamlet", "Canzona 2" (2'40") is a reworking of "Willow Song" from the 1944 score for "Othello", "Canzona 3" (1'30") and "Canzona 4" (1'45") are from Lilburn's 1950 score for Maria Dronke's reading of "The Lay of Love and Death of Cornet Rilke". Canzonas 1, 3 and 4 are for string orchestra; Canzona 2 is for solo violin and string quartet. |
| Duration: | 11'15" |
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