Sinfonia for Strings

Description

Drawing its images from the pioneer sheep-farming hill country of his youth, Lilburn's Sinfonia for Strings points to the growth of his symphonic style through which New Zealanders could experience a common identity. The sunny appeal and rhythmic lift of the opening movement, the transcendence of the central movement, and the nationalist aspiration of the finale combine to evoke both the spiritual and physical dimensions of the human condition.