A Song of Islands is a tone poem (described by the composer as a song)[1] written for orchestra by New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn in 1946.
The work is the last in a trilogy of pieces exploring the theme of New Zealand identity; it was preceded by the overture Aotearoa (1940) and Landfall in Unknown Seas (1942) for narrator and string orchestra.
[2] Lilburn described the piece as featuring "a chorale-like theme" that develops into an "arch-like form".
[1] The piece has been recorded by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under Sir William Southgate.
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