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Aotearoa is an overture written for orchestra by New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn in the year 1940 .. overture. overture. orchestra. orchestra. New Zealand. New Zealand. Douglas Lilburn. Douglas Lilburn. Aotearoa. Aotearoa. The overture is one of three early works by Lilburn which center on the theme of national identity ; the other two are 1944 's Landfall in Unknown Seas , for narrator and orchestra , and the tone poem A Song of Islands of 1946 .. overture. overture. orchestra. orchestra. Landfall in Unknown Seas. Landfall in Unknown Seas. tone poem. tone poem. A Song of Islands. A Song of Islands. The title of the overture -LRB- Aotearoa -RRB- is taken from the Maori name for the islands .. overture. overture. Aotearoa. Aotearoa. Maori. Maori language. Lilburn wrote the overture while he was still a student at London 's Royal College of Music , and it was premiered in Great Britain , at His Majesty 's Theatre in London .. overture. overture. London. London. Royal College of Music. Royal College of Music. Great Britain. Great Britain. It was not performed in New Zealand until 1959 , but it has since entered the standard orchestral repertory there .. New Zealand. New Zealand. Typical of Lilburn 's early work , the overture features idiomatic writing for winds , especially flutes , and vigorous dynamic contrasts .. overture. overture. At least two recordings of Aotearoa have been made , one of which is Symphony of Sails performed by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra , conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya in 2002 .. Aotearoa. Aotearoa. -LRB- Universal CD 99172 -RRB-