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development section. It is one of Lilburn's few themes stated in the
brass (trumpet I bars 95-100) and throughout the thirty bars of its
employment it remains essentially a brass motif. Not only is it unusual
that Lilburn stays with one brief idea for such a significant length of
time but also it is unusual. that he remains with one accompanimental
idea - alternating major chords an augmented fourth apart. The choice
of this interval is also in itself unusual. Also, he sustains the
music at essentially a 6o~te level throughout, with changes in dynamics
limited to the range from mezzo-6o~te
to 6o~~..i.mo.
Lilburn's manner of marking the end of his exposition sections
and the beginning of-his development sections varies. In Allegro, it will
be remembered that the 'fused' theme returned to form the basis of a
codetta which was then strongly cadenced on the tonic and followed by a
four-bar single strand link in the violin I. In Symphony No.2 movement I,
the idea of a single strand link is also used (bars 126-9) in the violin
I doubled by the viola. This four-bar passage spans the end of this
episodical second subject group with the development.
The single strand link can also be found in the Festival Overture,
where tremolando notes in the viola (strengthened by a double trill in
the flutes) join the second subject with a recollection of material from
the introduction that marks the beginning of the development section.
Iricidentally, another single strand link (bars 106-9, violins) joins this
use of material from the introduction with the main body of the
development section.
L ike the Fes t iva 1 Overture, in Symphony No.1 movement I and
Aotearoa Overture, a recollection of material from the introduction,
following on the heels of the second subject, marks the beginning of the
development section.
Development Sections
Lilburn's development sections tend to be short in comparison
with his exposition and recapitulation sections, as the following
approximate percentage breakdown"of durations indicate.