Christmas 1942

Piano

Work Details

Christmas 1942
(1942)
WORK DURATION
8:30
WORK CODE
PEL06f
Instrumentation
Piano
The image above is indicative only and may not reflect the specific instrumentatioN. thE image has been generated using an AI model or licensed for use by unless otherwise credited.

This is the second of four sets of Christmas pieces gifted to Lawrence Baigent and Leo Bensemann. It opens with Christmas Piece for a Russian Mystic (probably Lawrence Baigent, whom Bensemann had painted as a 'Russian Saint'), continuing with Five Preludes alive with the imagery of pealing bells – Lilburn lived in close proximity to Christchurch Cathedral (the fourth appears in Occasional Pieces), and closing with a quasi-oriental piece for 'musical box' subtitled Lin Tang thanks his friends for a birthday gift (presumably Lin/Lilburn received something Chinese).