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Donald Johanos - Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun Music CD

Donald Johanos - Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun Music CD

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Dan Welcher, a professor at the University of Texas, composed Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun in 1991, when he was composer-in-residence at the Honolulu Symphony. The text, by Ann McCutchan, is drawn on a Polynesian folktale that sketches an origin for the seasons (yes, they do have them in Hawaii). Welcher's music, beginning with a Copland-esque vocabulary, follows the text closely but has convincing arcs of it's own; it is not a film soundtrack. Hawaiian percussion and bits of melody are employed. The story centers on a youthful trickster god named Maui, whose namesake is presumably one of the present Hawaiian islands. The narrator is none other than actor Richard Chamberlain.

Tracklist:

  1. Haleakala: How Maui Snared The Sun (Tone Poem)
  2. Light Coming On The Plains
  3. Canyon With Crows
  4. Starlight Night
  5. Very Fast-Slowly-Dancing
  6. Blues And Toccata (On The Name 'Benny Goodman')

UPC: 636943928721
Label: Naxos American
Release Date: 1.17.06
Format: CD

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