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Donald Johanos: Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun

Artist:

Donald Johanos

Label:

Naxos American

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

636943928721

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2006-01-17

Number of Discs:

1

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.

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