{"product_id":"donald-johanos-haleakala-how-maui-snared-the-sun","title":"Donald Johanos: Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHaleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eDonald Johanos\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eNaxos American\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e636943928721\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2006-01-17\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun (Tone Poem) \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Light Coming on the Plains \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Canyon with Crows \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Starlight Night \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Very Fast-Slowly-Dancing \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Blues and Toccata (On the Name 'Benny Goodman')\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/12020680\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Donald Johanos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32812402081863,"sku":"11302537","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/797094.jpg?v=1747330626","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/donald-johanos-haleakala-how-maui-snared-the-sun","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}