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Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun / Prairie Light / Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
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Details
- Composer
- WELCHER
- Artist
- Johanos, Honolulu So, Jackson, Chamberlain
- Format
- CD
- Discs
- 1
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Jan 17, 2006
- Catalog #
- 8559287
- UPC
- 636943928721
About
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 6 tracks
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1 Heleakala - How Maui Snared the Sun 22:32
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Heleakala - How Maui Snared the Sun
- Duration
- 22:32
- Composer
- Dan Welcher
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2 I. Light Coming On The Plains 04:44
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Light Coming On The Plains
- Duration
- 04:44
- Composer
- Dan Welcher
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3 II. Canyon with Crows 04:55
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Canyon with Crows
- Duration
- 04:55
- Composer
- Dan Welcher
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4 III. Starlight Night 04:42
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Starlight Night
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Dan Welcher
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5 I. Very Fast - Slowly - Dancing 09:39
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Very Fast - Slowly - Dancing
- Duration
- 09:39
- Composer
- Dan Welcher
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6 II. Blues and Toccata (on the name Benny Goodman) 10:33
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Blues and Toccata (on the name Benny Goodman)
- Duration
- 10:33
- Composer
- Dan Welcher