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Keola Beamer  Main Performer

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1 Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, for chorus Thompson 3:40
2 Poli'ahu (The Mauna Kea Snow Goddess), for guitar & piano Beamer 6:50
3 The Little Drummer Boy / Winter Aloha, for 2 guitars Winston/Beamer 4:03
4 Gymnopedie for piano No. 1 Satie 3:26
5 Gnossienne for piano No. 3 Satie 2:58
6 Gymnopedie for piano No. 2 Satie 2:55
7 Gnossienne for piano No. 4 Satie 2:33
8 Gymnopedie for piano No. 3 Satie 2:45
9 Pavane for a Sleeping Beauty [Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant] Ravel 2:48
10 Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano Stravinsky 3:12
11 Chiquilín de Bachin, tango song Piazzolla 3:08
12 Milonga, for piano (arranged from "Canción del arbol olvido" Op.3) Ginastera 2:02
13 Tutu Marambá, for 2 guitars Traditional 2:33
14 Cantar Montañés Traditional 2:33
15 Spinning Song for piano Ellmenreich 2:11
16 Song of India Rimsky-Korsakov 3:48
17 Venetianisches Gondellied ("Wenn durch die Piazzetta die Abendluft weht Mendelssohn 3:42
18 The Nightingale Anonymous 2:01
19 If my complaints could passions move, for 4 voices & lute (First Book o Dowland 2:19
20 Come, heavy sleep, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs) Dowland 2:26
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Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow)

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Windham Hill

Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow)

UPC: 886970202428

Release Date: 12/12/2006

Original Release Date: 12/12/2006

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, for chorus, Poli'ahu (The Mauna Kea Snow Goddess), for guitar & piano, The Little Drummer Boy / Winter Aloha, for 2 guitars, Gymnopedie for piano No. 1, Gnossienne for piano No. 3, Gymnopedie for piano No. 2, Gnossienne for piano No. 4, Gymnopedie for piano No. 3, Pavane for a Sleeping Beauty [Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant], Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano, Chiquilín de Bachin, tango song, Milonga, for piano (arranged from "Canción del arbol olvido" Op.3), Tutu Marambá, for 2 guitars, Cantar Montañés, Spinning Song for piano, Song of India, Venetianisches Gondellied ("Wenn durch die Piazzetta die Abendluft weht, The Nightingale, If my complaints could passions move, for 4 voices & lute (First Book o, Come, heavy sleep, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs)]
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Chris Nickson

Ka Hikina O Ka Hau is definitely a different route for Keola Beamer, a change from his usual mellifluous slack-key work. This takes him into classical music, both relatively modern (Satie) and early (Dowland), but not playing it completely straight: instead, he layers several guitars, in different tunings, to create each piece. And even when he offers an original piece (which, incidentally, is the most satisfying material here), George Winston adds subtle and unusual piano accompaniment (he also plays guitar on another track). There's plenty of impressionist music, and it's here that the layering exercise, though necessary, seems most strained. There's no real flow to the Satie Gymnop?dies, but neither do they float the way they should (this is often also true of the other classical pieces). The traditional Brazilian "Tutu Maramba" doesn't bristle with rhythm, while Mendelssohn's Venetian Boat Song has its melody broken up. It's an interesting experiment, most certainly, not only to hear Beamer tackle something so radically different, but to overdub this way. However, slack key it's definitely not. ~ Chris Nickson, Rovi