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Keola Beamer
Ka Hikina O Ka Hau ( The Coming Of The Snow )
Album US 2006 on RCA Victor label
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 Gymnopédies, 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.
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Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening | Keola Beamer | ||
| 2 | | Poli'ahu (The Mauna Kea Snow Goddess) | Keola Beamer | ||
| 3 | | The Little Drummer Boy/Winter Aloha | Keola Beamer | ||
| 4 | | Gymnopedie For Piano No. 1 | Keola Beamer | ||
| 5 | | Gnossienne No. 3 | Keola Beamer | ||
| 6 | | Gymnopedie For Piano No. 2 | Keola Beamer | ||
| 7 | | Gnossienne No. 4 | Keola Beamer | ||
| 8 | | Gymnopedie For Piano No. 3 | Keola Beamer | ||
| 9 | | Pavane For A Sleeping Beauty | Keola Beamer | ||
| 10 | | Lullaby Of The Cat | Keola Beamer | ||
| 11 | | Chiquilín de Bachin | Keola Beamer | ||
| 12 | | Milonga | Keola Beamer | ||
| 13 | | Tutu Marambá | Keola Beamer | ||
| 14 | | Cantar Montañés | Keola Beamer | ||
| 15 | | Spinning Song | Keola Beamer | ||
| 16 | | Song Of India | Keola Beamer | ||
| 17 | | Venetian Boat Song | Keola Beamer | ||
| 18 | | The Nightingale (El Rossinyol) | Keola Beamer | ||
| 19 | | If My Complaints Could Passions Move | Keola Beamer | ||
| 20 | Come Heavy Sleep | Keola Beamer |
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