Nā Kau ʻElua (2019) 
40 min. ca.
Concerto in 12 short movements for solo oboe, orchestra, Western and Hawaiian percussion and natural sounds

First Performances (orchestral version): November 9 and 10, 2019
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra
with J. Scott Janusch, oboe; Keitaro Harada, conductor
Blaisdell Concert Hall
Honolulu, Hawaii

Commissioned by J. Scott Janusch and Live Music Awareness in celebration of the new legacy oboe constructed by Howarth of London with wood from a kauila tree (alphitonia ponderosa) native to Kōkeʻe, Kauaʻi.  Funded in part through a Grant In Aid  from the City and County of Honolulu and by private donors.

KAU HOʻOILO (Wet season)
  I. Ka ʻŌʻō a Kane – Kane’s Digging Stick
  II. Ka Papa Hōlua o Kamapuaʻa – Kamapuaʻa’s Hōlua Sled
  III. Na Līloa Ka Lāʻau Pālau – Līloa’s War Club
  IV. He Mele No Kālāʻau – The Song of Kālāʻau
  V. Ka Ihe a Kāwelu – Kāwelu’s Spear
  VI. Ka Lāʻau a Ke Kia Manu – The Bird Catcher’s Pole

KAU WELA (Dry season)
  VII. Ka Puhi o Laumeki – The Eel of the ʻAnae-Holo
  VIII. I Ka ʻAuamo ʻIa o Kamapuaʻa – As Kamapuaʻa is Carried Away
  IX.  Ka Iʻe Kuku – The Kapa Beater
  X. Ka Lāʻau Pālau a Kawelo – Kawelo’s War Club
  XI. Ka Hiʻa Kā ʻUpena – The Netting Needle
  XII. Kā Kekuhaupiʻo Pāhoa – Kekuhaupiʻo’s Dagger

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