Shapiro, Vermeer by Philip Perkins

SHAPIRO, VERMEER, FLORIDA and SAN FRANCISCO Fun 1006 1989 CD This CD includes 4 works:
SHAPIRO SONGS: (1-7) settings of 7 poems by Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Karl Shapiro in a variety of styles.
Vocalist: Frederick Goff.
re: VERMEER: (8-12) a five part melodic and electroacoustic work inspired by the paintings of Johannes Vermeer (1632-75).
SOUTH FLORIDA REMOTE: A highly subjective radio documentary on the Miami area. Commissioned by New Music America 1988 and WLRN-FM Miami. Produced by Steve Malagodi.
SAN FRANCISCO REMOTE: This is a documentary recording of this audio installation as it stood in the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery in Oct. 1988. Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission. Produced by Russ Jennings.

Tracklist

1.	Necropolis	3:41

2.	Waiting in Front of the Columnar High School	3:00

3.	When Suffering Is Everywhere	2:12

4.	The Child Who Is Silent	3:43

5.	Office Love	2:13

6.	My Grandmother	2:35

7.	The Password of the 20th Century	4:27

8.	Thinking	5:46

9.	Working	2:35

10.	Singing	5:50

11.	Travelling	3:03

12.	Changing	5:00

13.	South Florida Remote	19:22

14.	San Francisco Remote	8:23

Credits

released January 1, 1989

Composed and performed by Philip Perkins

The poetry of Karl Shapiro used with permission from the author.

Vocalist on "Shapiro Songs": Frederick Goff

"South Florida Remote" produced by: Philip Perkins and Steve Malagodi for KRLN- Miami, commissioned by New Music America 1988

"San Francisco Remote" produced by Russ Jennings for the
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery

Cover image by Roberto Soncin Gerometta

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