John Palmer - Waka - Sargasso SCD 28053 John Palmer's music is characterized by both a sensitivity for subtle transformations of timbre and a particular perception of space and silence. The three compositions on this CD are concerned, in particular, with a metric and perceptive correlation between musical and literary form. Palmer asks: "Can music be perceived as poetry? Can sounds, as doors of perception, emulate, equal, or even surpass the evocative imagery of verbal description?" This CD features three compositions: 'Waka' (1999) and 'Nowhere' (1993/2005) are performed here by Ensemble Omega. '...as it flies...' (2001) is for 8-channel tape. 'Waka' explores Japanese literary metric forms and applies them to the musical structures. By contrast, '...as it flies...', which is dedicated to Luc Ferrari, uses as its only sound source the words of William Blake's 'Eternity'. 'Nowhere' is inspired by a poem written by Palmer himself. EMF - CDE Music, New York http://www.cdemusic.org/John-Palmerbr-iWaka-i-p528.html.