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| Recent
Premieres |
| National Flute Association Convention in San Diego, CA from August 11-14, 2005. World premiere of Song Without Words (Chanson Cachees) for Flute and Piano. The piece was commissioned by the NFA. |
| Critical
Moments 2, performed by eighth blackbird
at Alice Tully Hall on March 5, 2002. |
| Nine
Bagatelles for piano, performed by Horacio Gutiérrez
in Scottsdale, AZ on April 2, 2002. |
| Tritych
for Solo Violin and Piano, performed by Curtis
Macomber and Christopher Oldfather at Merkin Hall in New York
City of January 27, 2003. |
| Recently
Published Works |
| ADAGIO
for Orchestra (1992) (Pub. 2000)......................................Galaxy 1.3268 Study Score
2Picc–2Fl–3Ob,EH–3Cl,BCl–3Bsn,Cbsn
/ 4–4–4–1 / Timp, Cel, Hp, / Strings (8'30")
Commissioned
for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and David Zinman, Music
Director, by the Carnegie Hall Corporation, the world premiere
was given at Carnegie Hall, New York City on April 13, 1993. |
| BRIEF
ENCOUNTERS (String Quartet No. 9) (1998).....Galaxy
1.3309 Study Score
Galaxy
1.3309A Parts
First
performance May 14, 1999, Chicago: Chicago String Quartet |
| CRITICAL
MOMENTS (1996) (Pub. 2000)..............................................
Galaxy 1.3298 (7'00")
Flute (Picc.), Clarinet in B-flat (E-flat Picc., Bass Clarinet),
Violin, Violoncello, Piano, Percussion
The
commissioning of this work was funded by Chamber Music America
with funds from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The premiere
performance of this six-movement work took place on April
14, 1997, in New York City; the New York New Music Ensemble
was conducted by David Gilbert. |
| CRITICAL
MOMENTS 2 (in nine movements)
(2001)............................... Galaxy 1.3320 (11.00")'
Flute
(Alto Flute), B-flat Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), Violin, Violoncello,
Piano, Percussion
Commissioned
by the Naumberg Foundation for eighth blackbird |
| DANCE
FANTASY (formerly “Dance Overture”)
(1986) (Pub.2002) Galaxy 1.3262 Study Score
3(Picc)–3(EH)–3–2,Cbsn / 4–3–3–1
/ Timp, Perc, Cel, Hp / Strings (10'00")
Composed in 1986, Dance Fantasy
had its first perfromance in May, 1987, by the Houston (TX)
Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Sergiu Comissiona.
George
Perle says of Dance Fantasy in
a 1989 interview for its Carnegie Hall premiere performance, "The work was conceived as a statement of homage to
the art of ballet. My discovery of ballet, just over 50
years ago at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago during the
annual tour of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,
suddenly added a new dimension to the way I heard and responded
to music, a dimension that I believe has affected the character
of my work as a composer ever since. Dance Fantasy
is music for an imaginary plotless ballet, and it pays its
respects, with a quotation of four bars from the second
movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite,
to a composer whose whole career, from its very inception,
was intimately and crucially involved with the ballet. These
four bars, which appear just before the final cadential
passage, are more than a quote, however, since they play
a structural role in the moto perpetuo which forms
the concluding episode, and were chosen precisely because
of their suitability for this role."
Full
score and parts are available on rental from the publisher. |
| MODAL
SUITE for Piano Solo (1940) (Pub.2002).................................Galaxy
1.3324....(3'00") |
MUSICAL
OFFERINGS for Left Hand Alone (1998) (Pub.2000).........Galaxy
1.3306....(8'15")
First performance December 6, 1999, New York: Leon Fleisher
Written
to celebrate Leon Fleisher's 70th birthday, the movements
are
dedicated to three musical colleagues: Richard Ortner, Dan
Gustin, and Gil Kalish. |
| NINE
BAGATELLES (1999)
(Pub 2001)..................................................Galaxy
1.3310....(8'00")
First performance March 2, 2002, Rockford, IL: Guttiérrez
Completed in 1999 and dedicated to Horacio Guttiérrez,
Perle's piano music has been described as "witty, elegant
and eminently lucid..." and as offering the rare "combination
of high engineering and a taste for the exquisite." |
TRIPTYCH
for Solo Violin and Piano (2003).......................................Galaxy
1.3325....(10'00")
First performance Jan. 27, 2003, New York: Curtis Macomber
and Christopher Oldfather |
| Writings |
Style
and Idea in the Lyric Suite of Alban Berg
1995;
A 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, has been published by
Pendragon Press, 2001. |
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