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.

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."