George Perle

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Events

 

Events 2016

 
George Perle Concert, April 14, 2016

Centenary Events 2015

2015, November 5
Solo Piano Works played by Michael Brown, 4th Wind Quintet (winner of the Pulitzer Prize) played by members of the Chamber Music Society
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, NY..Kaplan Penthouse

2015, May 29
“George Perle at 100”; Program includes the Transcendental Modulations and Adagio for Orchestra
The American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City

2015, May 21
Chamber Music
Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library

2015, May 8
Large Chamber works including Serenade 3
De Paul University, Chicago, Michael Brown, piano

2015, May 1
Large Chamber works including Serenade 3
Seattle Symphony, New Expressions series, conducted by Ludovic Morlot, Michael Brown, piano

2015, March 5
Critical Moments 1, Critical Moments 2
City of Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, Oliver Knussen,conductor

2015, January 29,30,31
Sinfonietta 1
St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Jaime Martin, conductor

Recent Noteworthy Performances

2011, January
Carnegie Hall, James Levine conducts Perle’s Serenade #1 for Viola and chamber ensemble

2005, September
A 3-day conference on the music, and the theoretical and musicological work of George Perle; University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music

2005, June 7
A 90th birthday all-Perle celebration in Merkin Hall, NY with Soprano Lucy Shelton accompanied by Molly Morkoski in the 13 Dickinson Songs, Horacio Gutierrez playing the premiere of Perle’s 9 Bagatelles for piano. Steven Dibner played the premiere of BassoonMusic. Curt Macomber and Michael Boriskin played the Triptych for violin and piano, and the Dorian Quintet with Boriskin played For Piano and Winds.

2005, October
A Short Symphony. Conductor, Joseph Silverstein – Jordan Hall, Boston, New England Conservatory Orchestra

2005, December
Carnegie, Zankel Hall. Making Music Series. An all Perle concert with performers Leon Fleisher, Jonathan Biss and the Daedalus Quartet, among others.

2005, November
Transcendental Modulations. James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston.

2005
Performances of Critical Moments in Tanglewood and Berlin, conductor Julian Kuerti; in Chicago with Ludovic Morlot.

2005
Performance of Piano Concerto #2 with Michael Boriskin and the New Jersey Symphony

2006, July 28
Transcendental Modulations, Ludovic Morlot and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood

2007
Wind Quintet 1
The Dorian Wind Quintet, New York City, and Buffalo, NY;
Serenade #3 Oberlin College

2007, November
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. BassoonMusic performed by Peter Kolkay; Lyric Piece for cello and piano performed by Priscilla lee and Gilbert Kalish.

2008, October 28
Jorja Fleezanis, violin with Karl Paulnack, piano played Triptych at the Boston Conservatory.

2009, March 12
Long Island Composers Alliance. A Concert honoring George Perle

2009, June 2
A memorial concert in Merkin Hall, NY, with pianists Leon Fleisher, Seymour Lipkin,and Michael Brown. The Da Capo Chamber Players and the Daedalus Quartet. Speakers were Paul Lansky, Yehudi Wyner, Mark DeVoto and Richard Ortner.

2009, August 9
Sinfonietta #2
, Julian Kuerti, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood

2010, January 24
Celebrating George Perle Taplin Hall, Princeton, NJ Da Capo Chamber Players

2010, January 26

Celebrating George Perle Merkin Hall, NYC Da Capo Chamber Players

2010, April 4

Piano Concerto #1 pianist Melvin Chen, conductor Leon Botstein, Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Fisher Center, Bard College NY

2010, April 10

Piano Concerto #1 pianist Melvin Chen, conductor Leon Botstein, Bard Conservatory Orchestra,
Tully Hall, NYC

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.

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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