Lansky's Odd Moments is both a tribute to and 85th birthday present for his former teacher, George Perle, composed in 1999 for that occasion. It was written for the Da Capo Chamber Players, who performed the piece in a celebratory program, at which both the composer and Perle were in attendance. Allan Kozin of The New York Times called it "an accessibly tuneful, thoroughly tonal quintet." For advanced performers. Dur.: approx. 13'