Women’s voices divisi into 8 parts, a cappella (2004) ca. 4’45″
Ihara Saikaku, Text.
Premiered by Putni, Antra Drege, Director, in Riga, Latvia, and taken on their American Tour, fall 2006.
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Moon_of_the_Floating World
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Text:
I have gazed at it now
For two years too long
The moon of the floating world.
A native New Yorker currently living and working in Latvia, Charles Griffin’s compositions and arrangements have been performed at festivals and concert halls throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.