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Emergence (for Flute Quartet, with prerecorded audio and video projection)

Charles — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:37:13 +0000

for four flutists, prerecorded audio and video projection (2010) ca. 28′

Commissioned by the Latvian Culture Capital Fund for the Riga-based Flute Quartet 4-tune. Premiered at the Ave Sol Concert Hall in Riga, Latvia, on April 7, 2010.

Flutes: Dace Bičkovska, Lolita Oša, Anna Petraškeviča, Daina Treimane
Video Projection: Uģis Brikmanis [...]

Ana Cervantes to premiere …Like Water Dashed From Flowers… at the 38th Annual Festival Internacional Cervantino 2010, October 19

Charles — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:44:57 +0000

Following on the success of her Juan Rulfo project, pianist Ana Cervantes has put together another multi-composer themed commissioning project entitled Song of the Monarch: Women in Mexico. Nearly 20 composers from around the world were commissioned to respond to the theme, which conflates the varied historical roles played by women [...]

Ook Pik Waltz – Arrangement for Violin, Cello and Guitar

Charles — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:03:57 +0000

An arrangement for Violin, Cello, and Guitar of a fiddle melody by Canadian Frankie Rodgers. (2008) ca. 4″

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Live performance by Uncle Joe members Iveta Dejus, violin, Ursula Jurjana, cello, and Charles Griffin, guitar, [...]

Fischiettando – Arrangement for Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and Tambourine (optional)

Charles — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:22:49 +0000

An arrangement for Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and optional Tambourine of a traditional Sicilian melody. (2008) ca. 1’30″

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Live performance by Uncle Joe members Liene Denisjuka, piccolo, Iveta Dejus, violin, Ursula Jurjana, cello, and Charles [...]

Habañera/Carmen Fantasy – Arrangement for Flute (Optional),Viola and Cello

Charles — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:23:08 +0000

An arrangement for Flute (Optional),Viola and Cello of the Habañera from Bizet’s opera, Carmen, using Pablo Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Piano as a starting point. (2008) ca. 3’30″

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Panta Rei (Saxophone Quartet or Clarinet Quartet)

Charles — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:59:59 +0000

Saxophone Quartet or Clarinet Quartet (1997, rev. 2007) One movement, ca. 8’
Premiered by the Amherst Saxophone Quartet in Buffalo, New York.

“The other premiere was Charles Griffin’s Panta Rei, a pulsing, fast, free-flowing piece of tight, dense textures and few open spaces, save for an island of rather uneasy repose in the middle.” [...]

Shifting Coastlines (Medium High Voice and Piano)

Charles — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:14:54 +0000

Medium High Voice and Piano. (2000/2007) 20’
Texts by Charles Simic; (John Sokol); Ralph Burns; Howard Nemerov; Albert Goldbarth; Ronald Wallace 

In 2000, inspired by our mutual love of science, the amazing artist Karen Fitzgerald and I collaborated on a project funded by the Greenwall Foundation and the Queens Community Arts Fund. [...]

Die Freudenkrone: Ehrerbietung zu J.S. Bach (Organ, Timpani, SATB Choir)

Charles — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:38:05 +0000

Organ, Timpani and SATB Choir (2007) ca. 11’

Commissioned by the City of Liepāja for organist Lotars Džeriņš to premiere at the VI International Organ Music Festival in Liepāja, Latvia.
Premiered September 8, 2007. With Normunds Everts, Timpani and the Chamber Choir Intis, directed by Ilze Valce

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Weaving Olden Dances (Clarinet, String Quartet, Piano and Bodhrán)

Charles — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:17:15 +0000

Clarinet, String Quartet, Piano and Bodhrán (2007) 6’30”

Premiered by the Griffin Ensemble at the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Liepaja, Latvia.

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