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Premiere perforemance: May 2, 2025 at the Green Bay Cathedral; Theresa Martin, soloist.

Duration: 6 minutes

Difficulty: Early Advanced

Text in Latin:

Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia:

Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,

Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,

Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

English translation:

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleuia:

The Son You merited to bear, alleluia,

Has rise as He said, alleluia,

Pray to God for us, alleluia.

Program notes:

Meditatio on Regina Caeli is a piano solo inspired by the Regina Caeli chant. While writing this piece, I meditated on the meanings of specific words, like doing a “lectio divina” on the text. The words that stood out to me were “Queen” (majestic, adorned with jewels, shimmering, beautiful, wise, powerful), “Heaven” (Beauty, Truth, Goodness, peace, love, unity, family, God, trinity, vast, timeless, intricate, masterpiece), “Rejoice” (exuberant, praise, ecstatic, energetic), “Risen” (ascent, repair, antidote, salvation, heroic, surprise, creative, unexpected, surpassing expectations, joyful), and “For us” (little, humble, insignificant, unrepeatable, unique, immensely loved.) I echoed and repeated phrases of the chant’s melody in a meditative style, marked by three distinct meditative sections, representing the trinity.