Regina Coeli Laetare

Set for SATB chorus, SATB soloists, and keyboard with optional orchestra: two flutes, two clarinets, two horns, two bassoons, and strings, this work is accessible and gratifying for high school and collegiate choral ensembles. As a noblewoman, Anna Amalia Herzogin von Sachsen became one of most significant female composers of the classical period. Amalia's style is definitively classical with the lyric choral writing, tertian harmonies, coloratura solo work, solo quartet, and gentle cadential phrase closures. Jubilant and festive!