Radegund Variations (2017) was written for and is dedicated to Hartmut Siebmanns, who was at that time cantor and organist in Pößneck, in the Thuringia region of Germany.

This work was inspired by the life of Radegund (ca. 520–587), who was a Thuringian princess (and later Frankish queen) most famous for founding the Abbey of the Holy Cross in Poitiers, France.

The piece begins with an original theme: its contemporary view of ancient modality represents looking back from the present time into Radegund’s era. The theme is followed by six contrasting variations, inspiration for which are drawn from events in Radegund’s life: her marriage and joining the Frankish court (1^st variation); her flight from the court (after the murder of her brother) to seek protection from the church (2^nd variation); her devotion to the needy (3^rd variation); her friendship with the poet Venantius Fortunatus and her commissioning of his sacred poem “Vexilla Regis” (4^th variation); her gifts of healing (5^th variation); and the building of the abbey (6^th variation).

In the third variation (and then again near the very end) appears as an ostinato cantus an allusion to the “Radegunde-Hymnus” by composer Andreas Willscher. This comes from his oratorio Radegunde, premiered by Siebmanns and the Pößneck community in 2015.