We continue to sing socially distanced, masks for those who wish, and we ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal.

After a vocal warm up, which concentrated on the rhythms for ‘Celebrate with Music’, we looked at the following pieces:

• Viva Musica (Praetorius)
• We learned the notes and rhythms of the melody and then sang it as 2-part round.
• Remember to sing ‘Viva’ with emphasis on ‘VI’ and pronounce musica as ‘MOOsica’
• Note in Bar 5 and Bar 11, sing staccato and detached for ‘Viva’

• Viva la musica (Blue books 24)
• Articulate the words carefully eg Viva with emphasis on ‘VI’ and ‘MOOsica’
• Note the repeat with 1^st and 2^nd time bars at the end

• The Phoenix will rise
• We revised Chorus 3 on p8 noting the molto rall in Bar 97. In Bars 93 onwards note the markings for breaks and breaths
• We learned notes and rhythms for Verse 1. Watch the triplet rhythm in Bar 10 for all and in Bar 12 for altos and tenors
• Note the break/breath marks after ‘flies’ in Bar 15 but no breath after ‘born’ in Bar 16

• A Life lived with Grace
• We learned the final refrain from Bar 65 to end. Note the 1^st and 2^nd time bars.
• When singing ‘grace’ keep the ‘c’ sound as short and late as possible.

• Celebrate with Music
• We revised what we had done the previous week.

Bar 60 onwards, note the rhythm for ‘celebrate’ when all voices together – then especially from Bar 64 when men are singing a different rhythm alongside the rhythm for sops and altos.