Il Bianco e dolce cigno is significantly harder than anything we've tried to date, but we made a good attempt on it.
Range testing
We started with the rather intimidating process of checking our ranges, one by one, to determine who should be singing which part. We'll try again in six months or a year to see if our ranges have increased with practice. Thanks Anna, Caterine, Eleanor and William de Cameron for giving this a go! (William de Wyke and Catalina - we should try this when you are well).
Laudemus Virginem
Done in the usual way, as our warm-up. William tried taking a part alone - thanks.
Il Bianco e dolce cigno
We learned the first 10 bars only, but spent some time getting all three lines working well together over those two phrases.
Verbum caro factum est
We tried having two voices only - one on each line - on the verses, with each of us taking a different verse. A bit intimidating, but successful, and a nice way to vary the piece.
Dona Nobis Pacem
Lovely, as always. Anna tried taking a part alone - thanks.