Playfords Garlic & Onions CD

With this new program, The Playfords are returning to their roots. And once again draw from the infinite pool of the English Dancing Master by John and Henry Playford. From the cheerful, carefree, dreamy or even melancholic "Country Dance Tunes" the musicians have selected pieces of music that are related to the topic of onions. A topic that the ensemble feels particularly committed to, not least because it was founded in Weimar, where the famous onion market takes place every year. And so a musical menu with garlic and onions is created. Of course, not all ingredients can be revealed, but they include, among other things: recipes set to music, texts about dishes where garlic & onions are essential, plus music by the English Dancing Masters with pieces such as: Nutmigg and Ginger, Gathering Peascods, All in a Garden Green, Pepper's Black and other compositions and hits of the 17th century related to culinary and botany. The whole thing is served with a dash of improvisation, the main stylistic device of the ensemble.

1. Henry Playford - Twas o'er the Hills and far away 2. Anonymous - I will give my love an apple 3. Anonymous - Nutmegs and Ginger 4. Henry Playford - Cook's Humour 5. Tim Liebert - Garlic and Onions 6. John Playford - The Glory of the Kitchen / Jamenko 7. Henry Playford - Lumps of Pudding 8. John Playford - The Merry Merry Milkmaids / The Milkmaid's Bob 9. John Playford, William Byrd - Northern Lasse's Lamentation / Sellinger's Round 10. Thomas Campion - Though you are young and I am old 11. John Playford - Dissembling Love 12. John Playford - On the cold ground 13. John Playford - Ginnie Pug or Strawberries and Cream 14. Tobias Hume - Tobacco 15. John Playford - An Old man is a Bed full of bones 16. John Playford - A Cup of Old Stingo 17. Henry Playford - Mrs Savages Whim 18. Anonymous - Are you going to Whittingham Fair 19. Anonymous - Role the Rumple Sawny