Barbara Alge

The team was surprised that the construction sound were not very loud.

The sound of the Christmas market - background jazz music can be heard and the sound of people speak all around and walking past. Sea gulls can be heard clearing during the recording.

<p> The sound of an almond seller in the Christmas market. He can be heard filling up cones of almonds and speaking to customers. In the background an accordion can be heard and people walking past talking to each other.</p>

Accordionist at the Christmas market playing background music to the shoppers walking past. He has been busking in Rostock for around 40 years [?] and is a well know figure to local people.

Mutzen are small doughnut-like small balls which are sold at the Christmas market. The recording here is of a seller inside a food van preparing a surface for uncooked dough and then cutting the dough into small pieces to deep fry to make the Mutzen. You can also hear a customer approaching the stall in the recording.

We recorded this at the Weihnachstmarkt on a cold day at the end of November. The recorder player was standing in the street with hardly any coins in a tin which she had placed in front of her. She was shivering with the cold, and this can be heard in her playing. In the background people can be heard walking around the market talking, and an accordionist can be heard in the distant. There is a dog close by making a barking/whining noise at times and birds can be heard flying past and cawing. At the end of the recording a coin is dropped in her tin.

We recorded this inside the Marienkirche at four o&rsquo;clock in the afternoon standing in front of the Astronomical Clock. We captured the sound of the clock chiming and the sound of people within the church.

<p> The musicians are performing as a duet on saxophones playing Christmas music. In the recording you can also hear people walking past and talking to each other.</p>

The Breitling Shanty Choir are putting on a performance - a Christmas concert. This is one of the few songs they sing during the evening which is in German. It is accompanied by guitar, trombone, drum, tambourine, accordion.

German pop music can be heard coming from the restaurant, people can be heard walking around in the snow, and the background noise of cars. Cycles can also be heard going past.