festive

<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>

<p> The sound of church bells on Christmas Eve, recorded from the apartment window. The sound is presumably coming from the Petrikirche along the road from the apartment.</p>

<p> A full church on a cold snowy Christmas Eve afternoon with hundreds of people including many families with children. Outside the church the streets are quiet - it seems that the whole of Rostock is here. The fieldworker is standing in the entrance of the church and is surrounded by people walking in and out of the church. The sound of footsteps can be heard in the recording, and the sound of children. The children&rsquo;s choir can be heard singing, and one child is reading aloud through a microphone. The speaking is interspersed with singing.</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.

Sound of protesters blowing horns and whistles in opposition to an event taking place involving marine soldiers in Neuer Markt. People can be heard shouting during the recording, along with the music being played by the marines (brass instruments and drums). The sound of heavy rain can be heard throughout the recording and observers talking to each other.