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Andreas Willscher

GARLIC SOUP
Andreas writes:
​When I had dinner with friends in a French restaurant in Perigord, having finished the soup I poured some red wine into the dish and slurped it all up. My friends were really horrified. “Andreas, you can’t do this in a fine restaurant!”
The host (publican) came to our table, patted me on the back and said to my friends: “This guy is only one who did it right!”
This ritual is called “Chabròl” or “Chabrot”.​
Chabrol
Chabrot en Vivarais, from an old french postcard
INGREDIENTS
  • ½ litre milk
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 5 leaves Sage
  • 100 g of Sago ( pearls)
  • 1 big sliced onion
  • Salt and Pepper ad libitum
METHOD
  1. Put the onion into a pot of hot butter or oil. 
  2. Stir until translucent.
  3. Add the sago and garlic and milk (you can substitute the milk with water).
  4. Add salt and pepper; stir well.
  5. Add the sage and diced bread (plain bread croutons).
. . . and a lot of red wine from Dordogne Perigord, for example:  Clos de Breil, Domain de Noël, Domain de Mique, Tertres de Plantou, Chateau Sigalas​
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Andreas Willscher
​Andreas Willscher studied composition, theory, and organ in his native Hamburg. In 1971 he was appointed organist of the St. Francis Church in Hamburg and in 2000 at the church of St. Joseph-Wandsbek. In addition, he has been keyboardist for several jazz and rock ensembles. Willscher has received many awards and commissions for his compositions, which range widely in form: from symphonic music and oratorios to cabaret and rock scores. His organ works are diverse, ranging from large-scale post-tonal pieces to some that blend elements of the traditional repertoire with contemporary jazz and pop influences.
​In addition to his own composition and performing activities, Andreas has published a number of literary and scientific articles in journals and encyclopedias and has been very active in collecting and preserving lost and forgotten music from earlier eras.
​In 1995, Willscher was awarded the Sudetendeutscher Culture Prize for Music and in 2012 the Ansgar Medal from the Archdiocese of Hamburg for services to church music. In 2015, in honor of his 60th birthday and life’s work as a musician, he received the Johann Wenzel Stamitz Prize from the Arts Guild of Esslingen. 

​Andreas' website: 
Thanks to Carson Cooman for this bio, taken from his own website. Carson has performed and recorded many pieces by Andreas Willscher 
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