When four friends create an ensemble where their biggest love is playing Baroque music on recorders, one has to get creative. There is a serious...

When four friends create an ensemble where their biggest love is playing Baroque music on recorders, one has to get creative. There is a serious lack of original Baroque repertoire for this combination, and that’s how our concept ‘Borrowed, not Stolen...’ was brought into being. Woodpeckers are still deeply rooted in their childhood traditions stemming from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Ireland, and some of their favourite folk tunes, many of which date from the Baroque era or even earlier, appear on this CD, alongside works by Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi.