Missed the concert last weekend? One of my favorite pieces was this hilarious one by Lassus about feasting on a very fat goose (Gans).
Audite nova - Lassus (Spotify)
Hear ye, hear ye!
That farmer from Eselkirchen?
He has a plump goose, a [goose noises] goose!
It has a long, plump, fat, willowy neck:
Bring the goose here!
You’ve got it? - my trusty Hans!
Shear it, pluck it, scald it, roast it, tear it, and devour it!
That is St. Martin’s bird, to whom we can’t be an enemy!
Servant Heinz, bring us some good wine and pour for us bravely;
let it all go around, and in God’s name let us drink good wine and beer
to the boiled, roasted, young goose
that it may do us no ill.