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Albums
Elemental 1985 36:32 3,22
Blacksmith 3:21 4
She Moved Through The Fair 4:05 3
Stolen Child 5:07 4 Poem by W.B. Yeats, Music by Loreena
The Lark In The Clear Air (instr.) 2:07 2+ Trad. arr by Loreena & Pat Mullin
Carrighfergus 3:27 2+ Trad. arr by Loreena & Cedric Smith
Kellswater 5:17 3
Banks Of Claudy 5:37 3+
Come By The Hills 3:04 3
Lullaby 4:27 3+ Poem by William Blake, Music by Loreena
Traditional songs, Arrangement by Loreena McKennitt except noted. Also have the digitally remastered, enhanced CD
To Drive the Cold Winter Away 1987 45:40 3,20
In Praise Of Christmas 6:05 4
The Seasons 4:51 3+
The King 2:04 2+
Banquet Hall (instr.) 3:53 2+ Music by Loreena
Snow 5:38 4 Music by Loreena, Lyrics by Archibald Lampman
Balulalow 3:11 3
Let Us The Infant Greet 3:46 4
The Wexford Carol 6:07 3+
The Stockford Carol (instr.) 3:06 2 Music by Loreena
Let All That Are To Mirth Inclined 6:54 3
Traditional songs, Arrangement by Loreena McKennitt except noted. Also have the digitally remastered, enhanced CD
Parallel Dreams 1989 43:29 3,50
Samain Night 4:30 3+ Music & Lyrics by Loreena
Moon Cradle 4:31 3
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance 4:21 3 Music by Loreena
Annachie Gordon 8:24 5
Standing Stones 6:59 3
Dickens' Dublin (The Palace) 4:43 4 Music & Lyrics by Loreena
Breaking The Silence 6:26 3+ Music & Lyrics by Loreena
Ancient Pines 3:35 3 Music by Loreena
Traditional lyrics, Music and arrangement by Loreena McKennitt except noted. Also have the digitally remastered, enhanced CD
The Journey Begins 2005 4CD Barnes & Noble Exclusive
Disc 1 - Elemental
Disc 2 - To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Disc 3 - Parallel Dreams
Disc 4 - The Journey Begins Bonus Disc 34:29
1 The Bonny Swans (Live) 6:39
2 The Lady of Shalott (Live) 9:13
3 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 7:23 (Abdelli Version)
4 The Mummers’ Dance 4:03 (Single remix)
5 Dante’s Prayer 7:10 (Previously unreleased Spanish version)
The Visit 1991 49:04 4,17
All Souls Night 5:08 4
Bonny Portmore 4:20 5 Music & Lyrics Traditional
Between The Shadows (instr.) 3:41 3
The Lady Of Shalott 11:34 5 Lyrics by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Greensleeves 4:26 3 Music Traditional, Lyrics by King Henry VIII
Tango To Evora (instr.) 4:09 3
Courtyard Lullaby 4:55 4+
The Old Ways 5:50 5
Cymbeline 5:01 5 Lyrics by William Shakespeare
Music & Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt except noted
The Visit Collector's Edition 1991
Bonus Disc 48:03
Greensleeves 4:26
An Interview with Loreena 34:12 By Tim Wilson
Stolen Child 5:07
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance 4:18
The Visit US Version 1992
Also have the digitally remastered, enhanced CD
Photos taken during a Toronto visit while Loreena was mixing The Mask And Mirror at McClear Pathé of Rush fame
The Mask And Mirror Rough Mix 1993 40 min
Marrakesh Night Market 6:25 "Marrakesh"
The Dark Night Of The Soul 6:43 "St. John"
The Bonny Swans 7:19
Seeds Of Love 4:11
Santiago (instr.) 5:56
Full Circle 5:15 (before Esraj was added to the mix)
Prospero's Speech 3:24 "Prospero"
The Mask And Mirror 1994 Advance CD
The Mask And Mirror 1994 52:44 4,12
The Mystic's Dream 7:41 4
The Bonny Swans 7:21 4+ Traditional lyrics, Music & arrangement by Loreena
The Dark Night Of The Soul 6:44 5 Lyrics by St.John of the Cross, Music & arrangement by Loreena
Marrakesh Night Market 6:30 3
Full Circle 5:57 5
Santiago (instr.) 5:58 3 Traditional music, arrangement by Loreena
Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt?/The Two Trees 9:10 4 Lyrics by W.B. Yeats, Music & arrangement by Loreena
Prospero's Speech 3:23 4+ Lyrics by William Shakespeare, Music & arrangement by Loreena
Music & Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt except noted. Also have the digitally remastered, enhanced CD
The Mask And Mirror LP Version 1994 Just for Spain
The Mask And Mirror Australian Tour Edition (single CD case contains album plus 6-track live)
A Winter Garden 1995 Advance CD
A Winter Garden 1995 22:28 3,30
Coventry Carol 2:21 3
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 6:49 3
Good King Wenceslas 3:19 3 Lyrics by John Mason Neale
Snow 5:04 4 Lyrics by Archibald Lampman
Seeds Of Love 4:55 3+
Traditional lyrics, Music and arrangement by Loreena McKennitt except noted
Live in San Francisco Promo 1994 61:26
The Mystic's Dream 7:20 4
Santiago (instr.) 5:21 3
She Moved Through The Fair 5:29 3+
Between The Shadows (instr.) 4:12 3
The Stolen Child 5:29
The Dark Night Of The Soul 6:20
Marrakesh Night Market 6:44
The Lady Of Shalott 8:45 5
The Bonny Swans 6:54 4+
Prospero's Speech 4:17
Live at the Palace Of Fine Arts
Live in San Francisco 1995 38:01 3,83
The Mystic's Dream 7:20 4
Santiago (instr.) 5:21 3
She Moved Through The Fair 5:29 3+
Between The Shadows (instr.) 4:12 3
The Lady Of Shalott 8:45 5
The Bonny Swans 6:54 4+
Live at the Palace Of Fine Arts
The Book Of Secrets 1997 53:17 3,94
Prologue (instr.) 4:25 3
The Mummers' Dance 6:10 4
Skellig 6:10 4+
Marco Polo (instr.) 5:19 3
The Highwayman 10:20 4+ Lyrics by Alfred Noyes, abridged by Loreena
La Serenissima (instr.) 5:10 3
Night Ride Across The Caucasus 8:32 5
Dante's Prayer 7:11 4+
Music & Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt except noted
The Book Of Secrets Collector's Edition
The Book Of Secrets CD + Words And Music CD (in special box)
Discusses The Book Of Secrets with music clips 22:10
Loreena talks to interviewer Tim Wilson 31:53
Live In Paris And Toronto 1999 100:46
Disc One: 46:25
Prologue (instr.) 4:46
The Mummers' Dance 3:48
Skellig 5:12 Talk 0:00-0:12
Marco Polo (instr.) 4:24
The Highwayman 9:14
La Serenissima (instr.) 5:38
Night Ride Across The Caucasus 6:11
Dante's Prayer 4:51
Disc Two: 54:21
The Mystic's Dream 6:13
Santiago (instr.) 5:17 Talk 6:12-0:07
Bonny Portmore 3:47
Between The Shadows (instr.) 4:14
The Lady Of Shalott 8:59
The Bonny Swans 6:28
The Old Ways 4:30 Talk 0:00-0:31
All Souls Night 4:10
Cymbeline 3:07 Talk 0:00-0:20, 3:07-3:10
outro 3:00
Recorded at Salle Pleyel, Paris, April 19, 1998, tracks 1,3,5,9,10,12-15
and at Massey Hall, Toronto, May 3, 1998, tracks 2,4,8,11,16,17 and May 4, 1998, tracks 6,7
An Ancient Muse 2006 54:28
Incantation 2:35 Wordless Vocal
The Gates of Istanbul 6:59
Caravanserai 7:35
The English Ladye and the Knight 6:48 Lyric by Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832)
Kecharitomene 6:34 Instrumental
Penelope's Song 4:21
Sacred Shabbat 4:00 Instrumental
Beneath A Phrygian Sky 9:29
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) 6:02
Music & Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt except noted. Have got 4 versions: Canada, Barnes & Noble, EU & Spanish
An Ancient Muse 2006 60:40 Barnes & Noble version
Raglan Road 6:13 Patrick Kavanagh
Exclusive bonus disc features previously unreleased track
Live At The Alhambra 2007 18:00 "Muse" Spanish Edition Bonus Disc
Penelope's Song 4:30
Caravanserai 7:06
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) 6:22
Exclusive bonus disc features live recordings from the Alhambra in Spain
Nights from the Alhambra 2007 99,30 DVD
The Mystic's Dream 6:32 Alhambra footage first 2 minutes sadly, I loved the lighting during the intro
She Moved Through The Fair 6:07
Stolen Child 4:36
The Mummer's Dance 4:23
Penelope's Song 4:44
Marco Polo 4:49 Alhambra footage first 90 seconds
The Bonny Swans 4:42
Dante's Prayer 5:42
Caravanserai 7:02 88 seconds intro not 140 seconds as on the MUSE album
Bonny Portmore 4:24 Loreena says she discovered the story of the tree 14 years ago !!!!!
Santiago 5:42 Alhambra footage first 74 seconds
Raglan Road 6:04
All Souls Night 5:27
The Lady Of Shalott 5:23
The Old Ways 5:09 with nice footage of Caroline's solo
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) 7:05 Alhambra footage first 48 seconds
encore
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance 5:48
Cymbeline 4:41
credits 1:10
Both in 2.0 PCM Stereo and 5.1 Surround, with or without Commentary
This is an excellent DVD. They manage to show the "right" footage almost the entire time.
For instance when Loreena sings "thundering waves" and "pounding sea" in 'The Old Ways'
there is footage of both drummer Tal Bergman and percussionist Rick Lazar.
The guitar/violin duel at the end of 'Bonny Swans' is also catched very well on the DVD.
It's almost only when Loreena does her jump at the end of 'Santiago' that the filmcrew
manage to get a bad shot since the piano is somewhat blocking Loreena.
There is so many other live DVD's where you get so annoyed that they keep showing "wrong"
shots the whole time. For instance showing the vocalist during a guitarsolo.
I still feel a bit "robbed" since the concert is edited, and some of Loreena's words
between songs are taken away. But at least the edits are well done so it's not really
visible, but since I know what is missing it is still a bit sad.
For some reason, they have taken away even more (almost all) of Loreena's words on the 2CD version.
And I don't see the point why they keep showing footage of the Alhambra in the middle of the
show, they do that four times (The Mystic's Dream, Marco Polo, Santiago and Never-ending Road)
In 'Mystic's Dream' you miss out on the WONDERFUL lighting on Loreena during the intro,
which is a shame since they don't even use that intro/lighting on the 'An Ancient Muse Tour'.
Nights from the Alhambra 2007 94:50 2CD
CD1 46:40
The Mystic's Dream 6:36
She Moved Through The Fair 5:11
Stolen Child 4:17
The Mummer's Dance 4:27
Penelope's Song 4:25
Marco Polo 4:52
The Bonny Swans 4:45
Dante's Prayer 5:07
Caravanserai 6:58
CD2 48:10
Bonny Portmore 4:09
Santiago 5:38
Raglan Road 5:40
All Souls Night 5:30
The Lady Of Shalott 5:03
The Old Ways 5:13
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) 6:29
encore
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance 5:26
Cymbeline 5:01
A Moveable Musical Feast 2008 DVD
The Gates of Istanbul
The Highwayman
Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)
A Midwinter Night's Dream 2008
The Holly & The Ivy 4:49
Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle 3:06
The Seven Rejoices of Mary 4:33
Noël Nouvelet ! 5:12
Good King Wenceslas 3:17
Coventry Carol 2:19
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 7:20 Abdelli version
Snow 5:06
Breton Carol 3:30
Seeds of Love 4:54
Gloucestershire Wassail 2:39
Emmanuel 4:55
In the Bleak Midwinter 2:42
A Midwinter Night's Dream 2008 Limited Edition CD+DVD
Includes the DVD A Moveable Musical Feast
A Mummers' Dance Through Ireland... 2009
Bonny Portmore 4:21 The Visit
Stolen Child 5:04 Elemental
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance 4:22 Parallel Dreams
She Moved Through the Fair 4:02 Elemental
Dickens' Dublin 4:43 Parallel Dreams
The Mummers' Dance 4:01 The Book of Secrets
Come by the Hills 3:02 Elemental
Lark in the Clear Air 2:05 Elemental
The Old Ways 5:43 The Visit
Never-ending Road 6:00 An Ancient Muse
A Mediterranean Odyssey 2009 2CD
Disc 1 The Olive and the Cedar
Disc 2 from Istanbul to Athens
Disc 1 A Collection, Disc 2 Recorded Live on the 2009 Mediterranean Tour
A Mediterranean Odyssey 2009 Limited Edition 2CD
Disc 1 The Olive and the Cedar
Disc 2 from Istanbul to Athens
Disc 1 A Collection, Disc 2 Recorded Live on the 2009 Mediterranean Tour + 24-page photo booklet
The Wind that Shakes the Barley 2010
As I Roved Out 4:55
On A Bright May Morning 5:07
Brian Boru's March 3:48
Down By The Sally Gardens 5:38
The Star of the County Down 3:32
The Wind that Shakes the Barley 5:59
The Death of Queen Jane 6:02
The Emigration Tunes 4:39
The Parting Glass 5:12
All music traditional, arranged by LM except track 8 music by LM, All words traditional except track 4 words by WB Yeats, track 6 words by Robert Dwyer Joyce
The Wind that Shakes the Barley 2010 Limited Edition Vinyl
Singles
All Souls Night CD single 1991 12:56
All Souls Night (edit) 4:14
Bonny Portmore 4:22
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance 4:20
The Lady Of Shalott CD single 1991 29:13
The Lady Of Shalott (edit) 4:47
All Souls Night (edit) 4:15
Greensleeves 4:26
Tango To Evora 4:12
The Lady Of Shalott 11:33
Greensleeves CD single 1992 10:13
Greensleeves 4:28
The Old Ways 5:45
The Bonny Swans CD single 1994 27:15
The Bonny Swans (Edit) 4:57
The Lady Of Shalott 11:35
Prospero's Speech 3:26
The Bonny Swans (Album Version) 7:17
The Mummers' Dance I CD single 1997 Don't have
The Mummers' Dance (Edit) 3:29
The Mummers' Dance (album Version) 6:07
Between The Shadows (Live) 6:44
The Stolen Child (Live) 6:20
Live songs recorded in San Francisco at the Palace Of Fine Arts, May 19, 1994
The Mummers' Dance II CD single 1997 23:17
The Mummers' Dance (single version) 4:03
The Mummers' Dance (album Version) 6:09
Marrakesh Night Market (Live) 6:46
The Dark Night Of The Soul (Live) 6:19
Live songs recorded in San Francisco at the Palace Of Fine Arts, May 19, 1994
The Mummers' Dance III CD single 1997 17:48
The Mummers' Dance (single Version) 4:01
The Mummers' Dance (album Version) 6:06
The Mystic's Dream (album Version) 7:40
Marco Polo CD single 1998 16:44
Marco Polo (Edit) 4:06
Marco Polo (Album Version) 5:18
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli Version) 7:20
Caravanserai Promo CD single 2006 11:33
Caravanserai (Radio Edit) 3:53 Listen
Caravanserai (Album Version) 7:36
Samplers / Interviews etc.
The Visit Collector's Edition 1991
Bonus Disc 48:03
Greensleeves 4:26
An Interview with Loreena 34:12 By Tim Wilson
Stolen Child 5:07
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance 4:18
American Public Radio 1993 20 min
Interviews on Tape
Echoes, Eagle, PA, November 5, 1992 8 min
World Cafe, WXPN, Philadelphia, PA, February 5, 1993 7 min
-All Souls Night (Live)
Mountain Stage, WVPN, Charleston, WV, March 7, 1993 5 min
-Courtyard Lullaby (Live)
Swedish Radio 1994 18 min
Interview on Tape
Musikjournalen, Sveriges Radio, March 9, 1994
Swedish TV 1994 15 min
Interview on video
Channel 5, Swedish TV, April 25, 1994
Morning Becomes Eclectic May 28 '94 27 min
FM KCRW, Live in Studio
1.Chat W/DJ 5:16
2.Stolen Child 3:01 Live in Studio
3.Chat w/DJ 4:13
4.Gaelic Waltz 1:25 Live in Studio
5.Chat w/DJ 1:10
6.Dark Night Of The Soul 3:04 Live in Studio
7.Chat w/DJ 3:18
8.The Bonny Swans 5:16 End Of Radio Show
Morning Becomes Eclectic Dec'94 41 min
Christmas with Loreena KCRW Studios Dec./1994 Live in the Studio Santa Monica, CA.
1.Dicken's Dublin 5:07
2.Chat w/DJ 3:28
3.Snow/God Rest YEMG 9:13 Live in Studio
4.Chat w/DJ 3:00
5.Greensleeves 3:51 Live in Studio
6.Between The Shadows 3:22 Live in Studio
7.Chat w/DJ 2:48
8.Coventry Carol 2:10 Live in Studio
9.Chat w/DJ 1:20
10.Good King Wenceslas 5:29 Live in Studio/with talk
11.Ending 1:12
Words And Music 1997 54:03
Discusses The Book Of Secrets with music clips 22:10
Loreena talks to interviewer Tim Wilson 31:53
Sampler CD Full Catalogue 1999 13:48
The Book Of Secrets 4:13
The Mask And Mirror/The Visit/A Winter Garden 4:17
Parallel Dreams/To Drive The Cold Winter Away/Elemental 5:18
An Ancient Muse Advance Retail Sampler 2006 13:01
Incantation 1:17 soundclip / intro / QR clip
The Gates of Istanbul 1:32 soundclip / intro / QR clip
Caravanserai 1:45 intro / radio edit
The English Ladye And The Knight 1:16 intro / QR clip
Kecharitomene 1:41 intro / QR clip
Penelope's Song 1:18 intro / QR clip
Sacred Shabbat 1:23 intro
Beneath A Phrygian Sky 1:10 intro
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) 1:20 intro
Audio Interview 2006 38:27
Talks about the creative process behind An Ancient Muse (section 1-9)
Talks about the songs on An Ancient Muse (section 10-18)
Videos
Breaking The Silence 1989 30 min promo
The Lady Of Shalott 1991 16 min promo
All Souls Night Quebec 1992 5 min TV
The Lady Of Shalott Juno Awards 1992 4,5 min TV
Söndagsöppet Swedish TV April 4, 1993 5 min TV
The Mask And Mirror 1994 7,5 min promo
The Bonny Swans 1994 4 min promo
Zapp Swedish TV March 7, 1994 4 min TV
No Journey's End 1996 55 min VHS / DVD
No Journey's End weaves together the artist's own words and music, with an audio soundtrack that includes
excerpts from the songs "The Mystic's Dream", "Bonny Portmore", "Prospero's Speech", "Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance"
and "Tango To Evora". Also features a live concert performance of "The Lady Of Shalott" and performances of
"Santiago" and "The Dark Night Of The Soul". No Journey's End is available from Quinlan Road as a VHS
videocassette and as a DVD. The DVD offers additional content including the full versions of the music videos
"The Bonny Swans" and "The Mummers' Dance" in stereo and 5.1 surround mixes.
The Book Of Secrets 1997 6 min promo
The Book Of Secrets Revised 1997 22 min promo
Late Show with David Letterman 1998 6 min TV
The Mummers' Dance (Live)
Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, March 4, 1998
Articles
Dirty Linen USA Apr/May, 1992
Performing Arts Canada Summer, 1992
Network Canada Sep/Oct, 1993
Dagens Nyheter Sweden 1994
Aftonbladet Sweden May 20, 1994
Film/TV
Goddess Remembered 1989 NFB film with music by Loreena
The Burning Times 1990 NFB film with music by Loreena
Full Circle 1990 NFB film with music by Loreena
Léolo 1992
Includes passages from The Lady Of Shalott
Highlander III: The Sorcerer 1994
Includes excerpts from Bonny Portmore and Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt?/The Two Trees
The Santa Clause 1994
Loreena composed and performed the song
The Bells Of Christmas
for this film, of which a 2-minute clip is featured 27 minutes into the film
It is also featured on the soundtrack, then in a 7 minute version.
Jade 1995
Paramount Pictures film
Starring: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri
Loreena's song The Mystic's Dream dominates the opening sequence
Read about the film
Soldier 1998
Starring: Kurt Russell, Gary Busey, Michael Chiklis
Loreena's song Night Ride Across The Caucasus dominates a silent section 33 minutes into the film
Legacy 1998-99
UPN TV
Starring: Brett Cullen, Jeremy Garrett
Loreena's song The Mummer's Dance dominates the credits
Read about the TV series
Due South
Includes the use of Prospero's Speech
Northern Exposure
Includes Tango To Evora
Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure (2009)
To The Fairies They Draw Near
To The Fairies They Draw Near, Part II
See Loreena's filmography on Internet Movie Database
Other
Hearts Collide The Lyrics 1991 Parallel Dreams & The Visit
The Visit Press Kit 1991 Two versions
The Visit Poster 1991
Set of 8 postcards 1992
The Mask And Mirror T-shirt 1994
The Book Of Secrets Press Kit 1997
The Book Of Secrets Postcard 1997
An Ancient Muse Postcard 2006
Concerts
The Visit Tour
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The Visit Tour
London, Ontario, Canada 8 Nov, 1992
This was the first time I met Loreena. I came in to Toronto on a saturday and took the train south for 3 hours
to Stratford. I met her at her office in Stratford and stayed the night at some of her friends.
Then on the day of the show (sunday), I actually went with Loreena in her car another couple of hours south to London.
I was planning to go up to Quebec to see Jethro Tull after this but Loreena was so good, I decided to see one more show.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 9 Nov, 1992
After having breakfast with Loreena at her hotel, I took the bus to Windsor at the border to USA.
Stayed there a couple of hours before going over the border to Detroit and then on to the suburb of Ann Arbor.
The Ark is actually a small place but well known in the neighborhood as a very nice venue and it was.
Great show, I sat in the center, just a few feet away from Loreena.
Stockholm, Sweden 31 Mar, 1993
This was a breakfast show mostly for journalists in the wonderful acoustics of the breakfast room at Strand Hotel.
Tracklist:
Courtyard Lullaby
Between The Shadows
Stolen Child
The Lady Of Shalott
Later that wednesday Loreena filmed a performance of The Lady Of Shalott for Söndagsöppet on swedish TV.
The Mask And Mirror Tour
Vigo, Spain St. Patrick's Day, 17 Mar, 1994
Tracklist: 8:48 p.m. - 9:43 p.m. / 10:08 p.m. - 10:42 p.m. (Total 106 min)
The Mystic's Dream
The Dark Night Of The Soul
The Bonny Swans
Marrakesh Night Market
Full Circle
(?)
The Two Trees
Santiago
intermission
Amazing Grace (Hugh Marsh)
Bonny Portmore
Between The Shadows
The Lady Of Shalott
Nasca Lines (Brian Hughes)
Prospero's Speech
First encore: 10:44 p.m. - 10:50 p.m.
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
Second encore: 10:52 p.m. - 10:57 p.m.
Stolen Child
Third encore: 10:59 p.m. - 11:05 p.m.
She Moved Through The Fair
Santiago de Compostela 18 Mar, 1994
Tracklist: 9:12 p.m. - 10:02 p.m. / 10:23 p.m. - 11:10 p.m. (Total 112 min)
The Mystic's Dream
Santiago
She Moved Through The Fair
Between The Shadows
The Two Trees
Stolen Child
Nasca Lines (Brian Hughes)
Full Circle
intermission
Amazing Grace (Hugh Marsh)
The Dark Night Of The Soul
Marrakesh Night Market
Bonny Portmore
Procession
The Lady Of Shalott
The Bonny Swans
First encore: 11:12 p.m. - 11:18 p.m.
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
Second encore: 11:21 p.m. - 11:26 p.m.
Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)
Third encore: 11:28 p.m. - 11:32 p.m.
(song in french, just Loreena and harp)
Lund, Sweden 20 Apr, 1994
In between all my planning for my birthday party, I took the train down to Lund for this show.
Came down just one hour before the show and went back to Stockholm again on the nighttrain after the show.
Although this was my shortest trip so far, for a full-length Loreena show.
Tracklist: 8:05 p.m. - 8:54 p.m. / 9:17 p.m. - 10:10 p.m. (Total 115 min)
The Mystic's Dream
Santiago
She Moved Through The Fair
Between The Shadows
The Two Trees
Stolen Child
Nasca Lines (Brian Hughes)
Full Circle
intermission
Amazing Grace (Hugh Marsh)
The Dark Night Of The Soul
Marrakesh Night Market
Bonny Portmore
Procession
The Lady Of Shalott
The Bonny Swans
Prospero's Speech
First encore: 10:12 p.m. - 10:17 p.m.
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
Second encore: 10:19 p.m. - 10:27 p.m.
Annachie Gordon
Stockholm, Sweden 24 Apr, 1994
This was my 30th birthday and having Loreena in town for that was wonderful.
Brian Hughes even played Happy Birthday on his guitar during soundcheck.
During the afternoon I served the whole band some cake from Raivi in Hoting, upstairs at Gino.
In between all the interviews, Loreena even had the time to get me some flowers for my birthday, and I still got them.
The show was wonderful sitting way up in front very close to the stage.
Loreena had arranged a couple of tables for me, my parents and friends.
Sadly I never wrote down the tracklist but she ended with Annachie Gordon, just as I had wished for.
She had been practising Annachie Gordon since Spain just for these two swedish shows.
Glasgow, Scotland 17 Jan, 1995
I hadn't mentioned for Loreena about coming for this show, but when I met her backstage before the show, she said:
"I shouldn't be surprised".
This was my 8th Loreena show and actually the 5th country in which I had seen her.
Tracklist: 8:59 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. (Total 83 min)
The Mystic's Dream
Santiago
She Moved Through The Fair
Stolen Child
All Souls Night
Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)
Between The Shadows
Lady Of Shalott
The Bonny Swans
Cymbeline
Encore: 10:19 p.m. - 10:26 p.m.
Annachie Gordon
For this tour I had taken one week off from work, to travel around and see a couple of shows.
A very good choice as it seems possible that it might have been Loreena's last tour, although I hope not.
Although the tour started with a glitch as the power went out after a few minutes of the first show in Rome.
After a delay of about 30 minutes the show started again, and although the show was good, it was going to get better.
Tracklist:
Prologue
The Mummer's Dance
Skellig
Marco Polo
The Highwayman
La Serenissima
Night Ride Across The Caucasus
Dante's Prayer
intermission
Bushes & Briars / Searching For Lambs
The Mystic's Dream
Santiago
Bonny Portmore
Between The Shadows
The Lady Of Shalott
The Bonny Swans
Cymbeline
Encore:
All Souls Night
The Old Ways (not in Genova)
Rome, Italy 19 Mar, 1998
For tracklist see above
Highlight: Night Ride Across The Caucasus
Florence, Italy 20 Mar, 1998
For tracklist see above
Photos by Patrik Wikström unless noted
Highlight: Santiago
A day off in Pisa
Torino, Italy 22 Mar, 1998
For tracklist see above
Highlight: The Highwayman
Genova, Italy 23 Mar, 1998
For tracklist see above
Highlight: The Bonny Swans
Bologna, Italy 24 Mar, 1998
For tracklist see above
Highlight: Dante's Prayer
Milano, Italy 25 Mar, 1998
For tracklist see above
Loreena and Me
Photo taken by Valentina Cazzaniga
Highlight: Skellig
After the show I went to Loreena's hotel for a nightcap and a farewell, which was a nice end to a wonderful week.
Summation of the 6 Italian shows I saw
Best track (peoples reaction): Santiago
Best tracks (my opinion): Night Ride Across The Caucasus / Bonny Portmore / Skellig / Cymbeline
Best show: Bologna
Best audience: Florence
Best hall: Teatro Verdi, Florence
Best lighting: The Mummer's Dance (not in Rome though) & Cymbeline
Mostly missed: Annachie Gordon / Full Circle / Courtyard Lullaby
Best group performance: Santiago (of course)
Best work by each musician:
Brian: The Bonny Swans / Santiago
Rick: Night Ride Across The Caucasus / Santiago
Hugh: Santiago / Between The Shadows
Danny: Bonny Portmore / Between The Shadows
Donald: Marco Polo / Santiago
Caroline: The Highwayman / Santiago
Rob: La Serenissima
Nigel: Marco Polo / The Mummer's Dance
and last but not least
Loreena: Night Ride Across The Caucasus / Dante's Prayer / The Lady Of Shalott / The Bonny Swans / All Souls Night
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In December of 1998 I went to Detroit for Ted Nugent's 50th birthday party
As Toronto and Stratford is not far away I managed to sneak in a two day stopover in Stratford to visit Quinlan Road.
It was very nice to meet Loreena and all of her partners in the office even though she did not have any concert.
They were working very hard with preparation for the double live CD that was going to be finished very soon.
Palace of Carlos V, September 13
On Aug 9, I got an email from Loreena saying she was doing three live concerts in Spain.
I almost couldn´t believe it. These concerts were later made official on Aug 22.
Palace of Carlos V & My hotel 
I got to Granada in the morning of September 13. I walked around the town and started my walk up
to the Alhambra and the Palace of Charles V (the fifth) at 8 o'clock.
The Palace was designed in 1527 by Pedro de Mechuca, a pupil of Michelangelo.
Alhambra has become the most popular tourist destination in Spain.
The name means Red Fortress and it contains of several interlinked complexes.
Actually Charles the fifth weren´t that nice, he kept his mother Juana locked up in the Santa Clara
monastery for 46 years (from 1509 to her death in 1555) and declared her mad.
Carlos and his son Felipe II started the Inquisition.
Before the show I talked a little to Hugh Marsh (fiddle) and Rick Lazar (percussion).
I also met Loreena for a short while, she was busy as always.
Loreena now has a twelve-piece band, not just eight as she had in 1998. 6 of them are the same.
The bassplayer is new and there isn't any second guitarist now.
Then there is a drummer now as well beside the percussionist.
She also has a pipe-player, actually he is doing some additional percussion as well.
Brian has also brought along three musicians from Greece, that he has met when
he has been producing albums there. He has done five albums in Greece now.
This means that Brian can focus more on his guitars, but he still plays a little oud as well.
Since the show was filmed they had devided the show in sections, to give them time to change
lighting and things. And it was not allowed to take any photos during the show.
They had rehearsed at Real World for 10 days and then a few more days when they got to Spain.
They had also filmed the dress rehearsal the day before, Sep 12, just in case.
I had gotten a reserved seat just in front of Loreena in the front row.
When she sang "til our wedding day" during She Moved Through The Fair,
I could´ve sworn she looked straight at me, but I guess I´m imagining it.
Before the show I also met a nice Irishman and his wife that had come down to see Loreena.
Tracklist: 22:07-22:26
The Mystic's Dream only vocals
She Moved Through The Fair harp
Stolen Child harp
Tracklist: 22:28-22:58
The Mummer's Dance accordion
Penelope's Song (New) piano
Marco Polo accordion
The Bonny Swans piano
Dante's Prayer piano
Tracklist: 23:03-23:38
Caravanserai (New) harp/piano
Bonny Portmore harp
Santiago accordion
Raglan Road (not on album) piano
All Souls Night piano
Tracklist: 23:41-00:00
The Lady Of Shalott (4,5 min) harp
The Old Ways piano
Never-ending Road (New) piano (Amhrán Duit)
First Encore: 00:07-00:12
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance harp
Second Encore: 00:15-00:20
Cymbeline harp
Highlights: I don´t know where to start, there was so many.
First I must mention that Brians new electric guitar solo in Stolen Child
was superb. Brian told me afterwards "I thought you would like that".
His guitar solo in The Bonny Swans was great as usual and Brians and Hughs
guitar/fiddle duel at the end was excellent. Loreena added "We do have fun".
Another comment, the lighting during The Bonny Swans was the greatest of the whole concert.
Otherwise the main highlight was the three new songs.
I heard Caravanserai for the first time already during sound check.
Loreena is using her vocal range much more on these new songs than
she did on The Book of Secrets so I already like the new album better.
Of the new songs Penelope´s Song is my favorite after the first listening.
It's a wonderful slow song with magnificent vocals from Loreena.
For Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit), Loreena mentioned that "It´s new now".
Raglan Road is actually written by Patrick Cavanaugh and will not be on An Ancient Muse,
but of course it will be on the Nights from the Alhambra DVD.
It's a slow wonderful song for just Loreena, Brian and Caroline. Great vocals from Loreena.
Raglan Road is a road in Dublin close to the Abbey Theatre where Loreena worked in 1988.
On Sep 14 Loreena introduced the song by saying she went by that road when she was riding
a rented bicycle on her way back and forth between the theatre and her bed & breakfast.
Other highlights were She Moved Through The Fair, Dante's Prayer (that was written after reading Dante on
a train ride through Siberia in 1995), Bonny Portmore, The Old Ways and Cymbeline.
Loreena actually sings better than ever.
After the show I met Loreena some more.
None of us thought it felt like eight years since we met.
When walking down to the city I met some swedes that had traveled to Spain to see Loreena for the first time.
Later on I also met her band members at the terrace bar at their hotel. Great view from there.
It was hard recognising Nigel since he had cut his hair short.
At 2.45 I left to go to my hotel, just a 4-minute walk. I had then been up for 24 hours.
Palace of Carlos V, September 14
The second day I did some more sight seeing, The Cathedral among other things.
I also checked out all the record stores but no sight of Loreena on vinyl.
Cathedral / Carlos V 
At 9 pm I took the bus up to the Palace of Charles the fifth.
At the venue I noticed that I had the same seat reserved for me.
As I came in a little later this evening I only spoke with Donald Quan.
He also remembered me from Italy in 1998.
This evening ran more smoothly (in the beginning) so the film crew didn´t have to stop as many times.
Even Loreena came in before the show and talked for 3 minutes and explained about the film crew and things.
Most songs were even better than the day before, even though it´s hard to imagine.
Photo from quinlanroad.com
The Mystic's Dream is much more powerful now when Loreena is just standing there singing,
with beautiful lighting coming from behind.
It was a good choice to hand over the keyboard part to Donald.
All Souls Night is also better than ever, Tal's drum sound really lifts the whole song.
Tracklist: 22:09-22:59
The Mystic's Dream only vocals
She Moved Through The Fair harp
Stolen Child harp
The Mummer's Dance accordion
Penelope's Song (New) piano
Marco Polo accordion
The Bonny Swans piano
Dante's Prayer piano
Tracklist: 23:02-23:57
Caravanserai (New) harp/piano
Bonny Portmore harp
Santiago accordion
Raglan Road (not on album) piano
All Souls Night piano
The Lady Of Shalott (4,5 min) harp
The Old Ways piano
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) piano
First Encore: 23:59-00:03
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance harp
First Encore (again): 00:04-00:12
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance harp
Second Encore: 00:13-00:18
Cymbeline harp
Second Encore (again): 00:19-00:24
Cymbeline harp
When I first met Loreena in November 1992 (in Canada and USA), I told her at breakfast one morning
that the only thing that I thought was missing in her show was a real "show-stopper".
She has really worked on that since then. Every album has had at least one, The Mask and Mirror had two.
Now it's even hard to choose between them.
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) starts off as a wonderful slow tune with just piano, guitar, cello
and fiddle. Then Don & Tim comes in and the song builds up. This might even become one of my favorites.
The last line is: "Dreams that we had in the palm of our hands"
Then Hugh comes in on fiddle and then Panos closes the song on his greek instrument, (cano ?).
A slight slip on the harp forced them to start again with Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance.
Before the second take she took the time to present her 12-piece band.
She didn't use the same name "The Idling Porsches" as she did the day before.
That name refers to the fact that they come in whenever Loreena asks them to, and she is so
thankful for that since they all have their own bands and projects.
For Cymbeline Loreena had another harp that I don't think I've seen before.
Even though it's a "twin" and looks almost exactly the same, I know the tiny
scratches, so I can tell them apart.
Loreena is usually forced to tune it before Cymbeline, so now she didn´t need to.
It's great that she has Trevor, the harp-tech, so she doesn't have to tune between songs.
They will appearantly release the full show since they wanted Loreena to play the
second encore one more time to have an alternative in the final mix.
The second time Loreena said "You can sing along"
After Cymbeline Loreena came on stage one more time, just to thank the audience.
Hugh mentioned for me after the show that there might even be a tour next year.
Maybe starting in March and working its way up until the summer in Europe and USA.
Hugh might not follow that tour though since he is busy working with film scores.
He has already worked on Shrek, Shrek 2 and The Da Vinci Code to name a few.
Teatro del Generalife, September 15
Friday Sep 15, was a day of feast in the city of Granada, so many places were closed.
On the flight back home to Sweden the morning after I read my horoscope for the 15th.
It couldn't have been more wrong, it said:
"This seems to be a day when things won't turn out the way you would like them to."
The third concert was played in the larger 1700 seat venue Teatro del Generalife.
The Palacio del Generalife used to be the Sultan's summer residence.
Soundcheck started at 20.30. They went through all the songs, but some for only a few seconds.
Rick said that there had been talk about throwing in Tango To Evora this evening, but they never did.
Loreena was disturbed for a while by a slight hum that she named: "The Al-hum-bra".
After The Lady Of Shalott at 21.50 Loreena was satisfied, they had gone 20 minutes pass the time
when the doors was supposed to open. Actually some people were mad, because the venue had
done a misprint on the ticket so people were thinking they were 1 hour and 20 minutes late.
It was cold and there was even some little rain during soundcheck
but it became a little warmer (and no rain) two hours later when the show started.
Strange how late they start concerts in Spain.
At 23.11 they turned out the lights and even the people that got mad was happy again.
What can I say, the third night was even better.
Loreena said that she wasn't going to speak as much, but she can't really help herself.
Almost like Ian Anderson in Jethro Tull, but she isn't teasing the band members as Ian does.
After the first two songs Loreena spoke for the first time and mentioned the rehearsals, soundchecks
and the filming for TV. All done in the least possible number of days.
She actually warned the audience and said: "I'm hoping my voice will hold out through the night"
After all Loreena is human and can mess up the lyrics sometimes, her fingers can slip on the harp
(especially during these cool outdoor nights) BUT her voice is better than ever and even this
third night she was spot-on and perfect all through the show. So powerful.
Sokratis (her band member from Greece) was amazed as well. She had been pushing her voice to the top
all these last 15 days or so (some days for hours on end) and not a flaw, not a single one.
Well I don't know where to start, so I guess I'll just go through the entire set-list one more time.
The Mystic's Dream. Loreena was standing in the dark when the intro started off with Sokratis,
then Nigel on hurdy-gurdy, then the rest of the band and then the lights slowly gets brighter and
brighter on Loreena up until she starts to sing. This night was darker so the impact of all this,
made me shiver. And it wasn't because of the weather, it was just by sheer excitement.
The transition to She Moved Through The Fair was done without words which makes it more powerful.
After Stolen Child she talked about the Spanish night skies she had been witnessing this last week
and added: "They're lovely as long as it doesn't rain."
Then the show went into The Mummer's Dance and the first new piece, Penelope's Song.
This was my favorite new song during the first show but now I can't decide which song is best.
After Marco Polo Loreena commented on how wonderful it was to be out in the wilderness,
"It must be my Celtic roots." That led into The Bonny Swans and Dante's Prayer that was
played back-to-back this time, without talk, and that made the atmosphere much fuller.
Then she explained that her harp is a troubadour harp which normally is used only in transition before
moving up to a bigger concert harp. She had just bought this kind to be able to fit it in the back of
her Honda Civic.
Then Caravanserai starts off with oud, cano, harp and fiddle. After a while percussion comes in!
Then Loreena moves over to piano, raises her voice, then hurdy-gurdy and drums. Very powerful.
I can now decide which new song is best, Caravanserai is best.
This night they did Bonny Portmore, Santiago, Raglan Road and All Souls Night without talk between songs.
And even though I love to hear Loreena's introductions to her songs with lots of information about her
travels and song writing, the mood is brought to a higher level when it's not disrupted by words.
The transition between Santiago and Raglan Road for instance was just magical.
In All Souls Night I heard a small change in the way Loreena sings one of the words.
When she sang the line "dark cloak of night" in the chorus, she raised the pitch on night instead
of lowering as she used to do. And she sang it the same way on all three shows.
I don't know if anyone else noticed that but I thought it sounded very nice. It actually made a difference.
For The Lady Of Shalott she got a big round of applause from the audience just by starting the song.
She introduced the song by mentioning her memories of the first visit to Spain for a month in 1982 and
her first concerts in Spain in January of 1992.
After a stunning rendition of The Old Ways it was time for the amazing new show-stopper Never-ending Road.
If the other six songs on the forthcoming album is anywhere near these three that Loreena let us hear in
Spain, An Ancient Muse will be her best album yet.
She introduced the song with saying something about what it deals with (the neverending Journey) and saying:
"There's much more to bind us, than to tear us apart."
Tracklist: 23:12-00:50
The Mystic's Dream only vocals
She Moved Through The Fair harp
Stolen Child harp
The Mummer's Dance accordion
Penelope's Song (New) piano
Marco Polo accordion
The Bonny Swans piano
Dante's Prayer piano
Caravanserai (New) harp/piano
Bonny Portmore harp
Santiago accordion
Raglan Road (not on album) piano
All Souls Night piano
The Lady Of Shalott (4,5 min) harp
The Old Ways piano
Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit) piano
First Encore: 00:52-00:57
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance harp
Second Encore: 00:59-01:04
Cymbeline harp
During the encores, people started running down the two aisles to get down to the front so it became
a bit crowded where I was, on fifth row (aisle seat), so I had to move up to the front as well.
Since I hadn't had one person between me and Loreena for all these three shows, I weren't going to let
that happen these last two songs either.
Leaving the last words to Shakespeare is nice but I would have liked to hear Prospero's Speech instead.
But you can't complain, shame on me.
Since I had a 7 o'clock flight and the time was already 1 am, I only had time for a quick chat,
hug and goodbye with Loreena, Caroline and a handshake with Loreena's assistant Mark McCauley.
On the way out I was followed by Karen Shook from Quinlan Road. She even thanked me for coming.
Summary:
I will always love Loreena's earlier studio and live albums, BUT after seeing these three shows they will
sound different from now on. This 12-piece band have changed these songs and most likely it will be this
sound that I want to hear in the future, and it will be possible, thanks to the live DVD.
There was no songs from To Drive the Cold Winter Away and only one from Parallel Dreams, but that was
expected. But I do want to hear some of the tracks from To Drive the Cold Winter Away, on a live stage again.
And I would like to hear one of my favorite songs Annachie Gordon (from Parallel Dreams) again as well.
Check out my Top 10 Lists and notice especially Top Concerts and Top Vocalists
Since I couldn't take any good band photos I thought I'd borrow two from the two ladies' websites.
The 12-piece band:
Brian Hughes, guitar, oud
Hugh Marsh, fiddle
Donald Quan, keyboards, tabla
Nigel Eaton, hurdy-gurdy
Rick Lazar, percussion
Rick is great but he is not as domineering as he was when there was less people in the band but during
The Old Ways he absolutely rules both the beginning and the end. I also love Rick's ending of Santiago.
Caroline Lavelle, cello
Caroline does a lot to make Raglan Road and The Old Ways stand out as two of the best songs of the
evening. Bonny Portmore is another song in which Caroline takes some of the spotlight away from Loreena.
Steáfán Hannigan, pipes
Made a ironical statement during soundcheck: "You (Loreena) sound like you are 5 blocks away,
the harp is 20 blocks away and the pipes are in my head."
Tal Bergman, drums
Also in Brian Hughes Band, have made a great change to the band's sound. It's heavier, tougher.
All Souls Night has gotten the biggest improvement. The soundman Clive would have needed to turn up
the drums more on friday in the larger venue to create the same impact, but it was still great.
Tim Landers, bass
Also in Brian Hughes Band,
Haig Yazdjian, oud
Had a show in Greece two days later.
Was in Falun with his own band for the folkmusic festival in 2003 (give or take a year).
Sokratis Sinopoulos, lyra
Panos Dimitrakopoulos, cano
I also met Jeff Wolpert a couple of times during the day. I recognized him and he recognized me but it
wasn't until I got home I realized I met him at McClear Pathé in Toronto while mixing The Mask And Mirror.
Just before the third show I met Loreena's publicist Richard Flohil. I hadn't seen him since 1998 either,
when I even stayed at his house in Toronto. He invited me to stay at his house if I came to Toronto again.
The City of Granada pin
I also talked to a guy called Santiago at the tourist office on thursday. He was playing a Loreena CD.
He had been at the show the day before but couldn't get a ticket. Thursday night he was working at the
concert to see the show. Then on friday he had a ticket and was sitting close to me at the venue.
He came up to me and asked if there was a chance to meet Loreena after the show to get his ticket signed.
I said there wouldn't be a chance of that since there was so much people and everyone was leaving the day after.
Later he came up to me and gave me a pin, the city of Granada pin.
So after the show I said that I would try to get Loreena to sign his ticket, so I took it and went backstage
and got it signed for him. Then he even wanted me to give Loreena a framed picture from him, so I did.
At the airport the day after, I met Sokratis again. He was on the same flight, three rows behind me.
Actually he had seen Loreena in concert in Greece back in 1996, since his ex-girlfriend wanted to go.
He liked it but never imagined he would be playing with her.
For more info on Nights from the Alhambra and An Ancient Muse: Click here
On March 12, 2007 the European Part of the An Ancient Muse Tour started in Frankfurt, Germany.
It consisted of 20 performances of which I only saw the 16th in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 1st.
The changes in the set-list were less than expected from the shows in Spain in September.
One song more, but only The Gates Of Instanbul, The Highwayman and Beneath A Phrygian Sky added,
and only Stolen Child and Bonny Portmore taken out.
But, it didn't really matter, it was magic anyway.
In some shows they played a slightly different setlist though and with three encores.
Thanks to Fabrizio Fiorucci's scanned images you can see the Tour Leaflet:
On this internetmagazine site: All Areas, you can see some photos of Loreena
from Berlin February 10 and Dusseldorf March 27.
Set I
She Moved Through The Fair
The Gates Of Instanbul
The Mummers' Dance
Penelope's Song
Marco Polo
The Highwayman
Dante's Prayer
The Bonny Swans
Caravanserai
Set II
Raglan Road (have replaced Bonny Portmore at a couple of shows)
The Mystic's Dream
Santiago
Bonny Portmore
Beneath A Phrygian Sky (sometimes played before Never-Ending Road)
Kecharitomene (in the setlist but not played)
All Souls Night (taken out at some shows)
The Lady Of Shalott
The Old Ways
Never-Ending Road (Amhran Duit)
Encore:
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
Tango To Evora (only at some shows)
Cymbeline
Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 1
We drove down in the car to Copenhagen after a night at the 20th Anniversary of the swedish metal doom band
Candlemass (the evening before), so we had a hard time since we didn't get much sleep.
Just after the soundcheck I talked to the whole band (except Ben and Tim) and they seemed very satisfied with
the soundcheck and thought that everything was looking good for tonights show.
In the lobby I was approached by fello OWL Jan, who introduced me to his girlfriend and we chatted for a while.
As always the show was great. Although it is nice to hear that even the sun has spots.
In the first verse of 'The Highwayman' Loreena sang marching instead of riding and I immediately could spot a
smile on her face. My cousin who is a big fan of Loreena and is VERY keen on lyrics, didn't even notice it,
that's how well Loreena managed to "hide" the mistake.
Loreena also got something in her throat during the opening of 'The Old Ways' but no apparent harm done.
There was only one thing that annoyed me with the concert and that was that they didn't open the second set with
'The Mystic's Dream' and in the same way as in Spain with Loreena just standing in the dark when the intro starts
up until she starts to sing. Instead she now played keyboards as well as she did back in 1994 and 1998 and I don't
see the point in that since Donald can play the keyboard part so that Loreena just can focus on the vocals.
I didn't mind Raglan Road but it would have been better to have that later in the set.
Set I
Tracklist: 20:01-21:02
She Moved Through The Fair original harp
The Gates Of Instanbul keyboards
The Mummers' Dance accordion
talk (about the celts)
Penelope's Song piano
Marco Polo accordion
The Highwayman piano
Dante's Prayer piano
talk (about being in Copenhagen in February)
The Bonny Swans piano
talk (presented her 'idling porsches')
Caravanserai original harp / piano
Set II
Tracklist: 21:23-22:08
Raglan Road piano
The Mystic's Dream keyboards
Santiago accordion
The Lady Of Shalott original harp
Beneath A Phrygian Sky keyboards
The Old Ways piano
talk ("it wouldn't have been the same here without you")
Never-Ending Road (Amhran Duit) piano
First Encore: 22:09-22:14
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance original harp
Second Encore: 22:15-22:19
Cymbeline the new "twin" harp
The 9-piece band:
Tal Bergman, drums and percussion
Ben Grossman, hurdy-gurdy and percussion
Brian Hughes, electric and acoustic guitars, oud, celtic bouzouki
Tim Landers, acoustic and electric bass
Caroline Lavelle, cello
Rick Lazar, percussion
Hugh Marsh, violin
Donald Quan, viola, keyboards, tabla, accordion
Sokratis Sinopoulos, lyra, greek lute
Tal's drumsound was magnificent, and it really lifted 'The Gates Of Instanbul'.
And since we're on the subject of her band members I must say that they all did a great job.
Sokratis were busier than in September since he was playing the lute now as well.
As usual the guitar/violin duel between Brian and Hugh at the end of 'Bonny Swans' was great, Tal only adds to it.
Then Brians solo for 'Beneath A Phrygian Sky' was great, as well as Hugh's solo for 'Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance'.
After the show, me and my cousins met Loreena for a while but there were many people there that wanted to meet her.
There were even three from Tokyo, Japan that were in Europe just for the Loreena shows in Copenhagen and London.
I mentioned for Loreena that I had seen a few new scratches on her original harp and even some scratches on her
new harp, and Loreena was amazed to hear it, saying: "you have a very keen eye".
And I do, especially for Loreena.
My cousin Lars told Loreena that he is thinking of doing a swedish version of 'The Old Ways' and Loreena was glad
to hear it, and gave him the best of luck, and said that she would love to hear the result.
As I wrote some FULL reviews of the concerts in Spain and they almost played the same songs here, I thought I
would leave it like this otherwise I just keep rambling the same words as ever, great, magnificent and so on.
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