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Track Comments To 'the Visit'
Loreena McKennitt

All Soul's Night

This piece was inspired by the imagery of a Japanese

Tradition which celebrate the souls of the

Departed by sending candle-lit lanterns out on

Waterways leading to the ocean, sometimes in

Little boats; along with imagery of the Celtic

All Souls Night celebrations, at which time huge

Bonfires were lit not only to mark the new year,

But to warm the souls of the departed. - L. M.


Bonny Portmore

The destruction of old growth forests has become an

Important conservation issue in recent years, but it

Is not a new phenomenon. Over the centuries many

Of Ireland's old oak forests were leveled for military

And shipbuilding purposes. Only recently has there

Been an effort to reestablish these great hardwoods.

The Great Oak of Portmore stood on the property

Of Portmore Castle on the shore of Lough Beg. - L. M.


Greensleeves

I always wondered how Tom Waits would

Sing Greensleeves. When preparing my

Previous recording Parallel Dreams,

While waiting to do something else, we

Accidentally and spontaneously recorded

This track in one take without ever intending

To release it. However, here is, Tom. - L. M.


Tango to Evora

This piece was originally conceived and recorded for the National Film

Board of Canada's The Burning Times, directed by Donna Reid. - L. M.


Courtyard Lullaby

The photographs which appear in this booklet were

Taken at a 16th century hunting lodge in Portugal,

Where Elisabeth Feryn and I stayed for a week. Within

The lodge was a courtyard, marked at each corner by

Orange trees. The feel of the place reminded me of

The Unicorn tapestries which hang in The Cloisters

In New York City. The tapestries and the lodge are

Both rich with earthy, pre-Christian iconography -

Depicting the mysterious life and death cycle of the

Seasons. It was in this courtyard that this piece was

Conceived. - L. M.


The Old Ways

I spent a most haunting New Year's Eve in Doolin,

County Clare, Ireland some years ago, and was moved

By the antiquity of the some of the celebrations. Yet

I was met by deep reminders that they may be the

Remnants of the old world meeting the new. - L. M.


Cymbeline

Here are William Shakespeare's thoughts

On this earthly visit. This song occurs

Towards the end of his romance play

Cymbeline, which was written near the

End of the author's life. The play is set

In ancient Britain when the Romans were

Invading the last remaining outpost of

The old Celtic order. - L. M.


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  All Souls Night   Ancient Pines   Annachie Gordon   As I Roved Out   Balulalow   Banks Of Claudy   Banquet Hall   Beneath A Phrygian Sky   Between The Shadows   Blacksmith   Bonny Portmore   Breaking The Silence   Breton Carol   Brian Boru's March   Caravanserai   Carrighfergus   Ce H\u00c3\u00a9 Mise le Ulaingt (Who Am I to Bear...   Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt,The Two Trees   Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt?\/the Two Trees   Come By The Hills   Courtyard Lullaby   Coventry Carol   Cymbeline   Dante's Prayer   Dante's Prayer   Dark Night of the Soul   Dickens' Dublin   Dickens' Dublin (the Palace)   Dickens' Dublin   Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)   Down By the Sally Gardens   Emmanuel   Full Circle   Gloomy Sunday   Gloucestershire Wassail   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Abdelli Version]   God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen   God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen [Abdelli Version]   Good King Wenceslas   Greensleeves   Huron 'beltane' Fire Dance   In Praise Of Christmas   In the Bleak Midwinter   Incantation   Introduction   Kecharitomene   Kecharitomene [Instrumental]   Kellswater   Let All That Are To Mirth Inclined   Let Us The Infant Greet   Lullaby   Marrakesh Night Market   Moon Cradle   Mystic Dream   Never-Ending Road (Amhr\u00e1n Duit)   Never-ending Road (Amhrán Duit)   Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)   Night Ride Across The Caucasus   No\u00c3\u00abl Nouvelet!   On a Bright May Morning   Penelope's Song   Penelope's Song   Please Remember Me   Prospero's Speech   Prospero's Speech   Raglan Road   Sacred Shabbat   Sacred Shabbat [Instrumental]   Samain Night   Santiago   Seeds Of Love   She Moved Through The Fair   Skellig   Snow   Standing Stones   Star of the County Down   Stolen Child   Tha Gates Of Istanbol   The Bonney Swans   The Bonny Swans   The Christmas Bells Carol   The Dark Night Of The Soul   The Death of Queen Jane   The English Ladye And The Knight   The Gates Of Istanbul   The Highwayman   The Holly & The Ivy   The King   The Lady Of Shalott   The Lark In The Clear Air   The Last Unicorn   The Mummer's Dance   The Mummers' Dance   The Mummers' Dance   The Mystic's Dream   The Mystic's Dream   The Old Ways   The Parting Glass   The Seasons   The Seven Rejoices Of Mary   The Star of the County Down   The Stockford Carol   The Two Trees   The Waxford Carol   The Wexford Carol   The Wind that Shakes the Barley   To The Fairies They Draw Near   To The Fairies They Draw Near, Part II   Track Comments To 'the Visit'   Track Comments To the Visit   Un Flambeau   Wexford Carol

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