A Midwinter Night's Dream

"A Midwinter Night's Dream" is also the name of episodes from The Golden Girls, and Frasier.

A Midwinter Night's Dream is the 8th album by the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist Loreena McKennitt, released on October 28, 2008.^[1]

Origins

The album is an extended version of A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (1995). 8 new tracks (recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios during spring 2008) were added to the original 5 songs of the 1995 album.
A Midwinter Night’s Dream takes the place of A Winter Garden, which has been deleted from the Quinlan Road catalogue.^[2]

Track listing

1. "The Holly & The Ivy" – 4:49 – (Lyric: traditional – Music: Loreena McKennitt)
2. "Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle" – 3:06 – (Music: traditional)
3. "The Seven Rejoices of Mary" – 4:34 – (Music & Lyric: traditional)
4. "Noël Nouvelet!" – 5:11 – (Music & Lyric: traditional)
5. "Good King Wenceslas" – 3:16 – (Music & Lyric: John Mason Neale)
6. "Coventry Carol" – 2:18 – (Lyric: traditional – Music arranged & adapted by Loreena McKennitt)
7. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Abdelli version) – 7:19 – (Lyric: traditional – Music arranged and adapted by Loreena McKennitt)
8. "Snow" – 5:05 – (Lyric: Archibald Lampman – Music: Loreena McKennitt)
9. "Breton Carol"  – 3:30 – (Music: traditional)
10. "Seeds of Love" – 4:54 – (Lyric: traditional – Music: Loreena McKennitt)
11. "Gloucestershire Wassail" – 2:39 – (Music & Lyric: traditional)
12. "Emmanuel" – 4:55 – (Music & Lyric: traditional)
13. "In the Bleak Midwinter" – 2:43 – (Music: Gustav Holst) ^[3]

Chart performance

Personnel

• Loreena McKennitt – vocals, piano, accordion and harp
• Brian Hughes – oud and guitar
• Hugh Marsh – violin
• Caroline Lavelle – cello
• Donald Quan – viola and percussion
• Ben Grossman – hurdy gurdy and percussion
• Simon Edwards – bass
• Rick Lazar – percussion
• Stratis Psaradellis – Greek lyra and Greek lute ^[3]

References

External links

• Quinlanroad.com