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"All Night"
This was inspired by the imagery of a Japanese
tradition which celebrate the of the
departed by sending lanterns out on
leading to the ocean, sometimes in
little boats; with imagery of the Celtic
All Night celebrations, at which time huge
bonfires were lit not to mark the new year,
but to warm the of the departed. - L.M.

"Bonny Portmore"
The destruction of old growth forests has an
important conservation issue in years, but it
is not a new phenomenon. the centuries many
of old oak forests were leveled for military
and shipbuilding purposes. Only has there
been an effort to these great hardwoods.
The Oak of Portmore stood on the property
of Portmore Castle on the of Lough Beg. - L.M.

"Greensleeves"
I always wondered how Tom would
Greensleeves. When preparing my
previous recording Dreams,
waiting to do something else, we
accidentally and recorded
track in one take without ever intending
to release it. However, is, Tom. - L.M.

"Tango to Evora"
piece was originally conceived and recorded for the National Film
Board of Canada's The Burning Times, directed by Reid. - L.M.

"Courtyard Lullaby"
The photographs which appear in this were
at a 16th century hunting lodge in Portugal,
where Elisabeth Feryn and I for a week. Within
the lodge was a courtyard, at each corner by
orange trees. The of the place reminded me of
the tapestries which hang in The Cloisters
in New City. The tapestries and the lodge are
both with earthy, pre-Christian iconography -
the mysterious life and death cycle of the
seasons. It was in this courtyard that this was
conceived. - L.M.

"The Old Ways"
I spent a most haunting New Eve in Doolin,
County Clare, some years ago, and was moved
by the of the some of the celebrations. Yet
I was met by deep that they may be the
of the old world meeting the "new". - L.M.

"Cymbeline"
Here are William Shakespeare's
on this visit. this song occurs
towards the end of his romance
Cymbeline, which was near the
end of the author's life. The is set
in Britain when the Romans were
invading the last outpost of
the old order. - L.M.