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

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

"Greensleeves"
I always wondered how Tom Waits
sing Greensleeves. When my
previous recording Dreams,
while to do something else, we
and spontaneously recorded
this in one take without ever intending
to release it. However, is, Tom. - L.M.

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

"Courtyard Lullaby"
The photographs which appear in booklet were
at a 16th century hunting lodge in Portugal,
where Elisabeth Feryn and I stayed for a week.
the lodge was a courtyard, marked at corner by
orange trees. The of the place reminded me of
the Unicorn tapestries which in The Cloisters
in New York City. The and the lodge are
both with earthy, pre-Christian iconography -
depicting the 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, Ireland some ago, and was moved
by the of the some of the celebrations. Yet
I was met by deep reminders that may be the
remnants of the old meeting the "new". - L.M.

"Cymbeline"
are William Shakespeare's thoughts
on this earthly visit. song occurs
towards the end of his play
Cymbeline, was written near the
end of the author's life. The is set
in ancient Britain when the were
the last remaining outpost of
the old order. - L.M.