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"All Night"
This was inspired by the imagery of a Japanese
tradition celebrate the souls of the
departed by candle-lit lanterns out on
leading to the ocean, sometimes in
little along with imagery of the Celtic
All Night celebrations, at which time huge
were lit not only 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 Ireland's old oak forests were leveled for
and shipbuilding purposes. Only has there
been an effort to reestablish great hardwoods.
The Great Oak of Portmore stood on the
of Portmore on the shore of Lough Beg. - L.M.

"Greensleeves"
I always how Tom Waits would
sing Greensleeves. When my
previous Parallel Dreams,
while waiting to do else, we
accidentally and recorded
this in one take without ever intending
to it. However, here is, Tom. - L.M.

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

"Courtyard Lullaby"
The photographs appear in this booklet were
taken at a 16th century hunting in Portugal,
where Elisabeth and I stayed for a week. Within
the was a courtyard, marked at each corner by
orange trees. The feel of the place me of
the Unicorn which hang in The Cloisters
in New York City. The tapestries and the are
both rich earthy, pre-Christian iconography -
depicting the mysterious life and death of the
seasons. It was in this courtyard this piece was
conceived. - L.M.

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

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