Celtic Woman 2005 [Music/Concert]

Celtic Woman [2005]

Gorgeous to listen to and gorgeous to look at, Celtic Woman is perfect PBS fare, sort of a Riverdance without the dancing. Drawing on the same New Age-y sound and propulsive energy as that show's solo-voice and choral numbers, the live concert features four attractive young women in strapless evening gowns with soaring voices backed by an orchestra, an Anuna-like chorus, and a large percussion section. The more traditional fare includes Méav Ni Mhaolchatha's "Danny Boy" and "She Moved Through the Fair," and Chloë Agnew's "Ave Maria" (the Bach-Gounod version). Movie and TV selections range from Agnew's "Walking in the Air" (The Snowman) and "Someday" (Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame) to Lisa Kelly's "May It Be" (the Enya song from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the King) and Órla Fallon's voice and harp rendition of "Harry's Game." A fifth woman, Máiréad Nesbitt, adds some variety by fiddling "The Butterfly" and "Ashokan Farewell" (best known as the theme from Ken Burns's The Civil War). Occasionally the singers join together, as in Enya's "Orinoco Flow," an a cappella rendition of West Side Story's "Somewhere," music director David Downes's composition "One World," and a stately version of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." Celtic Woman was created by Downes (like many of the other performers, a Riverdance veteran) along with Sharon Browne and Dave Kavanagh of the Celtic Collections record label.

The Songs :

1. Last Rose of Summer/Walking In The Air
2. Danny Boy
3. The Butterfly
4. Siuil A Run - (Walk My Love)
5. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
6. May It Be
7. Isle of Inis Free
8. Ave Maria
9. Si Do Mhaimeo i - (The Wealthy Widow)
10. My Lagan Love - Somewhere
11. The Soft Goodbye
12. She Moved Thru' The Fair
13. Send Me A Song
14. Someday
15. I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls
16. Orinoco Flow
17. The Ashoken Farewell - The Contradiction
18. Harry's Game
19. Nella Fantasia
20. One World
21. You Raise Me Up

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i saw hal concert yesterday .. and i liked it ;) .. Chloë Agnew (what a voice!) .. 8/10.