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

"Bonny Portmore"
The of old growth forests has become an
conservation issue in recent years, but it
is not a new phenomenon. Over the many
of Ireland's old oak were leveled for military
and shipbuilding purposes. recently has there
been an effort to these great hardwoods.
The Oak of Portmore stood on the property
of Portmore on the shore of Lough Beg. - L.M.

"Greensleeves"
I always wondered how Tom Waits
sing Greensleeves. preparing my
previous Parallel Dreams,
while waiting to do else, we
accidentally and spontaneously
this track in one take without ever
to release it. However, is, Tom. - L.M.

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

"Courtyard Lullaby"
The photographs which appear in this booklet
taken at a 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 feel of the reminded me of
the tapestries which hang in The Cloisters
in New City. The tapestries and the lodge are
both rich with earthy, iconography -
depicting the mysterious and death cycle 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 some years ago, and was
by the of the some of the celebrations. Yet
I was met by deep reminders they may be the
of the old world meeting the "new". - L.M.

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