Nights from the Alhambra is a live album and DVD from the Canadian

Canada

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 singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist, Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM, is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined, clear soprano vocals...

 and is her first live concert DVD. It was recorded in September 2006, live on location at the Palace of Charles V, in the Alhambra

Alhambra

The Alhambra , the complete form of which was Calat Alhambra , is a palace and fortress complex located in the Granada, Andalusia, Spain...

, Granada

Granada

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, Spain

Spain

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, and released commercially in September 2007.

Track listing

Disk 1:

• "The Mystic's Dream"
• "She Moved Through the Fair"
• "Stolen Child"
• "The Mummer's Dance"
• "Penelope's Song"
• "Marco Polo"
• "The Bonny Swans"
• "Dante's Prayer"
• "Caravanserai"

Disk 2:

• "Bonny Portmore"
• "Santiago"
• "Raglan Road"
• "All Souls Night"
• "The Lady of Shalott"
• "The Old Ways"
• "Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)"
• "Huron `Beltane` Fire Dance"
• "Cymbeline"

The DVD track listing is the same except that all the songs are on the same disc. The DVD also includes McKennitt's spoken introductions to songs, which are omitted from the CDs.

Personnel

Tal Bergman: Drums and Percussion

Panos Dimitrakopoulos: Kanoun

Nigel Eaton

Nigel Eaton

Nigel Eaton is an English hurdy gurdy player. He originally played the piano and cello but switched to the hurdy gurdy in 1981 when his father, Christopher Eaton, began making them. He performed as part of the dance band Blowzabella from 1985 and recorded five albums with them before their split in...

: Hurdy Gurdy

Steáfán Hannigan: Uilleann Pipes, Bodhrán, Percussion

Brian Hughes

Brian Hughes (musician)

Brian Hughes is a Canadian guitarist whose work draws from both the smooth jazz and world music genres. Not restricted entirely to conventional guitars, Hughes has also been known to employ the oud, bouzouki and balalaika...

: Band Leader, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Oud, Celtic Bouzouki

Caroline Lavelle

Caroline Lavelle

Caroline Lavelle is a British singer-songwriter and cellist who has created three solo albums and contributed vocals, music, and production help to many other artists and bands.-Career:Lavelle studied at the Royal College of Music in London...

: Cello

Rick Lazar: Percussion

Hugh Marsh

Hugh Marsh

Hugh Marsh is a violinist from Toronto, known for his electric violin sound. Marsh was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in the best contemporary jazz album category.-Early days:...

: Violin

Tim Landers

Tim Landers

Timothy Gerard Landers is an American bass guitarist, composer and record producer.He graduated from Brockton High School in 1975 and attended the Berklee College of Music from 1976 to 1977, studying under Neil Stubenhaus and Whit Browne...

: Acoustic and Electric Bass

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM, is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined, clear soprano vocals...

: Vocals, Accordion, Harp, Piano

Donald Quan

Donald Quan

Donald Quan is a Canadian composer of film and world music, best known for writing the scores to television shows Relic Hunter and Mutant X.-Career:...

: Viola, Keyboards, Tabla

Sokratis Sinopoulos: Lyra

Haig Yazdjian

Haig Yazdjian

Haig Yazdjian is a composer and a vocalist and a Oud player and a producer. He was born in Syria in 1959. His parents are Armenians. He has lived in Greece, which is where he began his interest in Eastern music. His first album BEAST ON THE MOON was not that famous...

: Oud


For a full listing of all personnel see.