Homecoming – Live from Ireland

Celtic Woman: Homecoming Live from Ireland
Live album / home video by Celtic Woman
Released	26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
Recorded	2 September 2017 (2017-09-02), 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
Genre	Celtic, vocal, classical, adult contemporary
Label	Manhattan Records, Universal Music Group
Producer	Gavin Murphy, Dave Kavanagh, Shane McDonnell
Celtic Woman chronology
The Best of Christmas (2017) Celtic Woman: Homecoming Live from Ireland (2018) Ancient Land (2018)

Homecoming - Live from Ireland is the first full-length live album and tenth home video release by the group Celtic Woman. It was released worldwide on 26 January 2018 by Manhattan Records.^[1]

Background[]

The music from the album was taken from the DVD.^[2] The album is the second released by the group to consist entirely of live tracks. Celtic Woman: O Christmas Tree also consisted entirely of live tracks, taken from the DVD release of Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas.^[3][4][5]

On 20 April 2017 Celtic Woman announced a special performance of the Voices of Angels World Tour on 2 September 2017 at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. It was confirmed in July 2017 that the show would be recorded as the group's next concert DVD and PBS special.^[6][7][8]

The music was produced, arranged, and orchestrated by Gavin Murphy. The lead vocalists in the concert are Máiréad Carlin, Susan McFadden, Éabha McMahon and instrumentalist Tara McNeill. The DVD is the first to feature McNeill as a lead performer. McNeill appeared in the group's previous DVD, Celtic Woman: Destiny, as a harpist in the band, and performed both the violin and harp during Homecoming - Live From Ireland. This is the first time a lead instrumentalist of the group performed more than one instrument on one of the group's DVDs.

The concert features members of the Orchestra of Ireland and the Celtic Voices Choir, both of whom appeared on the Voices of Angels album. The concert also features guest singer Anabel Sweeney, who won a competition in Ireland to perform at the concert.^[9][10][2]

The concert, entitled Celtic Woman: Homecoming - Live From Ireland, aired on PBS stations in the United States starting in November 2017. The television specials consist of a subset of the tracks available on the DVD. Both the CD and DVD were available through PBS pledge drives prior to their official release.^[11] The concert special debuted on television in Ireland on 1 January 2018.^[12]

Track listing[]

CD ^[2][13][14]

Notes

• Track 10 orchestrated by Paul Campbell.^[2]

Tour setlists[]

2017 DVD set list[]

Act 1

1. "Homecoming Lament / Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Star)" (All)
2. "My Heart Will Go On" (All)
3. "Across the World" (Tara)
4. "Walk Beside Me" (All)
5. "Dulaman" (Mairéad)
6. "She Moved Through The Fair" (Susan)
7. "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" (Éabha)
8. "Danny Boy" (All, with Tara on harp)
9. "Fields of Gold" (Anabel)
10. "Westering Home" (All with Anabel) - Gown change

● Intermission - Second gown change

Act 2

1. "Amazing Grace" (Éabha, Mairéad and Susan)
2. "For the Love of a Princess" (Tara)
3. "Ave Maria" (Mairéad)
4. "Water Under the Bridge" (All)
5. "Ard Uí Chuain / Sadhbh Ní Bhruinneallaigh" (Éabha)
6. "The Voice" (Susan)
7. "Time to Say Goodbye" (All, with Tara on harp)
8. "You Raise Me Up" (All)
9. "The Kesh Inn" (All, using instruments)
10. "Téir Abhaile Riú" (All)
11. "The Parting Glass" (All)

2018 tour set list[]

Act 1

1. "Homecoming Lament / Homeland" (All)
2. "Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Star)" (All)
3. "My Heart Will Go On" (All)
4. "She Moved Through The Fair" (Susan or Alex)
5. "Ard Uí Chuain" (Éabha)
6. "Dúlamán" (Mairéad)
7. "Amazing Grace" (Susan or Alex, Éabha and Mairéad)
8. "Sive" (All)
9. "May it Be" (Éabha)
10. "Tara's Tunes" (Tara)
11. "Danny Boy" (All, with Tara on harp) - Céilí dresses
12. "Ballroom of Romance" (All)

● Intermission - Gown change

Act 2

1. "You Raise Me Up" (All)
2. "Long Journey Home" (All)
3. "For the Love of a Princess" (Tara)
4. "Nella Fantasia" (Mairéad)
5. "Walk Beside Me" (All)
6. "From a Distance" (Susan) / "The Voice" (Alex)
7. "Wild Mountainside" (Éabha)
8. "Time to Say Goodbye" (All, with Tara on harp)
9. "Going Home" (All)
10. "The Kesh Inn" (All, using instruments)
11. "Téir Abhaile Riú" (All)
12. "The Parting Glass" (All)

Tour dates[]

Notes[]

• Alex Sharpe filled in for Susan McFadden for the shows in Charlotte, Jacksonville, Spartanburg, Fayetteville, Richmond, Baltimore, Durham, Columbia, Roanoke, Philadelphia and Norfolk due to the latter having to return home to Ireland to attend her aunt's funeral.

Personnel[]

Per the liner notes.^[2]

Celtic Woman Band

• Ray Fean – percussion
• Caitriona Frost – percussion
• Tommy Buckley – guitar
• Anthony Byrne – bagpipes
• Darragh Murphy – uilleann pipes

Special guest

• Anabel Sweeney – vocals

Production

• Gavin Murphy – musical direction
• Méav Ní Mhaolchatha – vocal direction
• Tim Martin – recording and mixing
• Andy Walter – mastering
• Caroline Nesbitt, Designedly – design, art direction

Charts[]

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