I dug out the requisite information to get back on this board, and I'll be equal opportunity and post this question here:

What songs would you like to see Loreena perform on tour (or in your living room, or whatever the daydream may be) besides her new material?

Perhaps more people will respond here since this venue is still new and shiny.

First of all, I'd like to get her to actually come to Australia (I hope you are reading this, Loreena!), but once she's here...hmmm there are so many songs to choose from!
I recently heard Live in Paris and Toronto for the first time and LOVED that version of The Bonny Swans, so definitely that one. I also love Ancient Pines, All Souls Night, The Highwayman and many more. but I'd be happy to see a LM concert whatever the content!

Well I'm from Istanbul so she will of course do The Gates of Istanbul And the others:
--Dickens Dublin(I emailed to QR and said ''please Loreena'')
--mmm The Mystic's Dream,yes,live album version was also good but something was missing there.I personally wanna hear the choir at the beginning,from the sound system or whatever.I know that it was performed that way during The Mask and Mirror tour.
--well anything welcome But i want to see her play the guitar this time.I hope she will do it.

I listen to Loreena at home, in my car, truck or van, depending on what I am driving. When I am at a friend or relative's home, I like to share her music and made many new fans for LM. I tried to listen to her at work, alas my manager pick Fleetwood Mac instead. So I listened to LM on the way home. I am always in the mood for her, always.

I would love to hear "She Moved Through the Fair" and "Full Circle". Just to hear her voice alone would send shivers through my body. I would not like to hear her sing anything from The Beattles or Rolling Stones, it is not her style and she has her own distinctive style we all fell in love with and it has moved our lives for the better.

I heard her do "Dicken's Dublin" live back in November of 1994 at Town Hall in NYC--brilliant! Many of the other tracks from Parallel Dreams would also be good (e.g. "Standing Stones," "Anachie Gordon").

Let me echo the request for "The Two Trees," as it is one of my favorites, and I'd love to hear a live version of it.

She also did some other song, the name of which I have never been able to find, at the 1994 concert I saw that I thought was amazing--it was a vocal number; but she also did several instrumentals that aren't found elsewhere either. If she could do a cover of "Mo Ghile Mear," that would be incredible...!

As perhaps a finale to the first half of a show, I'd love to hear a live version of "Lullaby" from Elemental...that would be unbelieveable!

Well, apart from "everything", I think I'd probably pick

-"Huron 'Beltane' Firedamce"
-"Stolen Child"
-"Snow"
-"Between the Shadows"
-"Full Circle"
-"The Mystic's Dream"
-"Marrakesh Night Market"
-"The Mummer's Dance"
-"Night Ride across the Caucases"
-And anything from "An Ancient Muse"

But I'd be happy with anything, I love all Loreena's songs equally.

For her self written work Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance,for classic songs "The 3 Ravens" would be my picks as well as Old Ways,Bushes and Briars/Searching for Lambs,Between the Shadows,Standing Stones,Snow-Well almost anything from Book of Secrets.

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Originally posted by Cymbelinus:
I was thinking exactly the same today! I'm Cretan myself, and having heard Loreena perform eastern melodies, I'd be really curious to listen to traditional cretan music arranged by her (I think she would make a nice on-stage couple with Ross Daly, an Irishman who resides in Crete and plays traditional Cretan music ornamented with other oriental elements)

I'm Cretan too boy! I grew up with Ross Daly, Nikos Xydakis, Loudovikos ton Anogeion... I love Hainides. Cretan is different from all other traditional greek music and i like it the most...

P.S. Fantasou Loreena kai Loudoviko mazi! Ta tragoudia tou gia gynaikeia fwnh einai yperoxa...

Greek kisses!

I'd love to hear Dante's Prayer (again, I was in tears when Loreena performed it live in Stuttgart on the last tour). And I love the live interpretations of the instrumental pieces, especially when they're a little uptempo.

Thomas

I would love to hear Snow live, since I use to play it myself at my harp.. would be lovely to hear the original LIVE.

Definitely the Lady of Shalott. It would be a real shame if she didn't play it live. Though I can't imagine her not palying it, as it's one of her favorite songs.

The songs that I would love to see in the setlist:

- The Old Ways (LiPaT version -- not the album one)
- Dante's Prayer
- Skellig
- Night Ride On the Caucasus
- Stolen Child
- All Souls Night (!)
- The Bonny Swans (LiPaT version -- not the album/LiSF version)
- The Mummers' Dance

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Originally posted by anna:
I would really like to listen to her view of Greek traditional songs (especially Cretan).

I was thinking exactly the same today! I'm Cretan myself, and having heard Loreena perform eastern melodies, I'd be really curious to listen to traditional cretan music arranged by her (I think she would make a nice on-stage couple with Ross Daly, an Irishman who resides in Crete and plays traditional Cretan music ornamented with other oriental elements)

well, Huron "Beltane" Fire Dance, Santiago hopefully stretched to twice its length (I got all exited when I heard the live version's ending!!!!), Tango To Evora, Cymbeline, Prospero's Speech....

And the entire new album ofcourse, I can't wait and it is bound to be good!

I think I'd be happy with anything! But first and foremost would be Dark Night of the Soul. I would also love to hear: Dante's Prayer, Samhain Night, The Mystic's Dream and Ancient Pines.