Celtic Woman: A New Journey--Live at Slane Castle
by David Downes
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Actor: Celtic WomanDirector: David Downes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Manhattan Records
Movie Reviews of Celtic Woman: A New Journey--Live at Slane Castle
Movie Review: I Absolutely Love this DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
About 4 years ago I was wandering around a large DVD store where I work in Lower Manhattan. It was St. Patrick's Day week and they had a DVD playing on the tvs in the store of some lovely women singing various songs, together as a group and by themselves. I recognized some like "Beyond the Sea" and "Over the Rainbow," others I did not know. I probably should have bought the DVD there and then, but I did not. The next day I went back again and the same DVD was playing. I purchased it this time and so began my love affair with Celtic Woman. Since that day, I have purchased all their other CDs and DVDs, I saw them in concert the last 2 years at Radio City and will be seeing them again at the end of this month and 2 weeks ago I was thrilled to meet them in a personal appearance in honor of the release of their latest CD and DVD.
I have watched "A New Journey: Live at Slane Castle" more times than I can count and it is impossible for me to say anything negative about it. So I will just talk about some of my favorites. First of all, 3 of the women on this DVD are no longer with Celtic Woman: Meav, Orla and Hayley. However my favorite, Lisa Kelly, is promenently featured. I have seen her do the songs "Caledonia," "The Blessing" and "The Voice" probably hundreds of times, she is a beautiful and charismatic performer with a great voice and stage presence. (I was so excited at meeting her in person two weeks ago that I basically blacked-out on what I said to her. She is just as lovely and as friendly in person, with that great smile, as she is on the DVDs.) Meav, a beautiful blonde with a lovely soprano voice is always fun to watch with her fun and sexy number, "Dulaman." If you want to hear two really beautiful voices, watch the duet between Meav and Hayley Westenra on "Last Rose of Summer." Another fun song and dance number with Lisa, Meav and Orla Fallon is "At the Ceili." It is wonderfully entertaining. Chloe, the baby of the group, just keeps getting better and better and she has matured into a marvelous performer on the latest Celtic Woman DVD. Hayley Westenra, already a star in her native New Zealand, does a lovely job with "Scarborough Fair." I love the numbers where the girls all sing together: "Spanish Lady," "Sing Out," "Mo Ghile Mear," and finale of each show "You Raise Me Up." Finally what can you say about the beautiful blonde fiddler, Mairead Nesbitt? To watch her dance around that stage, a massive bundle of energy in such a small body, playing that fiddle is a joyous thing indeed. She is the heart and soul of this group.
I have never tried to review this DVD before because I love it too much. If you have never seen this DVD before, you should purchase it immediately. And you will become as entranced as I was when I first saw it four years ago.
Summary of Celtic Woman: A New Journey--Live at Slane Castle
1. Beyond The Sea Menu Loop2. Granuaile's Dance Menu Loop
3. The Voice Menu Loop
4. The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun Menu Loop
5. The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun (Live At Slane Castle)
6. The Prayer (Live From Slane Castle)
7. Caledonia (Live From Slane Castle)
8. Newgrange (Live From Slane Castle)
9. Dúlaman (Live From Slane Castle)
10. The Blessing (Live From Slane Castle)
11. Scarborough Fair (Live From Slane Castle)
12. Granuaile's Dance (Live From Slane Castle)
13. Over The Rainbow (Live From Slane Castle)
14. Beyond The Sea (Live From Slane Castle)
15. At The Céili (Live From Slane Castle)
16. Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Live From Slane Castle)
17. Carrickfergus (Live From Slane Castle)
18. Sing Out! (Live From Slane Castle)
19. Panis Angelicus (Live From Slane Castle)
20. The Last Rose Of Summer (Live From Slane Castle)
21. Spanish Lady (Live From Slane Castle)
22. Shenandoah - The Pacific Slope (Live From Slane Castle)
23. The Voice (Live From Slane Castle)
24. Danny Boy (Live From Slane Castle)
25. Somewhere (Live From Slane Castle)
26. Mo Ghile Mear (Live From Slane Castle)
27. You Raise Me Up (Live From Slane Castle)
28. At The Céili (Playout) (Live From Slane Castle)
29. Behind The Scenes At Slane Castle
Celtic Woman, the PBS sensation, returns for 2007 in A New Journey: Live at Slane Castle, Ireland. Most of the elements return as well: vocalists Chloe, Meav, Lisa, and Orla; fiery fiddler Mairead; music director David Downes; chorus and orchestra; and the New Age-y Celtic and traditional music. New for this show is New Zealand vocalist Hayley Westenra, a picturesque outdoor location, and an almost entirely new song list. Chloe sings "The Prayer" (made famous by Josh Groban) and "Panis Angelicus"; Lisa covers "Caledonia," "The Blessing," and "The Voice"; Orla sings "Newgrange" and accompanies herself on harp for "Carrickfergus"; Meav sings "Dulaman"; Mairead plays "Granuaile's Dance" and "Shenandoah: The Pacific Slope"; and Hayley sings "Scarborough Fair" by herself and duets with Mairead (Handel's "Lascia Ch'io Pianga") and Meav ("The Last Rose of Summer"). Then of course the group performs together ("The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun," "Over the Rainbow," "Beyond the Sea," "At the Ceili," "Sing Out!", "Spanish Lady," "Mo Ghile Mear"). Encore performances from the original show are Enya's "Orinoco Flow," "Danny Boy," "Somewhere," and "You Raise Me Up." Hayley proves to be an excellent fit among the beautiful voices, and Lisa seems to emerge as the talent most deserving of attention, but overall the show lacks some of the fresh sparkle of the original. The song list isn't quite as strong, and some of the "primp and pose" choreography is just silly. But Celtic Woman is never less than charming, and at its best can be quite stirring. --David Horiuchi
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