A Midwinter Night's Dream
# A Midwinter Night's Dream

    "A Midwinter Night's Dream" is also the name of episodes from The Golden Girls, and Frasier.

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A Midwinter Night's Dream is the eighth studio album by the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist Loreena McKennitt, released on October 28, 2008.

## Origins

The album is an extended version of A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (1995). 8 new tracks (recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios during spring 2008) were added to the original 5 songs of the 1995 EP.

A Midwinter Night's Dream takes the place of A Winter Garden, which has been deleted from the Quinlan Road catalogue.

## Track listing

* "The Holly & the Ivy" (traditional, music by McKennitt) – 4:49
* "Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle" (traditional) – 3:06
* "The Seven Rejoices of Mary" (traditional) – 4:34
* "Noël Nouvelet!" (traditional) – 5:11
* "Good King Wenceslas" (John Mason Neale) – 3:16
* "Coventry Carol" (traditional, music arranged & adapted by McKennitt) – 2:18
* "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Abdelli version) (traditional, music arranged and adapted by McKennitt) – 7:19
* "Snow" (lyrics by Archibald Lampman, music by McKennitt) – 5:05
* "Breton Carol" (traditional) – 3:30
* "Seeds of Love" (traditional, music by McKennitt) – 4:54
* "Gloucestershire Wassail" (traditional) – 2:39
* "Emmanuel" (traditional) – 4:55
* "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Gustav Holst) – 2:43

## Chart performance

| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Italian Albums Chart | 46 |
| Germany Albums Chart | 27 |
| Spain Albums Chart | 38 |
| Belgium Albums Chart | 42 |
| France Albums Chart | 57 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 63 |
| Austria Albums Chart | 75 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 77 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 12 |
| US Billboard 200 | 140 |
| US World Albums | 1 |
| US Holiday Albums | 16 |

## Personnel

* Loreena McKennitt – vocals, piano, accordion and harp
* Brian Hughes – oud and guitar
* Hugh Marsh – violin
* Caroline Lavelle – cello
* Donald Quan – viola and percussion
* Ben Grossman – hurdy-gurdy and percussion
* Simon Edwards – bass
* Rick Lazar – percussion
* Stratis Psaradellis – Greek lyra and Greek lute
