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I was surprised that I had never heard of Loreena McKennitt's music before, especially since she is a Canadian artist. Her storytelling in her lead up to all of her songs was wonderful. She reminded me of a female version of Chris De Burgh. An overall great performance, I will definitely go to see her again in the future.
An unforgettable evening of remarkable music and story telling by a uniquely talented woman and her gifted group. Loreena shared many tales of how some of her songs came to be written and her obvious passion for Celtic folklore and traditions was masterfully conveyed. The power and beauty of her voice is so captivating that at times, she carries you away to another time and place where the story she tells is unfolding. Thank you Loreena and the NAC for a lovely evening! Cheers
Lorena's voice is unforgettable and she is accompanied by the most amazing musicians. The whole evening was spell binding and a pure pleasure to be a part of.
I travelled from St Catharines for the concert and it was totally worth the effort to attend.
Truly a wonderful spirit. An extremely talented, traveled and deep thinker about history. Evening was entertaining, enchanting, engaging, informative, wonderful and musically rich.
The show was fantastic. Loreena played numerous instruments (Harp, Piano, Accordion, Electric Organ / piano. The music was very well done. Loreena's voice was more powerful then her CDs. Very Impressive. Absolutely loved the show will go when she comes to town, Musicians were all impressive.
Wonderful evening of great story-telling and even greater music!
Wow! Fortunate to see her x2 this year. Stratford in June, and now in Ottawa. Remarkably gifted woman who plays with an equally gifted group of musicians. Loreena seems to change very little over the years, and that gift extends to her voice. Her live performances equal and exceed her studio productions.
This was a very enjoyable event. The venue was very adequate for the concert and the musicians did not let us down.
Saturday's concert at the NAC's Southam Hall was my first live encounter with the beautiful soprano Loreena McKennitt. My partner and I were seated in the first row of the Ampitheatre section and looked forward to hearing McKennitt's legendary artistry. McKennitt did not disappoint! Her voice was strong and beautiful. I don't know of another soprano who can sing Celtic with the same lilt that she can! Her high register strikes a huge chord in my soul. Both of us enjoyed the ensemble. We were less convinced that McKennitt's musings about the origins of her songs were really that insightful, but that didn't diminish our enjoyment of the evening. What did diminish our enjoyment was the - in our view - overamplification of the event. Maybe we're just at that age where we're getting a bit hard of hearing, but from the first note we were nearly blasted out of our seats. What was worse - more often than not we couldn't make out most of McKennitt's lyrics. Perhaps some of this is inevitable in a live performance, but we felt a lot of it was due to an overly live handling of her microphone balances. It was unfortunate enough that I would be reluctant to attend another McKennitt performance at the NAC. But that said, I would recommend to others that they go and hear this most beautiful of Celtic interpreters. Even without making out her words, the overall effect of her ensemble is to create an evocation of the Celtic spirit.
I thought this event was a great awareness for Domestic Violence Month. Loreena Mckennitt was very good. Would have like to see more speaker on the topic of domestic violence. Many thanks to the Manitoba Association of Women's Shelters for putting on this event and for all the hard, but very essential work they do!!!!! See you next year!
The whole event was well organized and listening to Loreena was spine chilling.
