| Homecoming – Live from Ireland | |
| Type: | Live |
| Artist: | Celtic Woman |
| Cover: | Celtic_Woman_Homecoming_Album_Cover.jpg |
| Alt: | "Celtic Woman: Homecoming - Live from Ireland" album cover |
| Venue: | 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland |
| Genre: | Celtic, vocal, classical, adult contemporary |
| Label: | Manhattan Records, Universal Music Group |
| Producer: | Gavin Murphy, Dave Kavanagh, Shane McDonnell |
| Prev Title: | The Best of Christmas |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Ancient Land |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Homecoming – Live from Ireland is the first full-length live album and tenth home video release by the group Celtic Woman, released worldwide on 26 January 2018 by Manhattan Records.[1]
On 20 April 2017, Celtic Woman announced a special performance of their Voices of Angels world tour at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on 2 September of the same year. In July, it was confirmed that the show would be recorded as the next DVD release and concert special for American broadcaster PBS from the group.[2] [3] [4]
The lead performers in the concert are vocalists Mairéad Carlin, Susan McFadden, Éabha McMahon, and instrumentalist Tara McNeill. This is the group's first concert special and home video release to feature McNeill as a lead performer, although she appeared on the group's previous home video release, Destiny, as the harpist of the accompanying live band. For this concert, McNeill performed on both the violin and harp, making it the first time that a lead instrumentalist of the group has performed more than one instrument on one of the group's home video releases.
The concert features members of the Orchestra of Ireland and the Celtic Voices Choir, both of whom appeared on the Voices of Angels album, led by music director Gavin Murphy, who produced, arranged and orchestrated the songs performed. The concert also features guest singer Anabel Sweeney from County Wicklow, Ireland, who won a competition run by the group to perform at the concert.[5] [6]
The concert special and DVD release, entitled Homecoming - Live From Ireland, aired on PBS stations in the United States starting in November 2017, and on television in Ireland on 1 January 2018.[7] The special consists of a subset of songs available on the accompanying live album and DVD release, both of which were made available through PBS pledge drives prior to their official public release worldwide on 26 January 2018.[8] The album consists entirely of live tracks, and while the first made available worldwide, is the second released by the group to do so overall (the United States-exclusive O Christmas Tree also consisted entirely of live tracks, which were taken from the DVD and Blu-ray release of Home for Christmas).[9] [10]
Notes
Per the liner notes.
Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman Band
The Orchestra of Ireland
Celtic Voices Choir
Special guest
Production