title: A Midwinter Night's Dream
text: # 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
  