Dawn of a New Century

Dawn of a New Century
Studio album by Secret Garden
Released	20 April 1999 (1999-04-20)
Genre	New-age
Length	54:59
Label	Universal Music (Norway) Philips
Producer	Rolf Løvland
Secret Garden chronology
White Stones (1997) Dawn of a New Century (1999) Once in a Red Moon (2002)

Dawn of a New Century (released 20 April 1999 by Universal Music, Norway – 546 120-2 / Philips) is the third album by Irish-Norwegian duo Secret Garden, released by Philips Records in 1999.

Capercaillie's frontwoman Karen Matheson performed as a soloist for the song "Prayer".^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Allmusic reviewer Michael Gallucci awarded the album 3 stars.^[1]

• Violin – Fionnuala Sherry
• Lead Vocals – Anne Karin Kaasa, Fionnuala Sherry, Karen Matheson & Nikki Matheson
• Keyboards & Piano – Rolf Løvland
• Keyboards – Bjørn Ole Rasch
• Electric guitar – Terje Rypdal
• Guitar – Rolf Kristensen
• Additional guitar - Alf Emil Eik
• Classical guitar – Lars Hanniball
• Hardingfele (Hardanger Fiddle) – Annbjørg Lien
• Narrator – John Kavanagh
• Oboe, English Horn – Henrik Eurenius
• Choir – Anúna
• Orchestra – Irish National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra
• Recorder & bagpipes – Hans Fredrik Jacobsen
• Whistle – Hans Fredrik Jacobsen & Mick O'Brien
• Accordion – Máirtín O'Connor
• Bass – Per Elias Drabløs
• Dizi (Chinese flutes) – Steinar Ofsdal
• Drums, Percussion – Noel Eccles & Ottar Nesje
• Backing Vocals – Alf Emil Eik, Nikki Matheson, Rolf Løvland
• Bagpipes [Uilleann] – Mick O'Brien & Pat Broaders
• Percussion, Bodhrán, Spoons, Bones – Tommy Hayes

• Engineer – Alf Emil Eik, Andrew Boland, Oskar Pall Sveinson, Trond Engebretsen
• Co-producer – Fionnuala Sherry
• Composer, producer & arranger – Rolf Løvland^[2]