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I was familiar with Secret Garden only by having HEARD much of their music. So, it was a real treat to SEE how the music is performed as shown in the DVD, "A Night with Secret Garden."As has been noted in other reviews posted, the stage light setting is very dark, perhaps to emphasize the theme of the concert, a "night" with Secret Garden. Only Rolf Lovland and Fionnuala Sherry can be clearly seen, while the rest of the musicians and vocalists (Anuna) are shadowed in a very dark backdrop. Only when the camera gets a closeup of another musician (the oboeist, guitarist, and others), can their face and fingerwork be made out. I would have preferred more light to make clearer the other musicians.(Edited addition to this review follows here ... I just watched a VHS of "Light Above the Trees," featuring the great jazz pianist Keiko Matsui in concert, and to my surprise, the stage setting for her show featured the same very dark "ambience," with the spotlight mainly on her and her partner musician playing the saxophone - all other musicians on stage could barely be made out! It was almost as though both these productions had the same stage lighting crew! I had originally compared the lighting on stage of the Secret Garden concert to the lighting that appears in the Loreena McKennitt "Alhambra" concert where the musicians are much more visible.)That said, the production quality is very good - the camera work is good - varied with showing various views,angles, perspectives, artists, highlighting a musician when he/she has a solo part, as well as getting closeups of fingerwork on the piano, violin, and oboe by the various artists. The pacing of the camera is done at a good rate - not staying too long in one place, but not jumping from one place to another in a rapid fire motion. I was very surprised by the performance quality - it was studio quality. The performances seemed flawless. I was also amazed at how accomplished the choral group Anuna sounded live. It was hard to believe that much of the performance wasn't "lip-synched" (or whatever the term is for prerecorded vocalizing).I enjoyed the documentary detailing the injury to Sherry, the evolution of the group's success through its Eurovision experience, and a 3 and 2 minutes behind the scenes video of a studio rehearsal performance of "Passacaglia" and "Poeme."The opening animation is mesmerizing preceding the video. It is very short but very enjoyable.I bought this DVD in a "like new" (used) condition. It ran flawlessly except for two issues. I wonder if others have had similar experiences. At one point in the concert (fortunately before the performance of a piece of music), Sherry's image freezes for about a half second before the DVD continues. Perhaps it is due to some sort of physical thing on the DVD and a cleaning might help. I was able to view only one documentary. From the "home menu," there is only one "documentary" listed, which I clicked on and watched the one documentary. Supposedly, there are two documentaries. (The one documentary I watched detailed the initial meeting between Lovland and Sherry, of a background history of Lovland, of the Eurovision experience, rehearsal footage of various songs, and of the marketing of SG in the United States. I wonder what the "other" documentary shows.) When I clicked on "videos," I saw a listing which included "Moving," and "Nocturne." No matter what I did to select the first video selection, "Moving," the DVD moved to the second selection "Nocturne." ("Moving" would simply not be allowed to be "highlighted" as the selected choice.)I am not a big fan of these kinds of "videos" (music serving as the audio backdrop to some dramatization by the artists who perform the music) and the video to "Nocturne," while pleasant, is not something I would care to watch again - the concert was enough. I might not miss not being able to see the video to "Moving."What is also valuable in this DVD is the discography - there are three DVDs listed (Songs from a Secret Garden, White Stones, and Dawn of a New Century), and you can select any song on these DVDs to hear a sample of about 30 seconds of music as well as reading a little background of the meaning of the creation of each song. It was interesting to learn the meaning of "White Stones." On my CD "Collection" of SG's best hits, "Illumination," is not included, so it was nice to be able to hear at least 30 seconds of this song from the discography track listing.For any Secret Garden fan who has not seen this group perform, I recommend getting this DVD, with the caveat that you will be watching them perform on a stage that simulates a "night" setting, with lighting focused only on the Lovland and Sherry. The picture on the cover of the DVD showing a lighted stage is not what is viewable on the DVD.Unlike some DVDs of "live concerts," this DVD features a concert that is over two hours long, with minimal interruption of commentaries by the performers. The concert features the performance of music, not conversation by the musicians with the audience.I would have found onscreen subtitles/captioning of lyrics for songs that were sung helpful. I couldn't make out the words to songs sung by Anuna.Still a 5 for a rating even with the "problems."