Quartet brings all things Irish, plenty of charm

Does “Danny Boy” make your heart go aflutter? Does “She Moved Through the Fair” make you weak at the knees?

If the answer is yes, you might be the ideal audience member for Celtic Woman. Since launching in 2004, the group has since achieved ubiquity, thanks to perennial pledge-drive appearances on PBS.

Celtic Woman’s current roster, however, features singers new to the group since 2012. Violinist, harpist and vocalist Tara McNeill was added last August, joining vocalists Mairead Carlin, Susan McFadden and Eabha McMahon.

In a concert Saturday night at the Palace Theatre, the performers’ talent was obvious and their charm contagious.

At the outset, though, the set list strayed from the British Isles with a rendition of “My Heart Will Go On” from the 1997 blockbuster movie “Titanic” and composed by American-born James Horner. No matter: The foursome sang with authority both individually and jointly.

The song was an early indication that their four voices were well-matched.

Of course, more traditional tunes followed, including a performance of the hymn “Amazing Grace” that demonstrated the show’s spectacular effects would rival its music.

With the theater cloaked in darkness, a spotlight dramatically illuminated a bagpipe player in a box seat who joined a lucky audience member. McFadden then appeared onstage to pick up the song, her lovely soprano seeming to embody the famous verse “How sweet the sound.”

McNeill proved adept at playing the violin while skipping across stage — and up and down steps — all while in a variety of long, elaborate gowns.

Other high points included “Danny Boy” (naturally), “Westering Home” and “Time To Say Goodbye.”

The singers brought heart and skill in equal measure to each.

The lasses gave way to a group of (mostly) lads for a percussive number featuring an assortment of drums and Irish dancing, leading to some of the evening’s most enthusiastic applause.

For those besotted with all things Irish, however, fear not — “Riverdance” is set to open in at the Palace Theatre next month.