Index: src/NHibernate.Linq/src/NHibernate.Linq/Visitors/Evaluator.cs
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--- src/NHibernate.Linq/src/NHibernate.Linq/Visitors/Evaluator.cs	(revision 1432)
+++ src/NHibernate.Linq/src/NHibernate.Linq/Visitors/Evaluator.cs	(working copy)
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace NHibernate.Linq.Visitors
 {
@@ -76,12 +77,143 @@
 				if (e.NodeType == ExpressionType.Lambda)
 					return e;
 
+			    Expression condensed = new Condensor().Visit(e);
+                if (condensed.NodeType == ExpressionType.Constant)
+                    return condensed;
+
 				LambdaExpression lambda = Expression.Lambda(e);
 				Delegate fn = lambda.Compile();
 				return Expression.Constant(fn.DynamicInvoke(null), e.Type);
 			}
 		}
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Brings certain basic expression patterns closer to the surface to
+        /// avoid a lambda compile and dynamic invoke in simple cases
+        /// </summary>
+        class Condensor : ExpressionVisitor
+        {
+            protected override Expression VisitMemberAccess(MemberExpression m) 
+            {                
+			    Expression exp = Visit(m.Expression);
+
+                object constant;
+                if (m.NodeType== ExpressionType.MemberAccess && TryGetConstant(exp, out constant))
+                {
+                    if (m.Member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Field)
+                    {
+                        FieldInfo field = (FieldInfo) m.Member;
+                        object value = field.GetValue(constant);
+                        return Expression.Constant(value, m.Type);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (exp != m.Expression)
+			    {
+				    return Expression.MakeMemberAccess(exp, m.Member);
+			    }
+			    return m;
+            }
+
+
+            protected override Expression VisitUnary(UnaryExpression u) {
+                Expression operand = Visit(u.Operand);
+
+                object constant;
+                if (u.NodeType== ExpressionType.Convert && TryGetConstant(operand, out constant))
+                {
+                    if (u.Method == null)
+                    {
+                        Func<object, object> converter = BindConverter(operand.Type, u.Type);
+                        object value = converter(constant);
+                        return Expression.Constant(value, u.Type);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (operand != u.Operand) {
+                    return Expression.MakeUnary(u.NodeType, operand, u.Type, u.Method);
+                }
+                return u;
+            }
+
+            private static bool TryGetConstant(Expression expression, out object constant) {
+                if (expression == null) {
+                    constant = null;
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                if (expression.NodeType == ExpressionType.Constant) {
+                    constant = ((ConstantExpression)expression).Value;
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                if (expression.NodeType == ExpressionType.New) {
+                    NewExpression nex = (NewExpression)expression;
+                    object[] constants;
+                    if (nex.Members == null && TryGetConstants(nex.Arguments, out constants)) {
+                        constant = nex.Constructor.Invoke(constants);
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                constant = null;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            private static bool TryGetConstants(IList<Expression> expressions, out object[] constants) {
+                if (expressions == null) {
+                    constants = null;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                object[] results = new object[expressions.Count];
+                for (int index = 0; index != expressions.Count; ++index) {
+                    if (!TryGetConstant(expressions[index], out results[index])) {
+                        constants = null;
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                constants = results;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+
+            private static readonly IDictionary<System.Type, IDictionary<System.Type, Func<object, object>>> _converterGroups = new Dictionary<System.Type, IDictionary<System.Type, Func<object, object>>>();
+
+            private static Func<object,object> BindConverter(System.Type inType, System.Type outType)
+            {
+                IDictionary<System.Type, Func<object, object>> converterGroup;
+                lock(_converterGroups)
+                {
+                    if (!_converterGroups.TryGetValue(inType, out converterGroup))
+                    {
+                        converterGroup = new Dictionary<System.Type, Func<object, object>>();
+                        _converterGroups[inType] = converterGroup;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Func<object, object> converter;
+                lock (converterGroup)
+                {
+                    if (!converterGroup.TryGetValue(outType, out converter))
+                    {
+                        var arg0 = Expression.Parameter(typeof(object), "arg0");
+                        var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<object, object>>(
+                            Expression.ConvertChecked(
+                                Expression.Convert(
+                                    Expression.ConvertChecked(arg0, inType), 
+                                    outType), 
+                                typeof(object)),
+                            arg0);
+                        converter = lambda.Compile();
+                        converterGroup[outType] = converter;
+                    }
+                }
+                return converter;
+            }
+        }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Performs bottom-up analysis to determine which nodes can possibly
 		/// be part of an evaluated sub-tree.