Winter Magic (Hayley Westenra album)
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Winter Magic is a Christmas album
by Christchurch
, New Zealand
soprano Hayley Westenra
. The album was called Christmas Magic in some territories and was released in Japan as Winter Magic: Fuyu No Kagayaki – Koibito Tachi No Pure Voice. The album features traditional Christmas songs (like Coventry Carol
) and more contemporary Christmas songs (like Joni Mitchell
's classic, River).
Christmas Magic combines "The Little Road to Bethlehem", "Silent Night
", "Veni Veni Emmanuel
", "The Little Drummer Boy", "The Coventry Carol
"......These traditional Christmas songs are delivered by her heavenly singing together with choir's peaceable accompanying and suitable for every season from a year. Westenra has written herself three new songs("Peace Shall Come", "All With You" and "Christmas Morning").The variety of the song choices perfectly showcases the versatility of Hayley's angelic voice and her ability to not only perform in a beautiful, classical way ("Corpus Christi Carol") but also in a considerably more "pop" style ("Peace Shall Come").
What makes the offerings on Winter Magic stand out... is Westenra’s ability to rein in her voice to achieve a distinct pop quality somewhat separate from her entrancing classical voice.
Winter Magic Asia Tour=
Winter Magic UK Tour=
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Christmas Album
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by Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
soprano Hayley Westenra
Hayley Westenra
Hayley Dee Westenra is a New Zealand soprano, classical crossover artist, songwriter and UNICEF Ambassador. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached No. 1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide...
. The album was called Christmas Magic in some territories and was released in Japan as Winter Magic: Fuyu No Kagayaki – Koibito Tachi No Pure Voice. The album features traditional Christmas songs (like Coventry Carol
Coventry Carol
The "Coventry Carol" is a Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew...
) and more contemporary Christmas songs (like Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
's classic, River).
Christmas Magic combines "The Little Road to Bethlehem", "Silent Night
Silent Night
"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
", "Veni Veni Emmanuel
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Veni, Veni, EmmanuelThis favourite carol was originally written in Latin text in the 12th Century. The author of the words and composer to the music is unknown. It is, however, believed that the melody was of French origin and added to the text a hundred years later. The Latin was translated into...
", "The Little Drummer Boy", "The Coventry Carol
Coventry Carol
The "Coventry Carol" is a Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew...
"......These traditional Christmas songs are delivered by her heavenly singing together with choir's peaceable accompanying and suitable for every season from a year. Westenra has written herself three new songs("Peace Shall Come", "All With You" and "Christmas Morning").The variety of the song choices perfectly showcases the versatility of Hayley's angelic voice and her ability to not only perform in a beautiful, classical way ("Corpus Christi Carol") but also in a considerably more "pop" style ("Peace Shall Come").
What makes the offerings on Winter Magic stand out... is Westenra’s ability to rein in her voice to achieve a distinct pop quality somewhat separate from her entrancing classical voice.
Track listing
- Little Road to Bethlehem
- Carol of the Bells
- Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)The Christmas Song"The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...
- Veni Veni EmmanuelO come, O come, EmmanuelO come, O come, Emmanuel is a translation of the Latin text by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin in the mid-19th century. It is a metrical version of a collation of various Advent Antiphons , which now serves as a popular Advent hymn...
- Silent NightSilent Night"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
- Christmas Morning
- Sleigh Ride
- River
- Little Drummer Boy
- Corpus Christi CarolCorpus Christi CarolCorpus Christi Carol is a Middle or Early Modern English hymn , first found by an apprentice grocer named Richard Hill in a manuscript written around 1504. The original writer of the carol remains anonymous....
- All with You
- Coventry CarolCoventry CarolThe "Coventry Carol" is a Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew...
- Winter's Dream
- Peace Shall Come
- On the Wings of Time (Japanese Bonus Track)
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 30 September 2009 | Universal Music Japan | CD/Download | |
| New Zealand | 23 November 2009 | Universal New Zealand | CD/Download | |
| United States | 24 November 2009 | Decca | CD/Download | |
| United Kingdom | 30 November 2009 | Decca | CD/Download | |
Album
| Chart (2009) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Music Charts | 20 |
| Taiwan Classical Album Charts | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Classical Albums Charts | 11 |
| UK Classical Album Charts | 9 |
| UK Album Charts | 95 |
Winter Magic Asia Tour=
- 3 October 2009– National Theater and Concert Hall, Republic of China, TaipeiTaipeiTaipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
- 11 October 2009– Music in the Air Festival, Tokyo International ForumTokyo International ForumThe is a multi-purpose center in Tokyo, Japan.One of its halls seats 5,000. In addition to seven other halls, it includes exhibition space, a lobby, restaurants, shops, and other facilities....
- 12 October 2009– Kobe International House, KobeKobe, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
- 15 October 2009– Shirakawa Hall, Sakae, NagoyaSakae, Nagoyais an area in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. It refers to the areas around Sakae intersection, Sakae Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway, and Sakae Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line...
- 17 October 2009– Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre MuseTokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Museis a concert hall complex consisting of the main "Ark Hall", with a pipe organ, and other facilities, located in Tokorozawa, Saitama, west of Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1993, and is operated by the Tokorozawa Cultural Foundation...
, Tokorozawa, SaitamaTokorozawa, Saitamais a city in Saitama, Japan. It is located in the central part of the Musashino plain, about 30 km west of downtown Tokyo. Tokorozawa can be considered part of the greater Tokyo area; its proximity to the latter and lower housing costs make it a popular bedroom community.-Location:Tokorozawa... - 18 October 2009– Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, YokohamaYokohamais the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
Winter Magic UK Tour=
- 23 November 2009– Peterborough CathedralPeterborough CathedralPeterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the...
- 24 November 2009– Ripon CathedralRipon CathedralRipon Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the mother church of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, situated in the small North Yorkshire city of Ripon, England.-Background:...
- 26 November 2009– Manchester CathedralManchester CathedralManchester Cathedral is a medieval church on Victoria Street in central Manchester and is the seat of the Bishop of Manchester. The cathedral's official name is The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George in Manchester...
- 28 November 2009– Banbury St. Mary'sBanburyBanbury is a market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the county town of Oxford...
- 2 December 2009– Tewkesbury AbbeyTewkesbury AbbeyThe Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tewkesbury in the English county of Gloucestershire is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery.-History:...
- 3 December 2009– Exeter CathedralExeter CathedralExeter Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon in South West England....
- 14 December 2009– Norwich CathedralNorwich CathedralNorwich Cathedral is a cathedral located in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Formerly a Catholic church, it has belonged to the Church of England since the English Reformation....
- 19 December 2009– Bristol CathedralBristol CathedralThe Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England, and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral...
- 21 December 2009– Barbican CentreBarbican CentreThe Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
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