• Source: Winter Magic (album)

      • 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 (as Joni Mitchell's classic, River).
      Winter Magic includes "The Little Road to Bethlehem", "Silent Night", "Veni Veni Emmanuel", "The Little Drummer Boy", and "The Coventry Carol", among other seasonal songs. These Christmas tunes combine Westenra's voice with the accompaniment of a choral group. Westenra herself wrote three new songs for the CD: "Peace Shall Come", "All With You", and "Christmas Morning". The variety of melodies, as well as the different genres, of the songs included were designed to showcase the versatility of Hayley's voice to perform classically, as in "Corpus Christi Carol", as well as in a considerably more "pop" style for songs like "Peace Shall Come". Westenra’s ability to achieve such variety in a single album has garnered her critical praise.


      Track listing


      Little Road to Bethlehem
      Carol of the Bells
      Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
      Veni Veni Emmanuel
      Silent Night
      Christmas Morning
      Sleigh Ride
      River
      Little Drummer Boy
      Corpus Christi Carol
      All with You
      Coventry Carol
      Winter's Dream
      Peace Shall Come
      On the Wings of Time (Japanese Bonus Track)
      It's Only Christmas (with Ronan Keating (from Boyzone) - UK and NZ Bonus Track)


      Release history




      Charts




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      Tours




      = Asia

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      3 October 2009– National Theater and Concert Hall, Republic of China, Taipei
      11 October 2009– Music in the Air Festival, Tokyo International Forum
      12 October 2009– Kobe International House, Kobe
      15 October 2009– Shirakawa Hall, Sakae, Nagoya
      17 October 2009– Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse, Tokorozawa, Saitama
      18 October 2009– Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama


      = United Kingdom

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      23 November 2009– Peterborough Cathedral
      24 November 2009– Ripon Cathedral
      26 November 2009– Manchester Cathedral
      28 November 2009– Banbury St. Mary's
      2 December 2009– Tewkesbury Abbey
      3 December 2009– Exeter Cathedral
      14 December 2009– Norwich Cathedral
      19 December 2009– Bristol Cathedral
      21 December 2009– Barbican Centre


      References




      External links


      Official Site
      Japanese Edition Info
      Japan Tour on Hayley Westenra International

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