Hayley Westenra
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Pokarekare Ana (Vocalise)
My Heart and I (from the film La Piovra)
Across the Universe of Time
Silent Night, Holy Night
Away in a Manger
Pokarekare Ana (video track)
Wuthering Heights
This 2004 mini-album was released only in Japan.
Tracks
Wuthering Heights (new version)
Pokarekare Ana (new version)
Hine e Hine (acoustic version)
Away in a Manger
Never Say Goodbye
Odyssey (original edition, Decca, 2005)
My second album for Decca sees me spreading my wings musically. I was still on my musical journey when I recorded this, hence the title. It includes the first track that I co-wrote for one of my albums, 'What You Never Know (Won't Hurt You)'.
Tracks
Prayer
Dell'amore Non Si Sa
Never Saw Blue
Ave Maria (Caccini)
What You Never Know (Won't Hurt You)
Quanta Qualia
Both Sides Now
May It Be
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 Aria
Bridal Ballad
The Mists of Islay
O Mio Babbino Caro
Laudate Dominum
Wiegenlied
She Moves Through the Fair
Dido's Lament
Odyssey (special edition, Decca, 2006)
Tracks
May It Be
The Water Is Wide
Dell'amore Non Si Sa (duet with Andrea Bocelli)
Lascia Ch'io Pianga
Prayer
Ave Maria (Caccini)
Scarborough Fair
Quanta Qualia
Mio Babbino Caro
What You Never Know (Won't Hurt You)
Both Sides Now
The Mists of Islay
Laudate Dominum
She Moves Through the Fair
Treasure (UK and international edition, Decca, 2007)
This is my third international album for Decca. Dedicated to my Nanna, this album has a mixture of songs from her repertoire as a singer around Timaru, when she was much younger. It also marks my debut as a proper songwriter. I'm particularly proud of my 'hippie chick' track 'Let Me Lie', the mistitled 'Le Notte del Silenzio' and 'Melancholy Interlude', the tune that I discovered when I couldn't sleep in a hotel room after a concert in Japan.
Tracks
Let Me Lie
Le Notte del Silenzio (featuring Humphrey Berney)
Santa Lucia
Shenandoah
Whispering Hope
Summer Rain
Danny Boy
One Fine Day
The Heart Worships
E Pari Ra
Sonny
Summer Fly
Melancholy Interlude
Bist Du Bei Mir
Abide with Me
Celtic Treasure (USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand edition, Decca, 2007)
Tracks
Let Me Lie
Scarborough Fair
Shenandoah
Summer Fly
Whispering Hope
Danny Boy
Summer Rain
The Last Rose of Summer
One Fine Day
Sonny
The Water Is Wide
Melancholy Interlude
Abide with Me
Singing the role of Maria on this brand-new recording to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's musical was a fantastic honour for me. Vittorio Grigolo sings Tony, the lead male role. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Nick Ingman.
Singles
Amazing Grace (released only in Japan, 2003)
Tracks
Amazing Grace
Beat of Your Heart
Benedictus
Amazing Grace (Instrumental)
Wiegenlied (released only in Japan, 2005)
Tracks
Wiegenlied (slow version)
Wiegenlied (fast version)
Wiegenlied (Japanese version)
Soundtracks
Nussknacker und Mausekönig (released 2004 in Germany)
Peaches and Creamy World
Mulan II (released 2005)
Here Beside Me
The Merchant of Venice (released 2005)
Bridal Ballad
Lib and Stitch II (released 2006)
Always
The New World (released 2006)
Listen to the Wind
Guest appearances
I have the same management team as Aled Jones and the Choirboys and it was a real thrill for me to be able to sing on their albums. Aled is an old hand at making records and I made one of my first big appearances in front of the British critics and journalists when I sang with him at the Classical Brit Awards, so it was nice to be able to return the favour by appearing on his album. The Choirboys are a great group of young guys and I was really excited to be able to introduce them to my fans by singing on their debut release.
Singing 'Silent Night' with Aled Jones on The Christmas Album (UCJ, 2005)
Singing 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' with the Choirboys on The Choirboys (UCJ, 2005)
DVD
Hayley Westenra Live from New Zealand (Decca, 2005)
This DVD was recorded live at a specially staged concert at Wellington's St James Theatre in November 2004. It came after a long year of touring the world singing the songs from Pure. It was great to be able to come home to New Zealand and to perform them in front of the people who believed in me right from the start. The guests artists who appear on the DVD include the baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, my sister Sophie Westenra, the Musical Island Boys and the Wellington Cathedral Choir, accompanied by members of the Wellington Sinfonia. This concert was also broadcast as a special programme on the PBS network in the USA.
Songs
Pokarekare Ana
River of Dreams
In Trutina
Across the Universe of Time
May It Be
Beat of Your Heart
Aria
Who Painted the Moon Black?
How Many Stars?
Ave Maria
Down to the River
Amazing Grace
Benedictus
Mary Did You Know?
Both Sides Now
Never Say Goodbye
Wuthering Heights
Hine e Hine
Acknowledgements
I'm lucky to have been blessed with the most wonderful family on Earth. I would have achieved very little in my life without the love and support of my mum, Jill, and my dad, Gerald. As you have read, they have been with me every step of the way on my journey through life and on my journey through music. I couldn't have wished for two greater people to have had standing beside me. I love my sister Sophie and brother Isaac more than you can imagine. They are so patient and understanding about the demands that I've placed on their lives over the years. My Nanna, Shirley Ireland, continues to be a huge inspiration to me in everything that I do. Basically, I couldn't survive without my family.
Good managers are hard to find and in Steve Abbott and Kathryn Nash at Bedlam Management I've found the best. Thank you both for your belief and hard work.
My record companies around the world have always given me an enormous amount of support and I'm proud to be part of the extended family of Decca Records, Universal Classics and Jazz UK and Universal Music around the globe. Particular thanks go to Bogdan Roscic, Peggy Schmidt, Fawzia Pirbhai, Judith Daniels, Mark Cavell and Jennifer Allen at Decca; to Dickon Stainer and Mark Wilkinson at UCJ; and to Adam Holt and Alister Cain in New Zealand.
Thank you to the whole team at Virgin Books who have patiently waited for me to complete this book, especially KT Forster, Carolyn Thorne and Gareth Fletcher.
Lastly, a massive thanks to Darren Henley. What a legend. It was such a pleasure writing this book with him. No one mentioned h
ere is more deserving of the much-talked-about celebratory curry, to mark the end of working on this book.
Index
ABBA
Abbott, Steve
'Abide with Me'
'Across the Universe of Time'
Air Studios
Alice in Wonderland
All Blacks
'All I Have to Give'
Allard, Jean-Hughes
Allier, Giselle
'Amazing Grace'
Amy
Andersson, Benny
ANZAC Day Memorial Service
Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, The
Aroha Music
Ash, George
'Ave Maria'
'Away in a Manger'
Backstreet Boys
Bartlett, Gray
Bartoli, Cecilia
Battle, Kathleen
'Beat of Your Heart'
'Because You Love Me'
Becker, Gavin
Beckham, Victoria
Bedingfield, Daniel
Bedingfield, Nikola
Bedlam Management
'Benedictus'
Bernstein, Leonard
Big Day Out
Blair, Tony
Bocelli, Andrea
Bombay Dreams
'Both Sides Now'
'Boy Like That, A'
Boyzone
Brightman, Sarah
Brit Awards, Classical
Bugsy Malone
Burnside High School
Bush, George W
Bush, Kate
B*witched
Canterbury Opera Youth
Capenters, The
Carlton, Vanessa
Carmina Burana
Carnegie Hall
Carreras, José
Carter, Emma
Carter, Lucy
Carter, Martine
CD: UK
Celtic Treasure
Celtic Woman
Charles, Prince
'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire'
Choirboys
Choirboys, The
Christmas Album, The
Christmas Carol, A
Church, Charlotte
Class, Sarah
Classic FM
Close Up
Cobham Intermediate School
Compton, Lesley
Coronation Street
Cowell, Simon
Dalai Lama
Daly, Shonagh
'Danny Boy'
'Dark Waltz'
Darling Buds of May, The
Davies, Lisa
Decca
'Dell'amore Non Si Sa'
Dion, Celine
'Do You Hear What I Hear?'
Dobbyn, Dave
Dowland, John
Eastcote Studios
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Elizabeth II, Queen
Faenol Festival, North Wales
Fendalton Primary School
Franzel, Jeff
Galbiati, Antonio
Ghana
Good Morning
Good Things Utah
Goodall, Nicola
Grigolo, Vittorio
Gunn, Jason
Hall, Jim
Hardiman, Ellie
Hardiman, Ronan
Hardiman, Sam
Hawes, Patrick
Hayley Westenra
HIV/AIDS
Holt, Adam
'How Deep Is Your Love?'
'How Many Stars'
Hughes, Perry
'I Believe My Heart'
'I Feel Pretty'
'I Have a Love'
Il Divo
'In Trutina'
Ingham, Nick
International Eisteddfod
Ireland, Gerry (grandfather)
Ireland, Shirley (grandmother)
Ireland
Japan
Jenkins, Katherine
Jones, Aled
Keyes, Alicia
King and I, The
'Lascia Ch'io Piangia'
'Le Notte del Silenzio'
'Let Me Lie'
'Let's Hear It for the Boy'
Lilo and Stitch II
'Littlest Star, The'M
London
Lord of the Dance
Madame Butterfly
Major, Dame Malvina
Marley, Bob
Martin, Chris
Martin, Giles
Martin, Sir George
'Mary Did You Know?'
Mayes, Rob
McCaw, Richie
McDonald's
McFly
McKidd, Kevin
McKinley, Dennis
McMordie, Ali
'Melancholy Galliard'
'Melancholy Interlude'
Merchant of Venice, The
Metropolis Studios
Michael, George
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
'Mists of Islay, The'
Moccio, Stephan
Moods
Morrison, Ben
Musical Island Boys
My Gift to You
Nash, Kathryn
Neil, Chris
Nel, Sonia Aletta
'Never Saw Blue'
New World
New World, The
New Zealand:
Auckland
Christchurch
National Anthem
Timaru
Wellington
'No Matter What'
Nussknacker und Mausekönig
Nutcracker
'O Mio Babbino Caro'
Odyssey
'Once in Royal David's City'
One Fine Day
'One Hand, One Heart'
Packham, Jenny
Patrick, Nick
PBS
Pears, Fiona
Philip, Prince
'Pie Jesu'
Pilavachi, Costa
Plains FM
'Pokarekare Ana'
Powell, Colin
Pure
'Quanta Qualia'
Radio City Music Hall
Really Useful Group
Requiem (Webber)
Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Rice, Condoleezza
Ritchie, Emma
Ritchie, Nicola
'River of Dreams'
Royal Albert Hall
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal New Zealand Ballet
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Royal Variety Show
Rush
'Scarborough Fair'
Schroer, Jacky
Secret Garden
Secret Garden, The
Selfe, David
Shanks, Kurt
'She Moves Through the Fair'
Sheel, Keith
Sixty Minutes
Slane Castle
Smalley, Simon
Smith, Campbell
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snowman, The
Solti, Sir Georg
'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'
Sound of Music, The
'Spanish Lady'
Spice Girls, The
Spotlight Modelling Agency
Sprigge, Erica
St James Theatre, Wellington
Stainer, Dickon
'Summer Rain'
Sunshine the Clown
Suzuki method
Swan Lake
Talent Quest
Terfel, Bryn
'Through These Eyes'
'Time to Say Goodbye'
'Tonight'
Top of the Pops
Traill, Alan
Traill, Nettie
Treasure
Ulvaeus, Björn
Ulysses (bar)
'Unexpected Song'
UNICEF
United States
Universal Music
Classics and Jazz (UCJ)
New Zealand
Walking in the Air
'Walking in the Air'
Watson, Russell
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br /> Webber, Andrew Lloyd
Weepu, Piri
Wellington Cathedral Choir
Wellington Sinfonia
West Side Story
Westenra, Aylmer (grandfather)
Westenra, Gerald (father)
Westenra, Hayley:
albums see under individual
title busking
discography
DVDs
early life and family
fans
films
first recordings
live performances and tours
love life
management
music, love of
musical influences
musical theatre
recordings see under individual title
school
songs see under individual title
songwriting
travel
TV appearances
UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador
Westenra, Isaac (brother)
Westenra, Jill (mother)
Westenra, Patricia (grandmother)
Westenra, Sophie (sister)
What Now?
'What You Never Know (Won't Hurt You)'
'Who Painted the Moon Black?'
'Wiegenlied'
Wilkinson, Mark
'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again'
Woburn Abbey
Woman in White, The
Women's Environmental Network
Women's Weekly
Wonder, Stevie
Wright, Carol
Wuthering Heights
'Wuthering Heights'
'You'll Never Walk Alone'
Young Entertainers, McDonald's