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 and more contemporary Christmas songs.
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

  1. Little Road to Bethlehem
  2. Carol of the Bells
  3. Christmas Song
  4. Veni Veni Emmanuel
  5. Silent Night
  6. Christmas Morning
  7. Sleigh Ride
  8. River
  9. Little Drummer Boy
  10. Corpus Christi Carol
  11. All with You
  12. Coventry Carol
  13. Winter's Dream
  14. Peace Shall Come
  15. On the Wings of Time
  17. It's Only Christmas

    Release history

Charts

Album

Tours

Asia

  1. 3 October 2009– National Theater and Concert Hall, Republic of China, Taipei
  2. 11 October 2009– Music in the Air Festival, Tokyo International Forum
  3. 12 October 2009– Kobe International House, Kobe
  4. 15 October 2009– Shirakawa Hall, Sakae, Nagoya
  5. 17 October 2009– Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse, Tokorozawa, Saitama
  6. 18 October 2009– Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama

    United Kingdom

  7. 23 November 2009– Peterborough Cathedral
  8. 24 November 2009– Ripon Cathedral
  9. 26 November 2009– Manchester Cathedral
  10. 28 November 2009– Banbury St. Mary's
  11. 2 December 2009– Tewkesbury Abbey
  12. 3 December 2009– Exeter Cathedral
  13. 14 December 2009– Norwich Cathedral
  14. 19 December 2009– Bristol Cathedral
  15. 21 December 2009– Barbican Centre