Woburn Abbey 28th July

[roger]

Hi Louise,

Please pass on our thanks to your friend for the wonderful photographs. Welcome again to you, and to Susie.

Roger

[graemek]

k0601 said:

# 298
Hi Graeme,
during the day I've tried to figure out the lyrics used by Hayley for the two songs.

When I read your post I can't resist... Here's my attempt:

Rule Britannia

When Britain first at Heav'n's command
Arose from out the azure main;
Arose, arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter, the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sang this strain;

|:Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never never never shall be slaves.

The nations not so blest as thee,
Must in their turns to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.

|:Chorus:|

The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest of the future! With matchless beauty crowned, (?)
And manly hearts to guide the fair.

|:Chorus:|

(In the line with the question mark I'm not sure concerning the underlined words.)


Pomp and Circumstances

Land of Hope and Glory,
Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee,
Who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider
Shall thy bounds be set;
|: God, who made thee mighty,
Make thee mightier yet.
(Only the Chorus)

Greetings to the antipodes

Karsten

Thanks Karsten....excellent work !!!
Greetings from the Antipodes....graeme

[Raymond]

xcv461 said:

Thank You,almost like being there.

Second that.

Raymond

[graemek]

dave said:

mariannek said:

Dear Dave,

I am in awe of the quality of the Woburn Abbey Concert clip !!!

Thank you so very much for organizing this clip for us to listen to !!

I can't believe how well Hayley performed...she is just the most outstanding young singer and person...she gave her best and more !!

I love the Duet with Paul Potts...just beautiful !!

Hello Marianne and thanks, thanks everyone else too. I intend to do some additional things too with the Woburn recording, later in the week - so watch this space!

Meanwhile, as you mentioned Paul Potts, I have received a request from Chris, Admin of www.paulpottsofficial.com (which appears to be an unofficial fan site) for a copy of what I have involving Paul at Woburn. Well I do have all of his involvement thanks to Classic FM and I've put it together for Chris to use if he wishes. Paul sang two songs and the finale - which also involves Hayley - so it's on topic! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif Paul Potts at Woburn

I hope you enjoy it Marianne... and Chris too if you read this post!

Cheers, Dave

PS: I have just realised there is an existing thread in "Other Music" for Paul Potts and it is here so I will post the "Paul at Woburn" link there too.

Dave, I've just listened right thru......absolutely soul stirringly & tear duct stimulatingly magnificent.....and those words are not good enough.
Thank You x 10^6......Graeme...Marianne's going to do her own post

[graemek]

Hi Everyone,
On the subject of Paul Potts, here's a link to a top quality video of his first Nessun Dorma performance in front of Pierce, Amanda H. & Simon (shudder) Cowell .
hwi.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Concert&action=display&thread=1178626133&page=9#1185579754

And some more well deserved accolades for Dave from Paul Pott's forum:
www.paulpottsofficial.com/forum/index.php?a=topic&t=569#p2

"Hi All,

I am very pleased to announce that we now have a recording of Pauls Performance from last weekends Woburn Live concert in our news section. It features a short interview as well as Paul performing Granada, Nessun Dorma, Jerusalem and the evening's finale.

The recording was very kindly provided for us all by an administrator at 'Hayley Westenra International', a terrific website dedicated to classical singer Hayley Westenra who also performed at the Woburn concert.

www.hayley-westenra-international.com/

Thanks again to Dave at HWI "

Graemek

[mariannek]

Dear Dave,

A Million thanks for that extra clip !!!

Absolutely amazing...and didn't Hayley sing *Rule Brittania* most

ROYALLY ??

I believe Hayley has excelled beyond her best here.

She sure is the SOPRANO SENSATION !!!

Love, Marianne

[Stephany]

Hi all,

When I listen to this Woburn recording (thanks again Dave ), what strikes me is how richer Hayley's voice has grown.
'Somewhere' is particularly divine. I can't help but comparing it to the recording she did for the album 'Hayley Westenra' a few years back. Don't get me wrong, both versions are equally beautiful. But the difference is noticeable, I mean, she hits some notes more easily than she used to do. Hayley's voice has matured in a gorgeous way!!
This will be very exciting for her next album.

Stephany

[drew]

roger said:

I have just received an email from Steve Abbott who wished me to apologise to everyone who attended the Woburn event on Saturday. Their transport arrangements were such that they had to leave the event immediately the concert was concluded. Apparently, Hayley was back in London within one hour of coming off stage.

Roger

Thank you for the information Roger (Steve). It is good to know that Hayley is safely home. I hope that the red dress stayed dry and the flowers stayed wet.

It is time then for a formal apology to Rob McIntosh (Producer from Musical Associates). We wanted to "shoot the messenger" when he came back after the performance saying that Hayley had already left.

[Mark]

Hi everyone

Thanks firstly to your friend Louise for allowing you to post her fantastic photos of Hayley on our forum.

Also, thanks Dave for the extra clip and well done for the thanks you received from Paul Potts forum members.

Stephany, I agree fully with you about Hayley's voice sounding so much richer now. I noticed particularly when I saw her at Porthcawl a month or so ago as well as on the Woburn recording. Also, over this last weekend, I listened to Pure and some other songs from around that time and although still fantastic to listen to, the lightness in her voice was very noticable. I guess she has just grown up

Best regards
Mark

[Stuart H]

Hi

As promised here are some shots of the momentDrew gave Hayley some flowers at the end of the show.

Stuart

[drew]

stuey said:

Hi
As promised here are some shots of the moment Drew gave Hayley some flowers at the end of the show.

Stuart, are you sure it wasn't "Put your hands up or sing Sonny"?

[drew]

stuey said:

Hi

Stuart

I must have had a premonition about the dress colour.

(Please move this to the dreams thread.)

[Stuart H]

And here are a few pictures more from Woburn.

Stuart

[Oksana]

Thank you Dave for making this recording available so quickly! It's beautiful...

And thanks to everyone who posted more great pics from the event!

Oksy

[susieq]

Hayley and Vittorio are in Septembers Classic FM mag...

I have posted in the media thread....hope ok

hwi.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Media&thread=1185998517