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Post by Libby on Dec 18, 2008 23:23:32 GMT
Oh, another CD I'll have to buy! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI will definitely get it to hear Hayley's part, but also because I want to know what Sophie sounds like. Of course, I heard her on Hayley's DVD, but it would be nice to hear her by herself. Besides, her voice has probably changed a little by now. |
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Post by Jeff on Dec 19, 2008 15:25:49 GMT
I knew I'd heard that song somewhere before. Faryl Smith sung it in the Britain's Got Talent semi-final.
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Post by Oksana on Dec 21, 2008 22:59:47 GMT
Wow! This is wonderful news.  I can't wait to hear the album, and I wish Sophie lots of success! Btw, did anyone see Sophie's Facebook page? I just searched her on Google and found her profile, which has a very lovely photo. And one more interesting find before I go offline. I spotted a blog post that mentions Sophie -- the writer says that she may post a video of a concert in which she appeared, so it might be a good idea to watch that space and see if a video turns up sometime. Love, Oksy |
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Post by petertong on Dec 22, 2008 11:59:00 GMT
I can't wait until Sophie has an album out.... she has a wonderful voice!
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Post by Ross on Dec 22, 2008 20:17:47 GMT
I found this article in Stuff.co.nz dated June 2008 so better late than never. The Press > Entertainment > Reviews > Story Life and death from an earlier time By David Sell - The Press | Monday, 02 June 2008 Email a Friend | Printable View | Have Your Say Related Links Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say The Silver Swan and Other Animals. A late-afternoon platter of early music and poetry. Great Hall, the Arts Centre, Sunday, June 1. This was the final performance in the University of Canterbury, College of Arts Platform Arts Festival 2008. It was an appropriate finish, too, because it demonstrated that the arts are for fun as well as for enlightenment. All from the renaissance and medieval periods, the music and poetry dealt with life as it was, and is, for that matter. Life and death were real, and to be celebrated. Fourteen staff and students, including a few other early music enthusiasts contributed to a concert that was rich in content and excellently presented. At the centre of the musicians was Wolfgang Kraemer who, like many of the musicians, played various instruments. In the final item, by Pierre Attaingnant, for example, he played three different recorders. Others were similarly versatile, such as Roger Buckton on renaissance flute and recorders, and Jonathan Le Cocq on lute and baroque guitar. This is all typical renaissance stuff, when scholars were musicians and musicians were scholars, but above all, they were ordinary blokes intent on living. And what was music without the voice? Alana Boyd, Sophie Westenra, Julian Hay and Bryony Gibson-Cornish all sang as soloists or in consort, and did so with genuine feeling. Because many of the songs were Italian, French or Spanish, Robin Bond was on hand to read translations, helping the substantial audience to enjoy the simple thoughts and their colourful expressions. Robin Bond performed as the bard, reading some delightful poems, adding to the atmosphere of an age when people felt, lived and died keenly. Musically, all performed true to the period, with simplicity and considerable skill in the case of Wolfgang Kraemer, and of Tomoko Suganuma on the violin. It was a good ending to a most successful festival. |
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Post by Richard on Dec 23, 2008 8:50:13 GMT
Hello everybody!  I've just found a rather splendid set of photographs of Sophie and her family at Star Galaxy. Click here to see them. Richard  |
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Post by Jeff on Dec 23, 2008 11:47:10 GMT
Can't see that Richard. My helpful library computer says "Webcategory Sex is filtered !" No probs I'll nip next door to the internet cafe !!
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Post by roger on Dec 23, 2008 12:13:52 GMT
Thanks for finding those, Richard. I am quite sure we have seen them all before in one place or another. One of them is particularly interesting. This one:  It was taken in Northampton during the Pure tour by me!  HWI GalleriesFor some reason, that image doesn't enlarge when you open it. Any chance you could take a look at that, Dave? Nevertheless, you can see that Jill and Gerald have been unceremoniously removed from the image. Pity. Thank you, stargalaxy.com. I look forward to the royalties flooding in!  Roger |
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Post by grant on Dec 23, 2008 14:16:57 GMT
Hi Richard An interesting collection of pictures. I particularly like the one of Sophie on her own wearing a white top. Roger, I would send them a bill if I were you! Best wishes Grant |
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Post by Richard on Dec 23, 2008 14:34:10 GMT
I can do better than that!  Sorry Sophie!  Richard  |
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Post by Dave on Dec 23, 2008 15:01:33 GMT
Hehe!  Send 'em your ben err, bill... Roger! |
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Post by petertong on Dec 23, 2008 17:09:29 GMT
Yeah Roger, please send them a bill and then use some of the funds to buy Westenra tartan ties for some of us poor HWI folks haha Speaking of Sophie though its amazing how from some angles how much she looks like her big sister. Hi Richard An interesting collection of pictures. I particularly like the one of Sophie on her own wearing a white top. Roger, I would send them a bill if I were you! Best wishes Grant |
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Post by Joe on Dec 23, 2008 20:30:03 GMT
Roger, I would send them a bill if I were you! Best wishes Grant Yeah, send them "The Bill" ...they will run like the clappers ! 'PC' Joe |
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Post by Ross on Dec 28, 2008 5:34:19 GMT
i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI have found a Sophie concert I hope I can go to. Since it is an open air public concert I should be able to video Sophie as well. Come along and enjoy the music at the Concert in the park. Featuring The Three Tenors and Sophie Westenra. Dates: 08 Feb 2009 Time: 4.00pm - 8.00pm Location: Ashburton Venue: Ashburton Domain - Oval Category: Community/General Cost: Gold Coin Donation for Local Charity Contact: Glenys O'Leary Contact Phone: 03 307 7700
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Post by postscript on Dec 28, 2008 13:35:23 GMT
i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI have found a Sophie concert I hope I can go to. Since it is an open air public concert I should be able to video Sophie as well. Come along and enjoy the music at the Concert in the park. Featuring The Three Tenors and Sophie Westenra. Dates: 08 Feb 2009 Time: 4.00pm - 8.00pm Location: Ashburton Venue: Ashburton Domain - Oval Category: Community/General Cost: Gold Coin Donation for Local Charity Contact: Glenys O'Leary Contact Phone: 03 307 7700 Any details on who the three tenors might be but any rate it is good to hear something happening with Sophie and hopefully you will be abkle to post some video later. Good luck for a good evening's entertainment. I suppose it is too soon to hear an update on Hayley but hopefully she has shifted the bug out of her system by now? Peter S. |
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I can't wait to hear the album, and I wish Sophie lots of success!
