Hayley up for two awards at the Classical Brits

[HWI]

7:35pm (UK)

Hayley Hits Right Note with Two Brit Nominations

By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor, PA News

Teen soprano Hayley Westenra and opera star Bryn Terfel lead the way
at this year's Classical Brit Awards with two nominations each, it
was announced tonight.

Westenra, aged just 17, is nominated for female artist of the year.

She is up against Italian opera singer Cecilia Bartoli, 37, and Marin
Alsop, the 46-year-old American conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra.

Westenra's multi-million selling album Pure is nominated for album of
the year.

Released in September last year, it was the top-selling classical
album of 2003 and has sold around 600,000 copies in the UK alone.

Bryn Terfel's album, titled Bryn, is nominated in the same category.

The Welsh baritone is pitted against violinist Nigel Kennedy and
conductor Sir Colin Davis for male artist of the year.

The album longlist is dominated by populist performers and household
names.

Former Hear'say star Myleene Klass, now a classical pianist, is
included, as are the winners of Channel 4 show Operatunity, Denise
Leigh and Jane Gilchrist.

Other nominees in the album category include Aled Jones, Lesley
Garrett, Luciano Pavarotti and "the world's first opera band", Amici
Forever.

The album award will be voted for by Classic FM listeners and
magazine readers, while the rest will be decided by the Academy.

Newsreader Katie Derham will host the awards ceremony from the Royal
Albert Hall on May 26.
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Nominations:

Album of the Year :

Aled Jones - Higher

Amici Forever- The Opera Band

Bryn Terfel - Bryn

Denise Leigh/Jane Gilchrist - Operatunity

Dominic Miller - Shapes

Hayley Westenra - Pure

Lesley Garrett - So Deep Is The Night

Luciano Pavarotti - Ti Adoro

Ludovico Einaudi - Echoes

Myleene Klass - Moving On
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Contemporary Music Award

Gidon Kremer - Happy Birthday

John Rutter - Distant Land

Phillip Glass - The Hours
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Female Artist of the Year

Cecilia Bartoli

Hayley Westenra

Marin Alsop
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Male Artist of the Year

Bryn Terfel

Sir Colin Davis

Nigel Kennedy
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Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year

John Rutter/RPO - Distant Land

New College Oxford Choir/Edward Higginbottom - Bach, St John Passion

Sir Simon Rattle/VPO - Beethoven Symphonies
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Young British Classical Performer

Catrin Finch

Colin Currie

Daniel Hope
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Critics Award

LSO/Mariss Jansons - Mahler, Symphony no 6

Sir Simon Rattle/VPO - Beethoven Symphonies

Maxim Vengerov/LSO/Mstislav Rostropovitch - Britten/Walton Violin
Concerto
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[roger]

According to the current edition of Classic FM magazine, the Evening Concert, broadcast at 9pm on the next two Mondays, will be some kind of preview to the Classical Brit Awards. Tomorrow evening's programme (May 17) will include something from Hayley. Whether we shall just hear a track from Pure, or whether comments and opinions will be forthcoming remains to be seen.... well, heard then!

Roger

[Dave]

Roger said:

According to the current edition of Classic FM magazine, the Evening Concert, broadcast at 9pm on the next two Mondays, will be some kind of preview to the Classical Brit Awards. Tomorrow evening's programme (May 17) will include something from Hayley. Whether we shall just hear a track from Pure, or whether comments and opinions will be forthcoming remains to be seen.... well, heard then!
Roger

Ooh, I didn't know about that! I shall record them both incase anything interesting crops up. All Digiguide says about tomorrow's programme is: "Recordings by artists nominated for the Classic Brit awards, including music by Bizet, Vivaldi, Humperdinck, Mozart, Einaudi, Jenkins, Berlioz, Elgar and Schubert."

So my guess is they'll play Hayley's River of Dreams and/or Benedictus. Commentary or an interview will be a bonus