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Post by postscript on Jun 12, 2006 5:48:12 GMT
Thank you, Joe.
Getting feedback is always helpful. One never knows how much one waxes overly lyrical and how much one is actually offering something that people find interesting.
You will be in interested to learn that I visited Holmfirth yesterday which is the village in which 'Last of the Summer Wine' is filmed.
Please note, Roger. Sorry, I think i misinformed you on a PM. Holmfirth is just a dozen miles from Huddersfield.
Peter
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Post by postscript on Jun 12, 2006 5:54:14 GMT
Thank you Graemek. Feedback is good both for reassurance that one is providing something useful and also as part of the interactivity that makes us a whole fsmily.
The concern of course, is that she doesn't overload herself without realising the pressure she is placing upon herself. I've been there, that's why I'm having to pace myself now. On the other hand, in my younger days I too was juggling half-a-dozen things at the same time!
Peter
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Post by Richard on Jun 12, 2006 7:43:33 GMT
Hello Peter!  Many thanks for your superb report of the concert. Just to clear up a couple of points, Huddersfield is on the east side of the Pennines, in West Yorkshire. There used to be three Ridings of Yorkshire, North, East and West, where Riding means a third. Unfortunately Yorkshire is now split into four parts, North, South, East and West, so they can't be called Ridings.  The Maori lullaby which Hayley sang as her encore is 'Hine e Hine', and is featured on her CD 'Pure'. It is always a showstopper whenever she sings it live, as she did at Cadogan Hall with Tenors Unlimited.  I hope you have a safe journey home to Hertfordshire, and I'll see you again soon.  Best Wishes, Richard  |
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Post by Richard on Jun 12, 2006 13:58:31 GMT
Here is a review from The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Hayley delights a sell-out Jun 12 2006By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner SKELMANTHORPE'S annual celebrity concert featuring Hayley Westenra - star of the middle-of-the-road circuit with mega album sales to her 18 year-old name - delighted its sold-out audience. The Band were in the safe and experienced hands of guest conductor Stan Lippeat, a former flugel player with Grimethorpe Colliery, and their hugely entertaining guest compere from over Oldham way was former Brighouse and Rastrick man Gilbert Symes. They are bright-toned but underpinned by beefy trombones and basses, and they rattled through several styles ranging from Richard Strauss' Fest Musik der Stadt Wien to swing numbers. Their most stylistically varied number was the Nightmare and Victory from Cry of the Celts that included the Shaker hymn, a couple of reels and a march tune with a flavour of the 19th century military about it - strange how `Celtishness' is spuriously claimed these days for so much middle-of-the-road and film music! Hayley Westenra - tall, willowy and winning - delivered a mix of Maori and transatlantic folky material plus Handel's Lascia Ch'io Pianga and Orff's In Tutina. Some numbers were accompanied by the Band and some by pre-recorded backing. Although heavily miked, her concert-hall tone is less juicy than that conjured up by her CD engineers. She clips and swallows many shorter notes and her upper register lacks firm support. When her voice settles in a few years time - if she is still singing then - she may well turn out to be a mezzo and not a soprano at all.
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Post by Stuart H on Jun 12, 2006 19:37:50 GMT
Hi Richard,
An interesting review! The author seems to be confusing the less than perfect sound amplification with Hayley's singing ability. I have heard her sing Pokarekare Ana Capella in a school hall and I can tell him it was pitch perfect!
Stuart
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Post by Joe on Jun 13, 2006 3:41:17 GMT
There used to be three Ridings of Yorkshire, North, East and West, where Riding means a third. Unfortunately Yorkshire is now split into four parts, North, South, East and West, so they can't be called Ridings. Hi Richard Yes, riding was originally thriding, meaning one-third part. Thriding lost its th because it was so hard to pronounce (North Thriding , etc.) The term riding is still used in Canada and is synonomous with constituency or electoral district in the House of Commons. I didn't agree w/ that review from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner.... Although heavily miked, her concert-hall tone is less juicy than that conjured up by her CD engineers. She clips and swallows many shorter notes and her upper register lacks firm support.
When her voice settles in a few years time - if she is still singing then - she may well turn out to be a mezzo and not a soprano at all.Was the reporter at the correct venue?? |
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Post by Richard on Jun 13, 2006 8:00:34 GMT
Hello Stuart and Joe! I thought it was a rather strange review too, especially after the heading. I notice the reviewer remains anonymous, and I'm not surprised!  Best Wishes, Richard |
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Post by denis on Jun 13, 2006 8:17:18 GMT
Hi Peter,
Thnk you for another excellent review. To what my well be our last Hayley concert.(unless she headlines at the Bridgewater or Lowry).
It is interesting to find that Stan Lippeat (Musical Director) is in fact a Flugelhorn player.
Regards and best wishes for you trip to Wales.
Brid and Denis.
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Post by portia on Jun 13, 2006 8:52:21 GMT
It may very well be that Hayley won't be singing then, given her technique and the frequency of her appearances.
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Post by fusilier23 on Jun 14, 2006 1:41:29 GMT
It's a little early for pronouncements like that, Portia, and Hayley's technique is not what I'd call voice-eating. But, let's just watch what does in fact happen. If it looks like she's running out of voice, then we'll deal with it.
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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2006 2:41:43 GMT
It's a little early for pronouncements like that, Portia, and Hayley's technique is not what I'd call voice-eating. But, let's just watch what does in fact happen. If it looks like she's running out of voice, then we'll deal with it. Quite right Steven... and she's not! As you'll all soon be able to see  Cheers, Dave |
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Post by Richard on Jun 14, 2006 7:37:29 GMT
Hello everybody! Having seen Hayley at Cadogan Hall and Wisley Gardens last week, I am in absolutely no doubt whatsoever that I was watching a firmly-established but still-developing young artist who is going to be around for a very long time. The concert in Huddersfield came towards the end of an extremely busy and hectic week for Hayley, and many other performers might well have collapsed under the strain, but she still gave a solid, professional performance, as Peter's review confirms. WELL DONE HAYLEY! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif Best Wishes from London, Richard |
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Post by fusilier23 on Jun 14, 2006 9:49:31 GMT
It's a little early for pronouncements like that, Portia, and Hayley's technique is not what I'd call voice-eating. But, let's just watch what does in fact happen. If it looks like she's running out of voice, then we'll deal with it. Quite right Steven... and she's not! As you'll all soon be able to see Cheers, Dave Oh? How will we be able to see, other than by the light of what we already know? |
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Post by Richard on Jun 14, 2006 13:49:58 GMT
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Post by stevemacdonald on Jun 16, 2006 8:33:23 GMT
It needs to be said that microphones lie.
I have heard Hayley both miked and unmiked and there is a considerable difference. Her voice is much richer and nuanced sans microphone.
Even the best mikes bring out odd noises you wouldn't ordinarily hear, such as a singer's breathing. For some reason inhalation when miked is a shrill rush of air. As we all know, it's anything but that in normal circumstances.
Ironically, Hayley must be miked to accommodate the popular demand for her natural voice -- which is no longer available once it's been miked!
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