Pie Jesu - Hayley Westenra (HD improved audio) 海莉 ヘイリー

New 'anniversary' edition (in HD and with improved audio) of Hayley Westenra 海莉 ヘイリー singing at the National Memorial Day Concert 2011 in Washington DC. Pie Jesu is from Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Requiem' and this live broadcast was by PBS TV station Thirteen.
Sung as part of a tribute to Richard Githens who died in the Vietnam War, in the presence of his daughter Michelle Githens-Baugh who is shown in the video. To read Michelle's moving comments about this tribute, visit the HWI website, it is at the foot of the following page:
www.hayley-westenra-international.com/content/hayley-sings-pie-jesu-us-national-memorial-day-concert
His story was told on stage by actor Gary Sinese and actress AJ Cook just before Hayley sang, and you can see on the above link the entire 19 minute segment which was very emotional throughout.
To join in a discussion about this performance you can visit the HWI forum here: hwi.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Concert&action=display&thread=5860

[@Zephas99]

Hayley has no peer for her pure vocal tone. It's awe inspiring and beautiful.

[@jbdhjones2]

The emotion in Hayley's voice is very moving and beautiful

[@shereekendall1003]

Omg i am tearing up here😢😢😢i see the sad lady sitting with her family, as she is fighting back her tears😢😢😢they must have lost a son at war😢😢😢Hayley gave them a sence of peace knowing that their son is with our Lord our saviour. Amen!🙏🙏🙏I am a New Zealander💛💛💛Godbless you all!

[@itsjimupnorth]

A performance that gets even better with every hearing. The ever so slight break in her voice makes this all the more moving.

[@FlyingKeo045]

"The Flying Keo" Brilliant ! The lady in the audience with tears in her eyes, who I believe lost her father in the Vietnam war, always brings a lump to my throat.

[@ftjax]

I cried the entire Hayley sang this song....she looks like an angel to me ! Love ya.

[@deano70md]

Your voice instantly takes me to a calmer place , a serene location . I am not an intelligent man but i do know hayley that you are a gift to the earth .. i am very grateful .

[@StephenDwyer]

This is an incredible performance. I have listened to many versions of Pie Jesu over the years and this ranks among the very top. Hayley Westenra is clearly pitch perfect here and her Soprano range is absolutely true. She is blessed with an abundance of natural talent and deserves to be at the very top. Her version of I Dreamed A Dream is also well worth a listen. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote this in memory of his father in 1982. He combined the traditional Pie Jesu text with that of the Agnus Dei (translation below) Agnus Dei - Lamb of God Qui tollis peccata mundi - Who takes away the sins of the world Dona eis requiem - Give them rest Sempiternam - Everlasting Requiem - Rest

[@sahoang8240]

Hayley is so pretty & great voice .

[@stevecline7694]

Haley was about 24 years old when she sang this and no one, younger or older, has ever sung it better. She is an amazing talent in addition to being a very beautiful young lady. Thank you for sharing your exceptional voice with us.

[@luc1ferblack]

except herself when she was 15. check out her live version

[@stephensmith1034]

What I always imagined an Angel to sound like.

[@quangnguyenduc3990]

Beautiful song Christian.Thanks New Zeland musical women singers Hayley Westenra 2011. Thanks Hayley Westenra International for uploading. (May 18,2022).

[@devakripacohen4866]

Solace of the soul from the stellar realms, Hayley

[@anamariadeaguiar1675]

Adoro as musicas cantadas pela Hailey Westenra

[@RYNT1157]

Beautiful as always by Hayley , superb.

[@Kaneyoshi1968]

Beautiful Voice!!! Absolutly AMAZING

[@deborahbertone9460]

Absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@msaito36]

Very lovely sublime singing!!!!!*****♫♫♫♫♫ Thank you!

[@jkgou1]

Thank you very much for such a great iconic voice

[@user-dk9ls7op2d]

Просто шикарно! Спасибо!

[@iamjillianc88]

Beautiful!!

[@stevenhancocks2929]

I’ve a tear to my,

[@marineslapa8347]

Divina, maravilhosa, simplismente!!!!

[@ernierussell7680]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@charlespindo4282]

Love You from the first time watched You sing..:)

[@andrewross9732]

I love is aria a lot, Pie Jesu was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, this piece that he wrote was in memory of the fallen in Northern, Ireland.

[@kerenchadwick6535]

beautiful singing.... it got that lady sobbing hard....aaawweee sigh....

[@chloegreig425]

Beautiful

[@jkgou1]

A voice so good sure will reach the Heaven

[@emelianacatalonia2089]

Golden voive,. Excellent,.. Godblessed,...

[@anianowak2947]

Beautiful voice❤❤❤

[@damien1352]

Wow! .......... See the couple getting emotional in response to this song. Not surprising. A beautiful song sung by a beautiful lady (spiritually and physically). Thank you Andrew, thank you Hayley, and thank you to the publisher of this video. 93934

[@athenasf]

The woman they kept panning to is the daughter of Richard Githens who died in the Vietnam War. Quoting above, "His story was told on stage by actor Gary Sinese and actress AJ Cook just before Hayley sang, and you can see on the above link the entire 19 minute segment which was very emotional throughout.) I tried the link and it is no longer valid.

[@damien1352]

@@athenasf It's amazing how the aesthetics of the arts, whether it is music or art itself can touch the souls of we human beings. Very touching to see this video.

[@frankyst3537]

Formidável, sublime

[@bottlefairy21]

That weeping grandma had her father die in battle. This song is a tribute to his death and service to our country and your freedom. So please don't judge until you do some research

[@dsiegfried3419]

Amazing!!!!;!!!!

[@markluebbers5781]

I love her!

[@bamahornplayer]

No words can describe the beauty and feeling of what I just saw. Thank you HWI. Thank you Hayley. :')

[@maryyexley1434]

Perfect!!!!❤️❤️❤️ Praise Jesus!!!!🙌🙌🙌

[@lennx69]

Great...

[@SuperBillybob53]

Amazing vocal skills. She has to be one of the most beautiful Females on earth.

[@hwivideo]

For those who are critical of Hayley's performance, here is some context. The 19 minutes Vietnam War segment of the National Memorial Concert, ending with Hayley and this Pie Jesu, is available here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emmQo4OOjdmIrNE . It is a highly emotional tribute to a soldier who died in that war and whose then baby daughter Michelle, is in the front row of the audience and is shown. Her story had many people in tears, including actress A J Cook while she was portraying the part of Michelle. Hayley must have been emotionally affected too, it was perhaps one of her two most difficult performances ever (the other being the Christchurch Earthquake Memorial concert). To understand the context, you really have to watch that video all the way through, and few people will get through it with no tears.

[@sylviajohns]

I was wondering actually what was happening there. Now I know.

[@volodymyrvelihorskyi5453]

Hayley - your excellent beautiful women! Beautiful voice! Thanks 👍 Gettingd from Ukraine! 🇺🇦❤️✌️

[@cantab111]

The audio is much improved on the original broadcast. More like the Hayley I love.

[@mlhalliwell]

To all who is saying her voice sounds horrible compared to when she was younger... LOL Voices do mature and in Hayley's case... THAT happened.. She's also been having vocal training so her technique makes her voice sound more compact, hence the "it is different".. Seriously, singers like her can't sing exactly the same song as they grow older.. It changes, That's part of the beauty 🙂

[@peternewman3487]

I love Hayley’s singing but even better, I met my beautiful girlfriend Tricia through watching Hayley singing Qaunta qaulia on KZbin.

[@athenasf]

I remember playing Quanta Qualia for a friend and he couldn't believe a human was singing it.

[@anarchy7046]

I wish she would sing this again, it is interesting to hear her voice and tambor change as she has aged and matures into the woman she is here, and the woman she is now.

[@luciadiaz44]

Como mola!!!!!

[@zapcrews8846]

Im going to be straight forward with this one, she sang this song better when she was 15.

[@jkgou1]

Happy New Year

[@jkgou1]

💐

[@jirihanzl8711]

princezničko hezky zpíváš

[@donsanders3703]

Anointed

[@YuriH0777]

I love you

[@tomski787]

Tears from her first note. I've seen her sing this at age 15, (which I personally think was better but that's just me,) and the only comparable performance is Celtic Woman with Chloe Agnew. The live version is here on youtube, if you like this performance, I think you'll also like that. This piece, if well-sung, is so very moving, especially to the more-sensitive souls amongst us. And Hayley does sing this so incredibly well.

[@schaferolsen]

Definitely better when she was 15.

[@disco1300tdi]

@@schaferolsen I agree

[@shereekendall1003]

@@schaferolsen her voice has matured here when singing this song...hence is to why she dose not sound the same when she was a young teenage girl...i love her voice now even better...she gets better as she grows older😊....well thats my opinion...we all have different hearing abilities😊

[@nicholascaley501]

Wow the nervousness in her voice....

[@catsitter01]

Her voice is so much lower and more mellow now but with some of her music, the versions when she was under 18 are, for me, more enjoyable. Don't get me wrong, but she kicked Sarah Brightman's butt with the other version in China when she was 15. I don't usually notice this much difference in a female singers voice within such a few years but this is a very different, and mature, Haley.

[@TheTheotherfoot]

The version from when she was 15 is from her preformance in Auckland, New Zealand, not China. But I do agree, I prefer her younger version as well.

[@akiraiseri]

いいね。

[@elizabethharrison2947]

gorgeously sung, indeed, yes. I cry each time this song is sung so beautifully - as she and Sissel, especially do...I shed major tears each time.. 'a repose for the souls of the dead...this includes anyone who has not been reborn in the holy spirit - never mind any religion, friends...its between you and Yahweh only... only I wonder if there were a couple of freemasons in that audience sitting near the beautiful woman shedding tears...and I wonder what became of her that night - I wonder about a lot of things which appear strange to my eyes, ears, nose.... -an old granny who knows this world too well.

[@user-on6jd7qz6p]

素晴らしいが15歳の時のピエイエズは天使の声だった。

[@AndersWelander]

Was the original audio even worse? It's a shame. She is worth the best recording equipment.

[@luc1ferblack]

came here from her old live version which was better but she was 13 i think or 15

[@josephciorra6820]

her younger more fragile version was a big success, and years are training improved her vibrato but flattened her resonance , not a bad performance but she needs to learn to let it go in front of crowds like this one

[@CarmaellaElia]

What happened to her crystal clear voice. ;.;

[@davebloke829]

Beautiful!

[@sN-ij2bo]

天使は空ではなく陸に居た。

[@SylvexDragonskin]

Her first version is MUCH better.

[@SylvexDragonskin]

Yes at this time no one can.

[@CJ-mn6iw]

YES. This is SO different than the other one she did in the purple dress. I know she was much younger, but she sounds like a completely different person.

[@but_iWantedTo_speakGerman]

@@CJ-mn6iw bruh she was 15 then

[@shereekendall1003]

She is 24 here...this is more beautiful than her first one when she was 15...her voice has matured beautifully...this is how it spose to be sung...she is the best...and so say all of us here in the USA!😊

[@badmoon1981]

This was something incredible - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKOZkp2qdpqCqsk Voice, tone, image, so excellent and raw...best version ever ever, no polished and professional

[@jamesparker760]

Hayley was at times brilliant and moving in this piece, and at other times- a bit tentative. I am familiar enough with Miss W. to know that she can and has done a bit better. That being said, this is still better than most soprano soloists would/could do.

[@alexanderlebedev6165]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKOZkp2qdpqCqsk вот как ОНА ПЕЛА !!

[@abercrombie9153]

The vibrato is way too much. It sounds like almost a whole step.

[@davidtaylor351]

Critics are entitled to their point of view. But i would have thought sensitivity was a more appropriate response here, given the nature of the occasion. Well for me it would be anyway. Was Haleys performance that bad? I don't think so. Minor blemishes at most. And what a pathetic example of a total lack of EMPATHY behind the deliberately derisive reference to a so called 'grieving grandma'. What do we take from such a comment? That she isn't entitled to any dignity in her sadness? YEAH! REAL HUMAN COMPASSION ON DISPLAY THERE! - FOR SURE!!

[@robertheilmeier2671]

+David Taylor Kudos for your comment, cutting through the arrogance so prevalent on youtube. These kinds of words and truths are sorely needed at this state of our human consciousness.

[@abercrombie9153]

Am I the only one who thinks that was not good. That sounded very unlike the Hayley I'm used to hearing.

[@liangll2006]

cannot even close to sissel

[@alesyahalavach9149]

Ужас!!!

[@jamesmasson3153]

Yet ANOTHER faultless performance

[@huixionglee]

she was not in top form at that moment.

[@95thRiflesOCI]

WTF this sounds horrible compare to the old one.

[@devieasutarisia4673]

２０歳ごろと比べて確実に劣化している。あの頃は人類を越えていた。

[@myxezipetelka]

hayley looks a bit helpless on stage :D but as a casual music listener i cant find any mistakes with her voice. but i rly could live without them showing that weeping granny 2 times for like eternal 10 seconds.... im here for hayley not for an old crying hag

[@alexanderlebedev6165]

что то она БЛЕЕТ как овца и постоянно вдруг не поет ) очень не красиво раньше она пела намного лучше..а это выступление ужасное (( DISLIKE

[@lifefamilyfaithfriends7301]

Beautiful

[@jkgou1]

💐