Barbara Cook Live In Concert - Mostly Sondheim - 2003 - Full Show
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Barbara Cook Live In Concert - Mostly Sondheim - 2003 - Full Show
The legendary star of Broadway's "Music Man," "She Loves Me" and Candide" sings the songs of Stephen Sondheim and songs he wished he had written. Recorded live in true Dolby 5.1 multi-track surround sound, this 86 minute program captures the unmatched performance of one of America's most gifted artists.
Accompanied by longtime musical directory Wally Harper, Barbara Cook performs a memorable evening of songs by the great Stephen Sondheim mixed with songs Sondheim has said he wished he had written. It's a unique musical celebration The New York Times calls "brilliant...transcendent...you may find yourself holding your breath in awe!" As The Times of London recently declared: "Barbara Cook is the greatest theatrical singer in concert at the moment." Barbara Cook continues to perform MOSTLY SONDHEIM to critical acclaim and sold-out houses.
1. Everybody Says Don't
2. Buds Won't Bud
3. I Wonder What Became Of Me?
4. The Eagle and Me
5. I Had Myself a True Love
6. Another Hundred People / So Many People
7. In Buddy's Eyes
8. I Got Lost In His Arms
9. You Can't Get a Man With a Gun
10. Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
11. When In Rome (I Do As the Romans Do)
12. Happiness
13. Loving You
14. You Could Drive a Person Crazy
15. Send in the Clowns
16. Ice Cream (Vanilla)
17. Not a Day Goes By / Losing My Mind
18. The Trolley Song
19. Anyone Can Whistle
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Barbara Cook's magnificent Mostly Sondheim concert is more than a tribute to the greatest Broadway composer of the late 20th century. It's also a tribute to the performer herself, the premier leading lady of her generation and a consummate cabaret artist. Accompanied by longtime musical director Wally Harper, Cook winds through such Sondheim selections as "Everybody Says Don't" and "Send in the Clowns." But the 86-minute program was suggested by a 1999 New York Times article by Sondheim entitled "Songs I Wish I Had Written," so it also includes non-Sondheim songs such as "I Got Lost in His Arms" and "The Trolley Song" plus peak moments from Cook's career (She Loves Me's "Ice Cream" and Follies in Concert's "Losing My Mind"). By the time she closes with a stunning a cappella "Anyone Can Whistle," the transfixed audience is sorry that it's over, but grateful they were there. --David Horiuchi
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I knew I'd find some goodies on YT for the impromptu wake I'm gifting myself in honour of Stephen Sondheim this afternoon, but a whole Barbara Cook show in broadcast quality?? Well, that really is the icing on the cake!!!
I want to add that when I saw her live, I was right in front to the left so I could also see her long-time accompanist Wally Harper and his hands on the piano keys. You could tell how close they were, they were connected on more than one level. He died not long after that and she was devastated. Most performers have long-time music directors and accompanists whom they trust implicitly and it's very hard when they lose them.
@SomeDaysYoureBarbra
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. What a heartbreakingly beautiful thing to consider.
@randysills4418
2 жыл бұрын
Wally Harper was fabulous!
@TheMrchuck2000
7 ай бұрын
Yes, yes, YES!
I cried like a baby in most of the songs. I mean Barbara Cook has the best way of taking care of her voice. Her vocal techniques were oustanding. She was the rarest of creatures.
@SomeDaysYoureBarbra
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this was such a great show..... so demur and humble.... I really enjoy watching it.
@pennyceline15
2 жыл бұрын
@@SomeDaysYoureBarbra thank you for uploading!
My hero's are going. Goodbye Ms Cook, Goodbye Mr. S...
@SomeDaysYoureBarbra
2 жыл бұрын
I know how you feel. One after another. Sondheim was a particularly hard one to take because he's part of my every day life. My husband and I play and sing his music all the time. We quote his shows and have inside jokes based on our mutual love of his work.
What a star, woman, personality,,,,,
Another one of those rare, special, one-of-a-kind people who come along once in a generation with whom we want to spend as much time as possible. I love the way her face lights up when she has completed a song.
My GAWD, how I adore this woman. I was 12 years old in the spring of 1963 when my aunt took me to see "She Loves Me," and it was love at First sight and sound. Since then I ha d the pleasure of seeing her either in a large concert or in a cabaret setting over a dozen times, both in the UK and the US, and when we lost her we lost one of the greatest talents of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Barbara, you are immortal.
IT'S A TOTAL MASTERPIECE FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL THE END !!!
Oh the great Barbara Cook. An incredible interpreter of lyrics and music as separate entities but also as one whole. So sorely missed...
She is utterly charming and her voice is spot on. Hitting that high note at 1:10:25 is impressive at any age and here she is at 76 hitting it, admittedly with a bit of forethought but right on. She was a treasure. So funny!
@richiejohnson
2 жыл бұрын
76?!? I had NO idea! Saw her in 1997. Unforgettable
Her longevity and artistry were impeccable.
MISS YOU MS. COOK....................
@markspano3468
8 ай бұрын
Me too.
Barbara Cook at 75 in one of her best concert performances
She is as glorious as ever.
I so love the late great Barbara Cook. Thank Gd we have her beautiful music as her legacy.
My late partner and I saw this live at Symphony Hall in Boston; it was about the 15th time I saw Barbara live, since my aunt took me to see "She Loves Me" in New York when I was 12 in 1963. She was, as always, sublime, but a terrible thing happened. They built a runway extending into the audience at Symphony Hall, and Barbara walked down that runway to see her last number, "Anyone Can Whistle." She was a minute into the song, and some total moron had forgotten to shut off his phone, and it rang loudly during that lovely quiet song. You could tell that Barbara was absolutely livid. The phone was shut off and she finished, but that guy was lucky he wasn't lynched by that Boston audience.
@willec7105
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, how lucky you are to have seen her so many times.
@gingerauld8682
8 ай бұрын
I didn't think that song was in She Loves Me, unless it was in the original production. I directed that musical, and it was not in the score.
@cynaraslover
8 ай бұрын
@@gingerauld8682 what song are you referring to? You don't read very carefully, do you? You might want to re-read what I wrote because at no point do I mention or attribute any song to she loves me, every note of orchestration of which, and every lyric, I've known by heart since my early teens.
@gingerauld8682
8 ай бұрын
I'm so sorry, I miss read what you said. So happy happy that you saw her in that concert! What a thrill. ❤️
So true is so beautiful that ballad by Sondheim (Saturday Night)... Incredible difficult songs to sing for this concert, you have to be beyond talented to choose them and having also the finest musical taste as she had.
Boy, you have some amazing videos you’re uploading! What a gift you are giving us. Barbara Cook, even years later than this, was a fabulous performer…I got to see her in person, up close.
She is a legend. Saw her live in London a few times, unerringly modest. What a voice !
After seeing this, go to the youtube Barbara Cook and Stephen Sondheim interview of 2004 - WONDERFUL!! such intelligence!
Thank Goodness..we have Her albums, concert performances and interviews. Irreplaceable.
A rare gift. Thank you from a former New Yorker from Belize
33:00. Gracious praise for Reba McIntyre. Wow
I love the cutaway shots with all the men with their wives still sulking at being dragged along, but actually, loving it really. I didn't get to see one of Barbara's shows properly, but I was fortunate enough to see her in London when she flew in specifically to attend a memorial service for her original She Loves Me co-star, Daniel Massey. A wonderful gesture from one great trooper to another.
Came for one song, stayed for the whole Masterclass...don't know where the time went and nor do I care. What an absolute blessing. When they say God don't make no mistakes, you see this divine artistry and know it to be true. Thank you Ms Cook
My parents saw Barbara Cook at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester - at my insistence! They phoned me when they got back to thank me for the recommendation, and I have never heard such enthusiasm. They saw her a number of times after that (including the Mostly Sondheim concert), and she became my father's absolute favourite. I always think of Dad when I hear her voice, and I am quietly proud of the small part I played in him becoming such a fan. She really enriched his life xxx
Just FABULOUS!
Love this amazing concert got to experience live, over the years since 70's enjoyed Barbara and Wally Harper on piano too many times to count an addiction started Studio One Backlot, have every recording never will see the likes of anything like them again, great concert have DVD & wonderful on youtube for everyone to savor and enjoy legendary wonders who enriched our lives for sublime decades miss those wondrous times...Wally Harper a precious soul more talent than you can imagine, always marveled at his phenomenal skill at these great events they were so in tuned to each other complete musical soul mates...
Let’s not overlook the perfect piano accompaniment of Wally Harper. He is essential! Such good taste.
I had to reach my 50's to finally, really love her and now I REALLY LOVE HER. It feels like she's been waiting for a whole new audience to love her all over again. Thank you for sharing!!
I never really heard her voice before. It's superb.
How wonderful to see this. Thanks a million!
This was an amazing show. Thank you for posting it.
GLORIOUS!
Such an accurate description you gave: unmatched!
This is extraordinary vocal technique. And she can swing.
Awww, you can see her tearing up at this part: 1:03:48 🥺
thank you for this !!!
@SomeDaysYoureBarbra
7 ай бұрын
What a great show, right? I was enthralled.
Even more poignant now since we have lost them both.
I was hoping she’d perform “When There’s No One” from “Carrie”. I know Stephen Sondheim didn’t write it. But, the only performances of her in “Carrie” were from a cassette recording audience member who decided to share, and it’s almost inaudible.