Judi Dench - Send In The Clowns - Sondheim

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Judi Dench sings Send In The Clowns from A Little Night Music at the 30th Anniversary of Side by Side by Sondheim at the Novello Theatre in London - 21st May 2006. Really bad video quality but good sound.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: May 22, 2006 at 3:01 am
Author: simonkp

Length: 0:03:44
Rating: 4.49
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Video Comments:
dotsymae (Monday 13th of October 2008 04:47:33 PM)
Everyone needs to watch the youtube video of Stephen Sondheim teaching the song he wrote to young musical students. Then you can see the way the composer wanted the song to be sung.
muffinisis (Wednesday 24th of September 2008 08:23:52 AM)
it would be okay if she could sing, judy dench is a fabulous actress, this is well what can i say at the best crap
WillInNewHaven (Saturday 20th of September 2008 10:09:37 AM)
This song must be acted at least as much as, if not more than, it needs to be sung. Sarah Vaughan and Judy Collins are much better singers and musicians than Judi Dench, yet her version is just as good as either of theirs. And Streisand, much as I don't like her, does it brilliantly because she is a singing actress as good as any.
Skyefree (Thursday 28th of August 2008 10:56:40 PM)
she's such a great actress. didn't realize she could sing too. she is great! i love the piece. especially the piano part.
bohemiawelcumsyou (Monday 4th of August 2008 04:26:09 PM)
I never pictured the song to be sung with such bitterness and heartbreak. It's not a heartbroken ballad, it's a song of looking back at what good thing she let pass by her, and regretting, hating herself, because she knows she's made a terrible mistake. It's not that she's pissed at Fredrik, but she's disappointed with herself. It's more of an ironic laugh than anything.
noahsdad61 (Sunday 14th of September 2008 07:40:14 PM)
I never had, either, but perhaps there's more than 1 way to sing a great song. Sometimes this is bittersweet, or melancholy, or bemused, or all of the above. But heartbreak is entirely valid, too--it's about wisdom gained too late, about the price of not knowing yourself, of being a fool. She's middle-aged, she knows she'll never have her true love, and yet her career suddenly seems meaningless, too. This was a revelatory, devastating performance.
Asylum07MasterMadman (Tuesday 7th of October 2008 06:48:45 PM)
dude, what you just described is more than a little heartbreaking
drakason (Saturday 31st of May 2008 02:51:37 PM)
This song was written to be sung exactly like this. It was written for Glynis Johns who wasn't a singer. Judy does it to perfection.
g420730a (Saturday 26th of April 2008 01:15:10 AM)
Her singing is very moving!
blueeyesofice (Friday 18th of April 2008 05:30:47 PM)
her singin suxxxx