Judi Dench - "Send In the Clowns" from Hey, Mr. Producer!
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2007
- All Rights Reserved, CML. The 1998 Royal Charity Gala Concert, "Hey, Mr. Producer!". Concert held at the Lyceum Theatre in London, raising funds for charity by honoring producer Cameron Mackintosh.
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This is not about singing, it is about acting, and this performance is truly great ACTING. How moving and emotional. Great.
The definitive version of this song. This is what musical theatre is supposed to be. RIP Sondheim.
Paul Casals: And what the hell
makes you an expert to say what musical theater is and isn’t? Glynis Johns on the original cast recording I C better and no more of a singer than Dame Judi.
Absolute vacuous statement! "Definitive version". 😂
I agree with you. Ignore the negative Nancys.
Being a great Stephen Sondheim fan, I think I have heard every version of this classic song that has been recorded. But I never really heard it at all until this interpretation.
Absolutely brilliant Judy Dench brings the true meaning and feeling of the song to new heights. She is beyond moving here....she is emotionally astounding while, at the same time, being very simple. This, my friends, is art.....
First, it's Judi (with an "i"). You might have heard all of the recordings, but you've probably never seen it "performed", like you have here. So that's why it's more resonant. It's apple and orange comparing a *vocal* performance with an *acting* performance.
@@TimeIdle you know there are plenty of live performances of this song. also her acting is almost as powerful on the cast album.
I agree. This is the ultimate performance of this song. No one else has touched it for me
Nine years later and you are still correct
@@fatladysings77 You're forgetting (Glenn Close). These 2 women have performed the best rendition of this song for me personally.
The astonishing thing about this is that I am absolutely convinced that we have never before, nor shall we ever again see a rendition of this piece of art as perfect as this is. Earth shattering moment in musical theatre performance hostory. Truly for the ages. I come back tyo it every so often and im as captivated as I was the first time i saw it. Judi Dench is mesmerising, almost as if I am enchanted. I cannot say enough about it. Perfect moment of theatre.
this has spoilt every other version for me, Judi is the master. she is so beautiful and talented, and she gives this song a life that no one else could give it. thank you Judi, for the joy you have added to my life.
It just kills me when she sings, "losing my timing this late in my career"....BEAUTIFUL!!!
also the lines, "no one is there.."; "well.. maybe .. next year..". 😢💔
I am weeping. Of all of the versions that I have heard, I never understood it until now. Thank you, Judi Dench for teaching me the power of this song.
Yeah I'm weeping too. Awful singing does that to a person! 😂
When I first saw this video my response was "Oh! Now I get it!" I never quite got "Send in the Clowns" until Judi just put it out there for us. She is phenomenal and my hero.
Normally I'm a real critic when it comes to music, but this IS different.... This isn't a matter of a 'perfect' performance, but it's her raw emotion that sends shivers down my spine beyond believe.....
This is a perfect performance.
This is a really perfekt performance...the best from this song! 🙏
Ladies and Gentlemen this is a masterclass in acting! Judy slays this, I am in bits.
Love the circus
Miss the elephants
But never liked them mistreated
The clowns are a distraction
As in this great poem with music
Masterfully delivered by judy Dench
This is Dame Judi's song. No one else can sing it like she can in my opinion. Reduces me to tears every time I hear her sing this !!!!
Well...there IS only one Judi Dench...so...
An evolutionary lady.Always another dimension to her amazing personality.
I thought it was written for Glynis Johns.
Glynis johns is the original and best version
@@EmoBearRights It was. Glynis Johns played Desiree in its first Broadway incarnation. Dench comes close to that cracking voice-type.
Barbara has sung it wonderfully, Judy has sung it beautifully, but Dame Judy has sung it most emotionally and best on all counts.
This is the first time hearing Ms. Dench perform this number. For me, she gave it a new life! Magnificent
I keep coming back - the most brilliant rendition of this song ever. Jeez it tears your heart strings. One can almost feel the total heartbreak that is inherent in the words of the song. Amazing interpretation. Brava Dame Judy. Brava.
The sadness, passion, and heartbreak that Dame Judy presents in this performance would melt granite.
This is my favorite performance of this song
I was in the audience the night Judy performed this amazing piece. I was around 17. I went because I was a huge fan of Julie Andrews and she was hosting the show. So I was very enthusiastic with my applause when she walked out on stage as you can imagine 🤣. I couldn't remember the other acts of the evening until I found this recording of the show and watched it to remind myself. But I did remember Judy's performance from the night. As it stood out to me. The whole audience seemed to go even quieter and still. As we were all drawn into her incredibly moving performance. She got the biggest applause of the evening. As everyone else must have been so moved by her too. It was rapturous. For someone who was performing amongst all these other well known singers to steal the show right out from them as an actress singing rather than as a well know singer. Was really something to behold. She was and is amazing. I'm so glad I got to see her perform and witness such an incredible moment live. Just shows what an incredible actress she is. She won the race that night. Haha 😂 obviously Julie was incredible too but she didn't perform musically or act that night. Imagine how amazing that would have been if she had. 😍
One of the best performances of this song. Gotta love Dame Judi Dench
She's absolutely wonderful.
I think to really do the song justice it needs to be sung by an older performer. To really bring home the meaning of the song.
This the essence of what feeling is in a performance. Nothing grand, just a master class in subtle greatness.
I'm not the only one who cry's when I hear her sing this?
Timeless song, a performance for the ages, I've heard so many world class singers sing this song but nobody connects with you with the meaning of the song as Judi, and that includes Steisand and Sinatra.
An example of complete artistry, expression, communication and devotion to the text and music. What she does with so little vocal technique is masterful. She is a lesson in singing without even being a singer. One of the most perfect and beautiful moments of theater ever created. The match of Dench and Sondheim is touched by divinity. This is truly amazing. One of my all time favorites!
I've heard this song from many beautiful voices ,maybe better than Judy 's but nobody touchs my heart like her and makes me cry. The way she says "no one is there" or sorry my dear give me a sense of loneliness.
Sondheim MAGIC.
Phenomenal! Thank you so very much.
New Orleans, a Saturday evening perhaps, October 1970.
Linda and I stayed home at our small apartment on 3615, St. Charles Ave.
We simply chanced to tune into CBS.
Onscreen came the studio recording of the Broadway cast taping.
We were blown over.
Bought the Columbia Records long-play soon after. We learned the score through and through. For some reason did not get the video until it came out on laser-disc. Still have it as well as the dvd of it.
Come January 2006, very rewarding to have been to the revival with Raul Esparza.
Still, the 1970 original remains truly special.
Leave it to Dame Judi to be able to reduce me to tears in under 5 minutes. So much of a backstory and regret squeezed in without any extraneous fluff. This version should win an Emmy every year.
I never “listen” listen to this song because it breaks my heart... then this.
I don’t know that my heart can break like this.
He wrote the anthem of my life. He died on my birthday. Rest in peace, the creator of the most beautiful ballad of my life...Every my birthday I will listen and shed a tear in honor of you , our dear...,🌿
Every singer should hear this performance, it is a complete education in timing, expression and emotion. Beyond any issues of voice quality she more acts than sings in a performance which outshines any of the great singers who have recorded this piece. Bravo
Is there no end to this woman's talents??
Brings me to tears everytime I watch this video - such raw emotion - quite brilliant!!
Amazing performance!!
Came looking for this because I told someone I never understood the lyrics until I heard/saw it done by Miss Dench.
I see so many here voicing the same.
Watched it and, again, Miss Dench has brought me to tears. It's so beautifully done by Dame Judy.
Genius....no one has ever made so much sense of Mr. Sondhiem's brilliant song.
This is simply the BEST performance I've seen of this song. Dame Judi gets better all the time!
The definitive performer and performance. An exquisite, soul-shaking, devastating rendition.
i was lucky enough to see Dame Jude sing this live in the West End... she is pure gold and this is the most intuitive rendition of this piece ever. She lives & feels every single syllable of every word.
Madame Judi Dench rendition sends shivers in my spine, splendid! Goosebumps, amazingly beautiful!Raddy Reyes
Dame Dench is FOREVER fabulous. Wonderful performance.
This is my favorite performance of this song. Brings me to tears every time. The emotion she conveys is heartbreaking. Love Judi Dench.
Dame Judi is not a singer, per se, but this is, in my mind, the BEST perfomance of this song. I find it heart-breaking, devastating. She is such a phenomenal performer. Wow. LOVE IT!!
What a great actor BUT not just that she is a vocalist as well which makes it all the more powerful. I love you Judy!
Year after year, I always come back to this performance. I'm a singer myself, and I always look at this for what I should be conveying. This is raw and intense and, though not musically perfect, Dame Judi expresses this song better than anyone I have heard. I never understood it fully until I saw her. Yes, I knew what it was trying to say, but I never felt it viscerally and cried shamelessly until she came along.
absolutely terrific but what else would you expect from dame judy dench she brought me to tears with this rendition of the song love it !!!!!!!!!!
Have always loved this song since I first heard Judy Collins sing it years ago. Then I discovered Judi Dench’s performance. It touches the heart like no other. You actually understand the true meaning behind the words. The depth of the words and the emotions behind them.
I have seen Frank Sinatra sing this song many times in the almost-900 times I saw Sinatra perform live over 22 years. I never thought I would see someone do this song better than Frank Sinatra -- but here it is! I just now found this, and I am just amazed at how perfect it is. Wow!
You have seen performing mr Sinatra 900x times ?
@@art8kitty11 Yes, I fell in love with Frank Sinatra in the 1970s when I was in my twenties and living in Los Angeles. I saw Sinatra perform many times in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and San Francisco and Chicago, and then here in New York City and Atlantic City when I eventually moved here. It's because I'm old and I started early in my life that I was able to see him that many times - and I have many happy memories!
Dame Dench is superb. This version almost brings tears to my eyes...
Can't help my tears to fall! So much emotions! Thanks Dame Judi for a very splended performance and for touching ones soul with such beauty and love.
It's overlooked...but the expression on the man's face helps add a bit more punch to this song. The pain of two people who kept being on the wrong page from each other knowing that it is finally too late for them.
I so agree! Anyone have his name?
David Kernan
This ' Send In The Clowns ' Performed by Judi Dench.. Is Strong & Powerful . 💗🇯🇪💗
For everyone "downing" her performance...it's about more than the singing, and incidentally, she sings just fine. She won an "Olivier" for this role, which is British Theater's highest honor. Every performer puts their own into the role, and she is no exception.
so beautiful! I really love that she approaches it from a actor standpoint rather than a singer.... it makes it seem so much more real/emotional.
That's why I love Sondheim, he's one of those composers who writes PEOPLE who happen to convey their thoughts/emotions through song, not just 2-d characters with pretty songs.
This is the first time I've actually enjoyed listening to this song.
I couldn't agree more. I have never seen Judi Dench give such an emotional performance. She is truly an amazing actress, one of the finest in our world today. Spectacular!
A masterpiece! Takes your breath away. She "explains" this song perfectly.
This is by far the GREATEST performance I have ever seen or heard of this beatiful song. Dame Judi Dench truly gives this song justice.. she is a superb actress. Watching her perform this song brings a tear to my eye every single time I watch it... This is what acting is all about! You don't need to be a gifted singer as long as you can act the sh*t out of it! hehe and she does!
What a heartwrenching and gutwrenching performance by the lovely and talented Dame Judi Dench. What more can you ask for. Thank you for the post.
Im a heavy metal fan, this morning my radio alarm went off & I heard this for the very first time, it really bummed me out for a couple of hours but it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. And though i have no reference to this song, the unpolished voice of dj judi is the most naturally human & emotional singing I think I have ever heard.
she's amazing....gave me goosebumps everywhere...
wow, amazing! I had goosebumps all over and tears in my eyes - that's what this song should achieve when being well, very well done! bravo, bravo, bravo!
Gives me physical chills, goosebumps, every time I hear this. Wow. Just wow. She is incredible.
I cry everytime I watch this video
A performance for the ages, and brilliant proof that the art of singing is to tell a story.
Which Judi Densch does magnificently. all tnhe while breaking your heart.
"to flirt with rescue when one has no intention of being saved"----stirring.
there are really not enough words to describe how painfully, yet beautifully poignant this performance is. It is just pure perfection in 4 minutes and 35 seconds, and one that should be treasured for a long time to come.
This is the best rendition ever! Dame Judi is so beautiful and not young even then. She lives this song. Who is the handsome cad?
3:43 - BREAKS MY HEART . . . . . . . every time!!
Judi Dench never fails to astound me.
Dame Judi understands this song better than anyone else. Period.
Wow Dame Judy is truly amazing. Such an emotional performance of a brilliant song
Saw her in this role at the NT and it made us all cry. You feel how much she loves him and how gutted she is. Mesmerising to be in a theatre with an actor making you feel that. Sheer magic.
Judy’s interpretation keeps me grounded when I’m having a rough time.
It's a heartbreaking song about opportunities lost. And Dame Judi just nails it, pouring her entire heart into her performance. It tugs on my heart everytime I hear it :(
Judi, you are the best! Thank you!
wow, it is a while ago that something brought tears to my eyes. This song with her performans touched me very much!!!
Timeless , beautiful performance
Performances like this show the difference between music and musical theatre.
It's the definitive version. extraordinary, and brings a lump to my throat every time.
Stunning rendition of this emotional song - true brilliance
Dame Judi redefines everything she touches. A rare and precious talent and a wonderful human being to boot. Definitely hero material!
True class
I'd always heard this song, growing up, by Judy Collins and others, but never really liked it particularly. It wasn't until I saw Judi's performance on this video that I really understood this song. She is just amazing, brings such life and meaning to it.
this is outstanding, she may not be the best singer however she has sung this so emotively, its raw, honest and well executed go Judy!
It has been 1 year since you left us Stephen. 💔 I will always miss you and your music. R.I.P.
This performance is so heart felt it brings tears to my eyes ❤️
I just watched her performance on BBC Proms 2010, and was enthralled. Then I came here. I'm 55 years old, have been singing since I was 16 (39 years), and I'm proud to say that I've never cried so hard and so loud as I have while listening to this masterpiece. In the aforementioned version - Proms - she performed it masterfully. But in this version, the addition of a "target" for the song was so over the top. To say that this version is a masterpiece isn't good enough. When you can move to tears when it's needed; when you can insert a hand into a chest cavity and gently remove a hart, leaving the "victim" there to live through the performance, all the while crying - not because of the loss of a heart, but because it's so believable; whoever can do that needs to be teaching others how to do the same thing. BRAVA, Dame Judi!
Stunning, whenever she performs this song Dame Judi is just stunning. Thanks for posting
WOW!!! Judi Dench pretty much creeps me out everytime I look at her, but I LOVED this performance!!! She was so amazing and real that I actually cried. I could feel the pain behind the song. She as well as her performance was beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful. Dame Judy does it again.
Back again. She is till the ultimate performer of this song. Brilliant.
Wonderful, heartful, filled with meaning....I cry for her.
it tears my heart hearing dame judi dench perform this beautiful lament of a song... goosebumps... brava!!!
God, I love this performance. I'm sure I've commented at least two times before but I just keep coming back because it's simply awe-inspiring. The emotion she just pours into it really does make me want to cry, which rarely happens with me and songs. I love it. Absolutely amazing.
@photojean1 I'm with you. I have heard this song, through many interpretations, but thanks to Dame Judy, I now know the words by heart...because she sings them from the heart.
I remember watching this on TV years ago.... so glad it is on youtube now. Wonderful music. Judi Dench is so great.
Again I say, Judi Dench owns these lyrics ! A true artist !!
Stunning. Dame Judi Dench. Fan bloody tastic.
Many greater singers have left their take on this ... but truly Judy's version is brilliant 👏
I agree. she may not be as vocally strong as other potential actresses, but she definitely puts the heart into it that it really doesn't matter. I've never heard anyone embody this song as perfectly as Dame Judi Dench has. Good for her.
This is my favorite rendition ☹️
That was absolutely amazing, i couldn't stop crying
pardon me while I go and cry.
sniff, I love you, Judi, and I ADORE you, Stephen.
WOW! Have always loved Dame Judi, and this wonderful Sondheim song......together..? Dynamite! Most moving version I have ever heard (and seen!) Thanx so much