Barbara Cook Live In Concert - Mostly Sondheim - 2003 - Full Show

[@t.p.mckenna]

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!!!

[@cynaraslover]

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.

[@peteralfano4278]

Oh the great Barbara Cook. An incredible interpreter of lyrics and music as separate entities but also as one whole. So sorely missed...

[@dimitrisspan276]

IT'S A TOTAL MASTERPIECE FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL THE END !!!

[@PhilAlumb]

Thank Goodness..we have Her albums, concert performances and interviews. Irreplaceable.

[@willec7105]

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.

[@lapponia77]

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

[@pennyceline15]

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]

Yeah, this was such a great show..... so demur and humble.... I really enjoy watching it.

[@pennyceline15]

@@SomeDaysYoureBarbra thank you for uploading!

[@laureldruce3067]

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]

Thank you for sharing. What a heartbreakingly beautiful thing to consider.

[@randysills4418]

Wally Harper was fabulous!

[@TheMrchuck2000]

Yes, yes, YES!

[@treesny]

Barbara Cook was born in 1927, so she would have been 76 or 77 at the time of this concert. What incredible vocal technique! I had the great joy of seeing her in several concerts over the years, plus two of her master classes at the Juilliard School. A great artist!

[@machpodfan]

Her longevity and artistry were impeccable.

[@laureldruce3067]

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.

[@palmereldritch7777]

What a star, woman, personality,,,,,

[@nelitacastillo5574]

A rare gift. Thank you from a former New Yorker from Belize

[@cjraymond420]

After seeing this, go to the youtube Barbara Cook and Stephen Sondheim interview of 2004 - WONDERFUL!! such intelligence!

[@rafaelajoanashiraanshel5118]

I so love the late great Barbara Cook. Thank Gd we have her beautiful music as her legacy.

[@KJBigBelter]

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!!

[@bradly2007]

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...

[@felicitypageavidreader]

She is a legend. Saw her live in London a few times, unerringly modest. What a voice !

[@robertjackson5645]

My hero's are going. Goodbye Ms Cook, Goodbye Mr. S...

[@SomeDaysYoureBarbra]

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.

[@1miyanishi]

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

[@TheMrchuck2000]

Let’s not overlook the perfect piano accompaniment of Wally Harper. He is essential! Such good taste.

[@neewollah19]

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.

[@MomoAbelard]

Just FABULOUS!

[@dianaaljadeff2983]

Barbara Cook at 75 in one of her best concert performances

[@jan2bratt]

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]

76?!? I had NO idea! Saw her in 1997. Unforgettable

[@janeminion7927]

Sorely missed ❤

[@nonosays]

She is as glorious as ever.

[@cynaraslover]

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]

Oh, how lucky you are to have seen her so many times.

[@gingerauld8682]

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]

@@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]

I'm so sorry, I miss read what you said. So happy happy that you saw her in that concert! What a thrill. ❤️

[@singasong718]

How wonderful to see this. Thanks a million!

[@kittykate314]

This was an amazing show. Thank you for posting it.

[@loferx]

Such an accurate description you gave: unmatched!

[@jimrick6632]

MISS YOU MS. COOK....................

[@markspano3468]

Me too.

[@JoeHarkinsHimself]

" . . . even icemen leave her alone . . " In the days the song was written virtually everybody knew what it meant. For the young 'uns here (under 70??) there was a time, probably ended in the mid-1940 after WW2 ended and inexpensive electric-driven refrigerators became available to replace the wooden "icebox" that was a common home item. Some were the size of a steamer trunk in a small apartment while others, serving a restaurant or institution, were as big as a small room. The most common stood about the size of today's refrigerators. it was heavily insulated, usually with oak panels filled with cork. A block of ice in it would slowly melt. The iceman might come one or twice a week and refill it with blocks of ice to keep it cold. Thus, the iceman in this song.

[@joselito7776]

I never really heard her voice before. It's superb.

[@adriansorrentino3675]

Única ❤

[@t.p.mckenna]

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.

[@Herm7es]

GLORIOUS!

[@erllive1]

thank you for this !!!

[@SomeDaysYoureBarbra]

What a great show, right? I was enthralled.

[@richiejohnson]

33:00. Gracious praise for Reba McIntyre. Wow

[@grahamwellard2389]

This is extraordinary vocal technique. And she can swing.

[@jonathanacupan7270]

Awww, you can see her tearing up at this part: 1:03:48 🥺

[@Nacho-Mamma]

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.

[@m.c.master4622]

Even more poignant now since we have lost them both.