Judy Dench-Send in the clowns.divx

In my mind, Judy Dench performs the very best version of "Send in the Clowns".

[@jeannoah2018]

Typically Dench, she gets every last drop of emotion out of this. Stunning!

[@sarahclemmyclements8905]

100% agree 😊

[@sarahclemmyclements8905]

Judy Dench has to be one of the best people ever in history. Her acting skills and singing skills are brilliant. A bucket list would be to meet her in real life ❤

[@myniaroo3294]

It's like somehow eavesdropping on a terribly private and raw moment. So moving...

[@dorothyzbornak9974]

As an actor, one must intrinsically feel the imaginary wall between the stage and the audience, and never ever cross it otherwise the wall breaks and you have the realness of reality instead of the performance. At the end, when the audience was applauding and cheering, Judi was feeling all of what she had held back so as not to break that fourth wall. The alchemy of artistry. The genius that is Judi Dench.

[@carlosurbanejasilva1881]

There's something about JD's voice and way to deliver words that is deeply moving.

[@runkles]

I *love* Judi Dench's voice. Have you heard her singing as Sally Bowles on the Cabaret soundtrack from 1968? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZnap3ePfcqLbbc I love her voice there, it's kind of hoarse. Not what you typically hear.

[@DippyHippie]

I just don’t understand why there’s no closed captions provided? I can only guess @ how lovely it might sound if I could hear!

[@KittyStarlight]

Her voice and the meanings she puts into the words are indeed deeply moving, and very lovely. This is one of my favorite renditions so far of this song. She's so good. ☺️

[@lodewykswart6332]

OMG. So here I was searching the web for sheet music to play this song on the piano, and came across this... And now I'm stuck on this... Now THIS is how you tell a story with song and music... Most beautiful rendition I've ever heard... Dame Judy... Love her in everything... I'm bawling my eyes out... Good night

[@maureencoyle666]

I would listen to Judy Dench read the phone book!!! She is always awesome!!! 💚💚

[@Macrogue65]

Definitive performance. She acts the piece, and interprets it magnificently. A master class. Please change the title - it's "Judi" and not "Judy".

[@KittyStarlight]

Splendid actress *and* splendid singer. 🎵🎶🎵🎭 Multitalented. Not everyone can do both. She can. Brava. 🎭

[@ukbuilt1755]

A magical piece of theatre that never ceases to touch one's soul.

[@MI-sm5ge]

Moved me to tears

[@NellieGCabo]

An Artist of Many Talents. Goosebumps!!! A real Diva.

[@junehugo5058]

It has nothing to do with her fame, it is her rendition of words so poignant and true that makes me love this so very much, thank you Judy !

[@westminster860]

It's hard to remember she was the original Sally Bowles (Cabaret) in London back in the 60s. Would have loved to have seen it.

[@G6JPG]

I think the audio is on here.

[@Chesterton7]

Beautiful.

[@arnie3631]

Love, anger, regret, irritation, irony--such a beautiful round performance. Brava!

[@piustwelfth]

Lovely clarinet.

[@nmbr6kid]

She never fails to pull me into her gift. Such a treasure ♥️

[@RudolphFurtado]

Dame Judy Dench sings with absolute facial passion and of course a voice to match.Ahoy !

[@avinkesuma]

Heart-wrenching performance! I was bawling!

[@juneseghni]

Anyone who has gone through a break up can relate to these lyrics. I can hardly bear to hear it but I love it so much too.

[@robertclatworthy1857]

A wonderful performance by a Dame. Well done Judi, you’re the best xx

[@redsquirrel6529]

Simply awesome in everything she does. This lady needs to live forever xx

[@G6JPG]

Skyfall notwithstanding.

[@leonardwilliams7051]

One one of the best renditions but every singer that does it is great thank you Stevenson tine one of the greats

[@PRISMN54]

Wonderful performance!!! What an actress!!!

[@JustIn-xm1vp]

Pure magic.

[@lindaburrows1333]

There are no words I can find that say the right thing about Dame Judi Dench. This actress to me stands head & shoulders above all accolades I can think of & I adore her humour too.

[@dickloucks8853]

Sooo moving. Wonderful !

[@josecatalao7735]

OMG. This is ........ the best...❤❤❤. 🎉

[@Summer73343]

Love that lady.. great artist

[@astridwollerton1493]

I agree with all these comments. perfectosxx

[@rheailiarome2287]

Brilliant. Put everything on hold and just enjoy it 🌹

[@JasGould-sh3fh]

I was blubbing before she even started singing. This is being typed as tears are streaming down my face. Just so heartbreaking.

[@user-py1pm3dq6r]

How many times have I watched and listened this masterpiece during the last 3 or so years?

[@libbyworkman3459]

this is the first time I have ever truly understood that song and the lyrics. I held my breath and a huge lump formed in my throat as I listened.

[@annemiekvandorp4457]

Dench, the phenominal Dame with a voice that goes straight into ones soul. No wonder Johnny Depp, also a multi talent, adores her.

[@valcalvert6231]

A fabulous song and the singing is very emotional too. LOve it

[@carolyncampbell4215]

Bravo Judy dench

[@lintym]

Oh my, I'm in tears....

[@JLCRH]

I love her. She is spectacular.

[@mercedesbeard6974]

She's good at anything she does 😅❤❤❤❤

[@alreadythen1]

Wow just fabulous ❤

[@romanromano4338]

Beautiful song, sung beautifully. ❤❤❤

[@cojamescojames4762]

Truly Magnificent

[@bruceatnip986]

Powerful. Thanks for sharing.

[@johndownes7580]

The most expressive, lived, version

[@nannettesidebottom5960]

So clearly and beautifully delivered.

[@alecwilliams7111]

Dench is a great talent. She wrote a good set of memoirs, too.

[@MicheleEngel]

BEST I have ever heard!

[@teresa3221]

I didn’t know she had this talent have always admired her excellent performance

[@joannebamfordmccombs9755]

Wow! Amazing.

[@evalynnchristiansen9430]

Simply magical.

[@AureliaLambrechthey]

Beautiful❤

[@keithgoodrick-meech3921]

The phrase, " shivers down the spine ", springs to mind.!!

[@MrStewbee]

WOW!!!

[@genehenrylindgren]

That works on so many levels.

[@womanofsubstance8735]

I did NOT know! Dame Judy is so much more than M.

[@Ronen-Homeopathy]

Magnetizing !!

[@davidsenatore1880]

RiP Mr. SONDHEIM

[@fairlyvague82]

She broke my heart 💔

[@Discerning_Viewer]

Wow ... "M" can sing!

[@constancecaldwellrealtor5358]

Mine too!

[@shaunwakefield9793]

I love this DJD but I also like DET covering it in the film.

[@sheilawhite8314]

I have a great print from the song

[@Jameswilliamson405]

❤❤❤

[@BeBeXGen]

🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

[@KittyStarlight]

Her name isn't spelled that way. She's Judi. Not Judy. No complaints from me otherwise, this video is absolutely beautiful. ❤️💙❤️

[@rutaiwanwongsirasawad4040]

Wow

[@ann-sofiejohansson3954]

Oh............

[@davidsenatore1880]

Beautiful performance! I think though she came in at the wrong time toward the end on "Isn't it rich..."

[@ericholck3914]

Might have been intentional, since the next line is "losing my timing this late in my career."

[@robertclatworthy1857]

She did it because she sang maybe she got the timing wrong

[@GeorgeTSLC]

Do we know what this was from? Concert, semi-staged production, what?

[@graveuncertainty2627]

It's from the Stephen Sondheim production "A Little Night Music

[@tonir4825]

this was a segment of a live performance called Hey Mr Producer: The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh -- Judi Dench and David Kernan -- a 1998 concert given at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. It was a charity gala in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the Combined Theatrical Charities. Originally was only available on non-US VHS (which I promptly had converted) -- but I see it's now available on several pricey imported DVDs. and worth every penny for the performers: Bernadette Peters, Ellen Greene (Little Shop of Horrors), John Barryman, Millicent Martin, Lea Salongo, Jonathan Pryce, ALW/Sondheim birthday duet, Tom Lehrer, Maria Friedman, Elaine Paige, and introduction by Julie Andrews.

[@PeterLeeds-eg8ld]

Wow. That's acting.

[@nealbaker7991]

She's great but Peggy Lee's version is divine.

[@jonldn]

Who is asking us to choose?

[@gareththomas6714]

who told her she could sing?

[@jonldn]

some of the greatest composers, directors and producers of the age…….that’s who… and for those of us who have had the benefit of their choices ……thanks to them…

[@gareththomas6714]

@@jonldn its called emperors clothes

[@jonldn]

@@gareththomas6714 it can also been called “not getting it” and perhaps an misguided arrogance on those who wish to purport that ,despite the plaudits of many, they somehow know better than everyone else …. I prefer to say that we all have freedom of choice to like what we like and not to decry the choices of others ….

[@G6JPG]

@@gareththomas6714 I am a fellow debunker of many things. But JD doesn't just _sing_ this song, she _acts_ it - that's what she _does_ . You don't listen to it for her voice, you watch and listen for her acting. She has never AFAIK claimed to be a singer. (I think Sondheim liked one of her performances of this, mind.) As the original Sally Bowles, she suited the original novel/play better: Sally Bowles is not _supposed_ to be good - she's singing in a tawdry cabaret in pre-war Berlin. (Liza is of course great and made one of the great landmarks of musical film; it doesn't matter that she's so good, as it's a musical, not the original play.)

[@gareththomas6714]

@@G6JPG no just an indulged lovey --its all emperors clothes stuff