Not A Day Goes By by Bernadette Peters

[@mrb4nks620]

For anyone who's lost someone; Stephen Sondheim wrote your feelings and Bernadette Peters sang them. RIP Stephen Sondheim

[@PhantomDawg594]

This is just one of the greatest performances of one of Sondheim's most achingly beautiful songs. No one can do this song like Bernadette, it's as simple as that. God, it just kills me every time.

[@billyflood2430]

Bernadette is everything. I will hear no one else sing this song. Retire it. Perfection. A masterclass in ACTING A LYRIC.

[@ffandbffan]

This song clearly overwhelms her with emotion. After every other performance during the concert, she's quickly out of character once the applause starts. Here, the Bernadette Peters smile is absent, only given half-heartedly a few moments after she finishes singing. I think she feels this song on a personal level more than any other song in the concert, and it shows on her face and in her actions.

[@lynnlRDR-RDR2]

We never know what one is thinking while singing expecially B does here.

[@4octaverealredhead]

I've sung since very young. It's very difficult to sing a song like this bc Often it will remind you of someone you've lost. It'll get you when you least expect it. I've had many losses so I know! Who knows what Bernadette was thinking, feeling? God bless her.

[@lynnlRDR-RDR2]

I always wonder also what she was thinking, maybe she was just playing her role I do notice she usually only does that with this song.

[@susansaban4570]

@@lynnlRDR-RDR2 Her husband died just a few years before this performance.

[@lynnlRDR-RDR2]

@@susansaban4570 no I know 🙂

[@zolluuu]

This is a really good example of what it takes to sing Sondheim. It's not enough to have a good voice. You have to be a good actor. Sondheim's best songs are essentially sung monologues. Sondheim himself often said that he'd much rather cast actors who sing than singers who act.

[@MsEustaciaVye]

Sondheim also said, " I'd rather chew on a rat's ball than allow any oll slapper sing this song" This was just after the Albert Hall concert

[@thomasbeck7387]

He has also said that he can't just sit down and write a song, that it has to be for a specific moment in the show. He wrote "Send in the Clowns" because Hal Prince told him Glynis Johns didn't have a second-act song and needed one. He suggested the scene, and Sondheim said he couldn't write a song because it wasn't Desiree's scene. Prince said he would direct it to make it her scene. Sondheim then wrote the song that, as he says, became his biggest mainstream hit!

[@alistairgordon2479]

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[@annesimmering1732]

yes

[@antonyb8026]

I've never been a fan of musical theater because of the use of character voices. As a trained opera singer, the vocal manipulation always bothered me. Bernadette was always an exception because she did full throated singing. I stumbled upon this today and can't get enough. It is just so stunningly rendered. Wow! Just wow!

[@broadwayfan66]

I love how genuine the emotion is in this performance. It doesn't feel like she's pretending or even acting. At 2:25 you can just feel how real this is for her. I don't really know too much about her life story, but I feel like she's singing this to her late husband, and it shows how raw and true her emotion and love is. Purely amazing and touching.

[@kempedkemp]

I love Bernadette Peters. I cry every time I play or hear this song. It is hell living without the people you love and those who have loved you.

[@simonmcclure85]

How beautiful you put those words together. I lost my beautiful wife 3 years ago. My harts breaks every time I hear her sing it. You can tell by her performance this song brings pure emotion out of her. Grief is awful.

[@yana-perrault]

Damnit, Burnadette!! Makes me cry every damn time.

[@oofahman]

Christiana Elizabeth TRUTH!!! :)

[@spunkypunk100]

Go Bernadette, you kill this song!

[@9raider]

This is the most beautiful performance I have ever seen. Bernadette Peters is the epitome of class.

[@MrBobaloo22]

imho, it is SO difficult, when making music, to allow your emotional raggedness in full bloom, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING the ability to deliver the song with the intonation and physical support that great singing requires, AND YET not hold anything in reserve -- to allow the rest of the world to briefly live in the darkest saddest places in your soul -- and yet not collapse into a puddle of tears, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO SING AN AMAZING SONG -- and THIS version is the best (that I have heard) of ALL her renditions of this song -- it stuns me EVERY TIME I SIT BACK AND LET IT WASH OVER ME. The process is amazing!!! I do love her as she makes music. "Ain't it amazing when God makes you a musician."!!! :)

[@wpdremak6896]

you see it too. She sings it of her personal loss and I know just how she feels when she sings it...the anger and grief, the desolation, and the inevitable realization that there is only Death to end the mourning!

[@ionthemark]

I agree. This version is simply astonishing. The best of any other version I have heard her or anyone else sing.

[@Me84c]

The beauty of Bernadette Peters voice always moves me. She put such feeling into her interpretation of songs.

[@chazdemor6236]

My favorite performance of Sondheim ever. Hits more with his passing.

[@carolchristen922]

The musical barely survived Previews, but this song has haunted my mind for decades. Thank you Eric for posting.

[@uckbee]

Frank Rich wrote in the New York *Times* when 'Merrily' first opened: "Mr. Sondheim has given the evening a half dozen songs that are crushing and beautiful, that soar and linger and hurt. However, the show that contains them is a shambles." Whatever the initial glitches, I consider the songs from 'Merrily' to be among Sondheim's best, and this one is perhaps his mourning masterpiece.

[@leeirvine6051]

Play her songs many times for many years,what a voice

[@LL-bl8hd]

I was in a student production of this show in college--not a great show IMO. Never transcends the gimmick (reverse chronological order). But this song... this song is a masterpiece!

[@airira]

I highly recommend the West End production from several years ago. Definitive.

[@ronjenkins1688]

Nobody sings that song any better, beautiful and the emotion you feel from her make you linger on every note and word. The time she takes with each phrase make it all the better, I feel the raw emotion in me every time. Congrats Ms. Peters you have my heart

[@jeriusrobinson983]

Gfidkr

[@cjjude0666]

Sometimes something reaches into your soul and yes Bernadette reached into that moment of perfection

[@MsEustaciaVye]

pretty corny rendition...Nice voice.

[@cherievivian9830]

Bernadette owns this song. Her interpretation is flawless, A sublime rendition ! 🌹

[@ritamorris2352]

Thank you, Bernadette, for this beautiful song and the feeling you put into it. There is only one you!

[@dennismorris7573]

So very true.

[@Celtokee]

Eric, I cannot thank you enough. I would've given my left kidney to have seen this live.

[@donaldsteiner9695]

such a haunting song. I am recently widowed and it describes that unbearable grief and loneliness of the first few months

[@debradorfman1232]

Donald Steiner. It's been 12 years since my husband died suddenly . Not a day goes by for me, and I talk to him. I have to stay angry at him, otherwise I will kill myself.

[@davidstevens7602]

1 and a half years since my husband passed so hard

[@wpdremak6896]

I have news for you...it ain't just mere months! When you least expect it...WHAM! There you are again.

[@janroberts6632]

@@wpdremak6896 Oh yes, this is so hard and so true.

[@EllenMartinNYC]

I lost my brilliant musician/composer husband, Jim Marentic, 3 years ago,this night. He loved and admired and was inspired by Sondheim's gifts. I have long loved his music.The grief and lonliness has not left me. I cry when I hear this song, as I miss Jim so, and npw am saddened I did not get tthe chance to meet Stephen Sondheim and sing for him and now he has passed away today. I have done two of his shows and have sung much of his music. Just the other day, i was singing "With So Little to be Sure Of" to myself as I was walking down the street. As the lyric goes: "Thanks for everything we did", We are grateful for your life Mr, Sondheim and for creating and giving so much brilliantly beautiful and divine music to the world.I am certain that you and Jim have met npw.

[@nevada531]

A flawlessly brilliant performance.... and totally gut wrenching.

[@mjgovednik]

Always have loved her. This rendition where it is obvious she is thinking about her husband and you feel the grief, loss, sadness, and anger and at the end....acceptance. Beautiful.

[@nickbb19970]

Actually... her husband died in 2005 and this concert was in 1998... :/

[@mjgovednik]

you don't forget *S*

[@MsEustaciaVye]

Right on !!!!

[@fablanta]

@@nickbb19970 Never let the truth get in the way of a good story :)

[@candismith2447]

He is not dead.

[@fastfreddie1290]

Debbie ...it's been 42 years now...I thought it would get easier but it hasn't ...in my dreams day and night...not a God dam day goes by...all my love !

[@jasonbarney28]

My eyes pour out tears every time I watch this......She goes to such a dark place and shows us how terrible it is to lose somone you love. You can see at the end she has to come back and it takes a minute.......I love this performance!!

[@theatrechick288]

I am crying like a baby right now. Don't know why I keep watching this. It's just so amazing.

[@elainelotcpeich]

This performance by Ms. Peters is brilliant! Perfection. Musical theater at it's best!

[@bazandpete]

She really knows how to interpret a (any) Sondheim song. Lives and breathes it utterly. What an amazing and well deserved career she has. I could listen to her all day :)

[@jiraiyaaddams7592]

This clip was my constant companion for about 18 months. I watched/listened to it multiple times daily, and sang it aloud or in my head dozens of times beyond that. it was a safety valve that kept me sane and from self-destructive behavior. Even now (right now,in fact) I tune in once in a while just to remember 'that period' of my life.

[@ianaldrich]

My goodness ....20 years ago. I was in the audience that night. The whole evening was just magical!

[@musicalmaid86]

This song (and many others) shows why Bernadette is such a goddess of the Broadway stage! What an incredible job. Her technique is good, but her emotion is so heartbreaking. A truly consummate performer. I would be honoured to be half as good!

[@maureenmiller7669]

No one can tear your heart out with singing like Bernadette can.

[@lakewobegonboy74]

this is my absolute favorite recording of this song, bar none! This was not just acting. This was pure emotion!

[@rayolivarez3106]

Yesss! Pure & Raw emotion indeed! She's almost crying as she's singing...

[@BradColegate]

Reading through the other comments, I can only agree that I think this is one of the most amazing song performances ever, and one of Sondheim's most moving songs. I keep playing day after day after day!!

[@amourah2003]

As close to perfection as any singer can get. Just sublime. Bernadette Peters understands Sondheim. I bow to her.

[@Caroux84]

This is by far the benchmark performance of this song. Very few performers make be believe the feelings being expressed by the song. She makes you cry with her. You feel the pain that she feels. It's just striking.

[@Jaiwanful]

God... She's amazing... All the feelings... It tore me up. It's frustrating that here in France, people like her are underated. She's a real performer

[@joelweisberg]

God what a talented woman she is. I've watched this video many times and cry my ass off when I do. Just heavenly!!!

[@craigkier]

RIP Mr. S. Thank you for decades of pure unabashed enjoyment.

[@pjwatt1]

Probably the greatest rendition of the greatest Sondheim song.

[@sumame47]

I believe this was filmed after her husband unexpectedly died. This song can be felt by all of us who have lost a loved one. Sondheim was the greatest and he will be missed.

[@jaxlaxsurprise]

This was actually in 1998.

[@kathleenstewart409]

Does anyone see the pain in her eyes? Thank you for posting. Very beautiful.

[@lidojessie]

Watching this is so agonizingly beautiful. It's heartbreaking. Bernadette Peters is just pure brilliance.

[@petradonovan5161]

Wow! Don't listen to this if you miss anyone that you have ever loved...or better still do... as you will love them and miss them even more...

[@kristinz2749]

she is truly remarkable. I am in awe of her talent and raw emotion.

[@YettaT1]

This is a beautiful song, sung by a magnificent singer. This is the truth of loss

[@nicholass.zotovich3858]

The definitive version of this masterpiece. Hats off!

[@HotDogLA]

the best birthday gift was attending this concert.

[@wild9286]

I don't know enough of her life to make assumptions about what is in her head but it broke my heart to watch her. Not every performer has the power to do that. AMAZING performance

[@wpdremak6896]

what is in her head is that she waited for so long to accept love and then she had to learn what it is to LOSE it all too soon,as with her Michael! I always tremble for her when she chooses to sing the damned song...it hurts her and I too hurt so much just to go through it all again!

[@tracyroweauthor]

@@wpdremak6896 nope. This concert was in 1998. Her husband died in 2005

[@onitasanders7403]

Love her rendition. I can not help but think of her late husband, Michael Wittenberg, so tragically dying in a helicopter crash along with three other souls on September 27, 2005, in Montenegro. When I hear and most importantly, see her sing this song, I am so deeply, deeply touched. Especially when she sings, “day after day, after day, etc. Wish I could “turn back time” for her when I think, feel and hear her loss. The five stages of grief, as developed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler, of GRIEF, DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, DEPRESSION, and finally, ACCEPTANCE can be seen here as Bernadette pours her heart out.

[@rickg39180]

This brings me to tears Every. Damn. Time. And I'm talking about the choking kind.

[@EllenMartinNYC]

Bernadette is feeling the loss of her husband as she sings this, I am saddened that Stephen Sondheim passed away today.Sondheim was brilliantlly creative and gifted us with his beautiful music. I've had the joy of singing his music and doing some of his shows. .My husband and musical partner, Jim Marentic,composer, passed away 3 years ago on this day, We both loved , admired and were inspired by Sondheim's music.This song's for you Jim ,such a beautiful song that resonates with me and the deep pain of no longer having you. here with me. Yet I also feel you near.and I am somehow consoled by the thought that you and Stephen Sondheim may be together in the non- physical world and are now creating even more divine music.

[@1010divajap]

Thank you for posting this. The way she feels and builds this song is just sublime. There is no one else, for me, with this song. Her voice is like a pearl and her acting is just as outstanding. Yes, that glimmer of hope.

[@norajohnson3325]

Gut-wrenching song,by one of our best singers of Broadway show tunes!

[@BigBirdy100]

I think she was visibly shaken by that song and rightly so...it's a very emotional song. Not a day goes by that we don't think about someone we loved that is no longer in our life. Thanks for the song Bernadette.

[@douglasficocelli9753]

Sublime. Just a reminder that Sondheim has set out on the table of all our lives to show us that we are in some ways all very much alike. How vulnerable she is. Beautiful. Brava!

[@Feathersandploom]

Bernadette is one of my idols. She is so very fantastic. Each time I see her perform I become even more inspired.

[@QueenLanaParrilla]

This brought tears to my eyes. This woman is so wonderfully talented and beautiful! She is a true inspiration.

[@giuliocarmassi]

Sondheim is an enormous lyricist. maybe his music can be repetitive, but he's an incredibly passionate and inventive lyricist. then if it doesn't resonate with you, that's good and all, but he's good, very good at what he's done. period. the fact that this many people still die over him of course goes to show that it stood the test of time, independently from whoever was his contemporary at the time.

[@iamafraa]

Not a day goes by Not a single day But you're somewhere a part of my life And it looks like you'll stay As the days go by I keep thinking when does it end Where's the day I'll have started forgetting But I just go on thinking and sweating And cursing and crying And turning and reaching And waking and dying And no, not a day goes by Not a blessed day But you're still somehow part of my life And you won't go away So there's hell to pay And until I die I'll die Day after day After day after day After day after day after day Till the days go by Till the days go by Till the days go by

[@janknuckey]

To the fools who go on the Voice and X Factor and all the other trash, THIS is real singing, invested with emotional bravery that only a great artist can imbue: it may not be always pretty or "showy" but it is raw, pure passion.

[@theresearcher7400]

A brilliant performance that brings you in to her pain and resignation. What an interpretation.

[@kelsek29]

such a beautiful, emotional performance. absolutely moved me to tears.

[@RegoParkpoet]

Wonderful- just tears at my heart- makes me cry every time- just remarkable- so sad but one of all time favorites- I play it over and over

[@sinfullheart37]

I agree. Her voice is far above many I have heard. She never fails to amaze me.

[@priyac7054]

The pain this song gave me is physical. Like my migraine triggered with physical manifestation of feeling this song.

[@jayhartbarger2793]

This is how you become a legend.

[@mortyfromc]

There used to be a category of music known as Torch Songs, that were very emotional songs about loves lost. Bernadette Peters is a throw back to those type of singers that could envelope the listener into the story and all of its emotion so that they felt all of it too. She has always been able to get me every time she sings such a song.. What a talent.

[@shawnaball1469]

I have never heard her sing. So much power fueled by emotion you can feel it.

[@oofahman]

Just amazing...I am so glad I fell in love with Broadway music and this lady is one of the reasons! BRAVA!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeanettesprague1780]

Goosebumps from head to toe!

[@BNMadman]

I literally cannot watch this without crying. Yet I keep coming back. SImply incredible.

[@davidnash8586]

I am the same age as Bernadette and I only discovered her yesterday completely by chance and now I'm completely hooked by her brilliance !

[@uckbee]

Also the same age (b. 1948) and was lucky enough to discover her at the time of 'Sunday in the Park.' No wonder Steve S. adores her as he does (and she him).

[@amr11989]

She looks bloody brilliant considering she's 61 Truly, one of the most amazing musical theatre stars ever

[@mikeliebenson2747]

I come back to this performance every month or so just to remind myself how someone can REALLY act a song. Shivers. Every time.

[@Moundfreek]

A very meaningful song that touches anyone who's felt the sting of loss

[@NellmonsterRAWR]

I love this so much. It's so amazing and anyone can connect to it, and Bernadette just makes it even better. 3

[@themusicguy6885]

BERNADETTE PETERS! I have watch this performance many times. Bernadette sings this with such passion that it is amazing. You almost feel that she has lived through the pain that she is singing about. By the way that could be true! No matter she's an amazing singer!

[@wpdremak6896]

yes, it is true, and I weep for her loss everytime she sings it. And I join her grief that goes on day after day!

[@tamasmoricz7707]

.. I still don't understand how she can sing while being obviously choked up and affected by the words ...truly a magical performance ...

[@16toulousse]

So blessed to have seen Bernadette Peters in gypsy on Broadway and concert in my country Australia.

[@oofahman]

Every freakin' time I think i can hear this beautiful song by her without crying, i can't do it! THank you Bernadette...You are amazing :)

[@pinseychristensen1490]

I love her. Such a magnificent voice.......... the best ever.

[@nedfergherbsmum6913]

This woman tells the story of my heart.....without even singing a word. Miss you mum. x

[@MrMcMusic01]

NO ONE sings this song like Bernadette. She owns it and it's glorious.

[@geefaced]

Absolutely breath taking.... This just reminds me why I love musical theater so very much.

[@sallyforth2769]

not an accident to come across this beautiful song and Miss Peters rendition of it at a time when my widowhood has me reliving and cementing the memories of my beloved husband who died unexpectedly...who filled my days and always will

[@meritofapproval]

🌻

[@janroberts6632]

Heartbreaking exquisite .

[@josephthomaswhiting8417]

In terms of performing, Miss Peters is my favorite. The way she incorporates storytelling and singing into one performance is unparalleled in my opinion, as is seen here. I can just feel the emotions and it wrecks my heart every time. Breathtaking.

[@Richie8a8y]

Thanks again Eric

[@lindaspath-scovzen7936]

My heart just breaks every time I hear Bernadette Peters sing this song. I've istened to it so many times but the emotion just overwhelms me!

[@Jmillzx]

Best performance of this song ever.

[@elainelotcpeich]

I keep coming back to this performance. It is so incredibly brilliant!

[@limeykl]

I’m here in 2021….

[@elainelotcpeich]

@@limeykl Thanks for getting me back here again. Such a brilliant performance!

[@TamalaBaldwin]

Who would give this performance a thumbs down???? Just touching and inspiring!

[@rggarrison]

This performance has always moved me to tears, but now that you're gone, it makes me weep. Not a day goes by, boo...

[@sonnygoff]

oh my dear David....not a day goes by........I love you, want you, need you and miss you.....now the tears wash your pillow and my arms need to hold you......please kiss my sorrow laden brow.....

[@steviel6345]

Still singing...and looking great. Truly, not a day goes by.

[@feathersforfun]

She& this song grow better year by year, Ive seen multiple versions with her& this is so far the best

[@elainelotcpeich]

Each time I view this video I am amazed at the perfection of Ms. Peters interpretation of this beautiful song. She makes me cry each time I see it. This is what musical theatre is all about. She is perfection.

[@crazedwolfe]

Damn! I'm crying. She is so awesome... Pure magic.

[@laurenschannel8735]

We miss you Michael - I know she sang this for you ;) keep watching over Mark and your family. Big hugs....Lauren aka Rock Star!

[@jeannievidoni6002]

Goodness Bernadette- you are extraordinary. You have my heart, as well.💖