As if I didn’t burst into tears my first time hearing this song, and pretty much every single time wasn’t enough, seeing him cry only made me cry harder when this aired on PBS. Now, what better song in his amazingly vast musical catalog would have been a more beautiful tribute in honor and memory of Stephen Sondheim?!
This might be the most beautiful piece of music ever written. Think of how many people don't have this song in their life. How many people don't have Steve's music in their life at all. I'm so thankful for him and everything he's given me.
It really is too terrible to contemplate how much poorer my life would have been without his music accompanying me along the way. Although he never knew me, he left me priceless gifts.
I'm so glad that he admitted to being (as I am) "an easy cryer". It means our hearts are so full of beautiful emotion. I weep for joy that he lived, he gave, and knew just how loved he was, and wept for it. Love you, Stephen.
Sondheim on writing "Sunday": These people don't know they're going to be immortal, and so I'm going to write a song about that. They're going to be singing about themselves, and they're going to be acknowledging that they're immortal. And it all leads to the word "forever" which is, when I wrote that word, I cried because I thought, "That's what it's about.'"... Then I could see that they would all be singing that one idea: here we are in a park and we're going to be here forever. Thank you, Steve, for everything.
I bet you he’s entering heaven right now hearing a million angels singing “Sunday” in beautiful unison. Stephen gifted us his work as a testament to his craft. He painted the world with this profound influence in musical theater. Memorable works like into the woods, Sunday in the park with George, company, assassins, merrily we roll along, follies… I could go on. This man’s music meant a great deal to me. His work will leave a major mark in the theater forever. Thank you Stephen ❤️! RIP
"...hearing a million angels singing “Sunday” in beautiful unison..." Not in unison. In harmony, with all those late-19-Century French Impressionist coloristic chords straight out of Debussy perfectly in tune.
I came back to this on today, November 26th, the day of his death. Feels so surreal that your gone Steve, you've touched the hearts and souls of so many people. Thank you for everything... 💜
The original trumpet part is challenging, but playing that last note on horn is a *heck* of a note. I love Mr. Sondheim’s reaction when the chorus starts walking in.
This is probably one of the shortest, yet most beautiful ballads ever written for the Broadway stage, by one of the most prolific artists stage & screen have ever known…… …..STEPHEN SONDHEIM! My heart is truly broken over his passing. And of the vast catalog of pieces he has let’s behind to treasure, no more fitting number could have been chosen in tribute, memory & honor of one of musical theatre’s greatest writers of all time! God speed, Stephen Sondheim. You are most definitely loved, and will be greatly missed! And, …..George has finished the hat!
Can't stop listening to multiple versions of Sunday; this one is an absolute gem. The love the exudes from the singers and actors is a tribute to this incredible man. Cried all the way through especially on 'forever'...
I made my first visit to Chicago, especially to see the painting that inspired this musical and that, in turn, inspired my love of Sondheim and of serious musical theatre. I travelled from Sydney, Australia. Every rendition reminds me of that journey and that brilliance that will never fade.
The morning of the day of this concert the basement of my NJ home flooded and my wife said, "Let's go to the concert anyway," and boy, am I glad I did! This finale made me think that if there's an afterlife, THIS is the kind of music we'll hear, sung by the pro's.
"There's a part of you always standing by Mapping out the sky, finishing a hat Starting on a hat, finishing a hat Look, I made a hat Where there never was a hat."
Oh the many songs that I have no clue that Stephen Sondheim created. He was a master of his craft. Just like George in Sunday in the Park. The artist looks for the part that moves you.
[GEORGE] Order Design Tension Balance Harmony [COMPANY] Sunday, by the blue, purple, yellow, red water On the green, purple, yellow, red grass Let us pass Through our perfect park Pausing on a Sunday By the cool, blue, triangular water On the soft, green, elliptical grass As we pass through arrangements of shadows Towards the verticals of trees, forever By the blue, purple, yellow, red water On the green, orange, violet mass Of the grass In our perfect park [GEORGE] Made of flecks of light And dark And parasols [COMPANY] People strolling through the trees Of a small suburban park On an island in the river On an ordinary Sunday Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
Enjoy this "Sunday." And let us all Wear our masks, Wash our hands, Keep our distance, Take care of one another So that We may all be able to gather like this again And celebrate On an ordinary Sunday...
Nothing on TV ever made me cry as hard as the cut to Sondheim in the audience, in tears himself. Rest in peace. And what an incredible life.
As if I didn’t burst into tears my first time hearing this song, and pretty much every single time wasn’t enough, seeing him cry only made me cry harder when this aired on PBS.
Now, what better song in his amazingly vast musical catalog would have been a more beautiful tribute in honor and memory of Stephen Sondheim?!
Me too ❤️
This might be the most beautiful piece of music ever written. Think of how many people don't have this song in their life. How many people don't have Steve's music in their life at all. I'm so thankful for him and everything he's given me.
It really is too terrible to contemplate how much poorer my life would have been without his music accompanying me along the way. Although he never knew me, he left me priceless gifts.
I'm so glad that he admitted to being (as I am) "an easy cryer". It means our hearts are so full of beautiful emotion. I weep for joy that he lived, he gave, and knew just how loved he was, and wept for it. Love you, Stephen.
Sondheim on writing "Sunday": These people don't know they're going to be immortal, and so I'm going to write a song about that. They're going to be singing about themselves, and they're going to be acknowledging that they're immortal. And it all leads to the word "forever" which is, when I wrote that word, I cried because I thought, "That's what it's about.'"... Then I could see that they would all be singing that one idea: here we are in a park and we're going to be here forever.
Thank you, Steve, for everything.
Please, please relay to us where you heard/read this quote from Stephen. It would be so wonderful to find. Please, please.
he also wrote in Finishing The Hat: "I still cry when I think about it. But then again I cry at Animal Planet often."
@@m.c.master4622I believe it was in the HBO documentary Six By Sondheim
@@m.c.master4622 its in "Look I Made a Hat" book
Order. Design. Tension. Balance. Harmony.
Rest In Peace Stephen Sondheim 😔
🥹❤️
The fact how I’m watching as I found out the news of Sondheim’s passing. RIP to the literal GOAT of Musical Theatre 🙏🏽🎭
I bet you he’s entering heaven right now hearing a million angels singing “Sunday” in beautiful unison. Stephen gifted us his work as a testament to his craft. He painted the world with this profound influence in musical theater. Memorable works like into the woods, Sunday in the park with George, company, assassins, merrily we roll along, follies… I could go on. This man’s music meant a great deal to me. His work will leave a major mark in the theater forever. Thank you Stephen ❤️! RIP
💙
"...hearing a million angels singing “Sunday” in beautiful unison..."
Not in unison.
In harmony, with all those late-19-Century French Impressionist coloristic chords straight out of Debussy perfectly in tune.
@@Baribrotzer Exactly!
Stephen's face at 0:47 is so sweet. To so love and appreciate hearing people performing in your honor must be an indescribable feeling
Sometimes when I am having a bad day I will come here and watch this a few times ... then I know all is right in the world
Beauty is soothing! This is beautiful!
It always lifts me up.
Great!
Me too. Me too.
Totally relate.
Thank you for this. I was lucky to be a part of this. Singing on the balcony at the back of the house. RIP Mr. Sondheim.
What an honor!
i sang front house right. what a gift. rest in peace mr. sondheim.
I came back to this on today, November 26th, the day of his death. Feels so surreal that your gone Steve, you've touched the hearts and souls of so many people. Thank you for everything... 💜
“Forever” - there’s a taste of heaven in that moment. Sublime beyond words, love and beauty and truth!
Wow the pressure that French horn player must have felt at the end! This was gorgeous
The original trumpet part is challenging, but playing that last note on horn is a *heck* of a note.
I love Mr. Sondheim’s reaction when the chorus starts walking in.
There’s a little hesitation and stutter before the final note, but a great recovery.
A genius. In the veins of Mozart, Socrates and Shakespear
A preview of heaven, so much love, beauty and generosity.
This is probably one of the shortest, yet most beautiful ballads ever written for the Broadway stage, by one of the most prolific artists stage & screen have ever known……
…..STEPHEN SONDHEIM!
My heart is truly broken over his passing. And of the vast catalog of pieces he has let’s behind to treasure, no more fitting number could have been chosen in tribute, memory & honor of one of musical theatre’s greatest writers of all time!
God speed, Stephen Sondheim. You are most definitely loved, and will be greatly missed!
And,
…..George has finished the hat!
Can't stop listening to multiple versions of Sunday; this one is an absolute gem. The love the exudes from the singers and actors is a tribute to this incredible man. Cried all the way through especially on 'forever'...
May we be worthy of his legacy.
I wish I had been introduced to his music earlier in my life rest in Peace Sir. Adri xx
"On an ordinary Sunday," but it's not! That is the brilliant tension of Mr. Sondheim's genius! 🥰
We love you Steve.
Brilliant. Moving. Transcendent.
I made my first visit to Chicago, especially to see the painting that inspired this musical and that, in turn, inspired my love of Sondheim and of serious musical theatre. I travelled from Sydney, Australia. Every rendition reminds me of that journey and that brilliance that will never fade.
You are a lovely human being
❤
Crying. Sondheim's music helped get me through some of the hardest times in life.
Happy 90th birthday, Stephen Sondheim, things don't get much better than this!
Tears and more tears...
May his memory be a blessing
We are grateful to you, Stephen Sondheim.
RIP Stephen Sondheim thanks for bringing so much wonderful theatre and music to the world!
0:48 makes me cry every time.
Thank you Steve.... you are still a blessing in my life. I still laugh and cry to your songs.
rest in peace to a true titan of the arts.
I keep coming back to this performance over the years. There hasn't been one time it hasn't made me cry. Love it!
A man whose music has soothed me through many a time. Happy birthday
Really Pablo...so much emotional power here.
One of Sondheim's most magical and stunning moments. IMHO.
Am in tears..Here inBelize. So grateful to have seen some of his shows in NY. Rest in Peace.
What an absolute loss to the world. An absolute legend, and a force of nature. RIP, Mr. Sondheim.
wow i had chills the entire time
RIP Stephen and thank you.
crying at 7am!!! RIP Stephen Sondheim!!!!
I have the most respect for who was able to sing this directly next to him
Rest in peace, Mr. Sondheim. I thought of this song when I heard the news.
an artist who truly loves human beings. Shouting out what we have come to understand is fundamental in our DNA. Survival with honor.
I come back to this every few months, such an emotional piece and I love it so much
I cried like a baby… my favorite Sondheim song… and that’s saying a lot
The morning of the day of this concert the basement of my NJ home flooded and my wife said, "Let's go to the concert anyway," and boy, am I glad I did! This finale made me think that if there's an afterlife, THIS is the kind of music we'll hear, sung by the pro's.
The only thing that makes me choke up more than this, is the performance of this after Stephen’s passing, in Duffy Square.
May His Memory And Music Be Eternal.
Such a magnificent musical moment.
One of the best experiences of my life.
Love the moment 🥺
0:47
3:08
Me too
"There's a part of you always standing by Mapping out the sky, finishing a hat
Starting on a hat, finishing a hat
Look, I made a hat
Where there never was a hat."
So beautiful !
Thank you Sondheim ❤️
just brilliant!
Oh the many songs that I have no clue that Stephen Sondheim created. He was a master of his craft. Just like George in Sunday in the Park. The artist looks for the part that moves you.
That's the way you do it...Rest in Peace Stephen Sondheim
R.I.P. Stephen. 😭❤
YESSSSS!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
RIP Sondheim ❤😭
RIP Mr. Sondheim
SO FREAKIN BRILLIANT!!! THE HARMONIES!!
Da brividi!!!
Ahhhh 👏🏻😭
And boom, to make it more perfect: An introduction from sophistication himself-Niles Crane.
3:20 hardest part in French horn history
[GEORGE]
Order
Design
Tension
Balance
Harmony
[COMPANY]
Sunday, by the blue, purple, yellow, red water
On the green, purple, yellow, red grass
Let us pass
Through our perfect park
Pausing on a Sunday
By the cool, blue, triangular water
On the soft, green, elliptical grass
As we pass through arrangements of shadows
Towards the verticals of trees, forever
By the blue, purple, yellow, red water
On the green, orange, violet mass
Of the grass
In our perfect park
[GEORGE]
Made of flecks of light
And dark
And parasols
[COMPANY]
People strolling through the trees
Of a small suburban park
On an island in the river
On an ordinary Sunday
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
Oh man, I was doing so well until they cut to him in the audience.
Enjoy this "Sunday."
And let us all
Wear our masks,
Wash our hands,
Keep our distance,
Take care of one another
So that
We may all be able to gather like this again
And celebrate
On an ordinary Sunday...
some how, i was brought here by a certain Dr taloran.... god damn scp 3999 n i c e
Okay, this broke me.
Its Dr. Niles Crane!
Some performers dropped by...
You bet your ass they did.
1:45 "allargando? never heard of her" - the keyboard player, probably.
LOL.
What is the pianist doing?
Great massed voices though!
UGLY CRYING FOR HOURS NOW :(((((((
Sobbing in Spain. Have seen several productions, including the original. Never fails wreck me.
3:08 .... that is beautiful. RIP