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Lecture, St Paul's Church, Thursday, 17 Oct 2024 - 18:00
The Sondheim Showstopper: ‘Send in the Clowns’
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'Send in the Clowns’ was probably the most commercially successful song by the revered Stephen Sondheim, yet it confounds the expectations of a showstopper, having been written for an actress of limited singing ability, the late Glynis Johns. This lecture considers the song in the context of the musical A Little Night Music, and how major singers like Frank Sinatra, Judy Collins and Sarah Vaughan came to cover it. How has a song of limited vocal range and abstract lyrics become such a favourite?
This lecture includes live performances by Olivier Award winner Sara Kestelman.
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