An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
#1An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 8:10am
The entire 54-minute broadcast, never before on YouTube.
Barbara Cook's 1980 PBS broadcast "An Evening with Barbara Cook" with Wally Harper, musical director.
Taped around the time of Cook's second appearance at Carnegie Hall and the release of her second Carnegie Hall album, "It's Better with a Band," the broadcast featured much the same program as the concert and album.
It has long been regarded as an example of Cook in the absolute vocal prime of her comeback.
The concert was never released on VHS, laser or DVD, and all that remains are recordings like these, videotaped from broadcast.
http://youtu.be/os2EzxYHpjM
#2An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 8:28amI wonder who holds the rights to this. I would love to see a DVD release. Her rendition of "Stars" here is magnificent.
#2An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 9:28am
Here is just her rendition of "Stars" from that concert:
http://youtu.be/cuUjb9cHJiU
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#4An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 10:07amBarbara was (and is) always wonderful, but this was an especially good period for her. She looked and sounded magnificent, and her repertoire at the time was so rich and diverse. I wish a good quality DVD of this show could be released. Thank God for the "It's Better With A Band" album.
#5An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 10:23am
Incomparably brilliant!
Just saw her recently at Tarrytown Music Hall and she was great. What a voice! What a storyteller! My only perplexing quibble was that she did not do one Sondheim song in the entire set.
#6An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 10:29amProbably because she has done so many all-Sondheim shows.
#7An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 10:43amProbably quite right PJ. Thanks for the YouTube link!
#9An Evening With Barbara Cook PBS 1980
Posted: 7/16/14 at 11:48pm
1. I Love a Piano
2. Wait Till You See Him
3. Them There Eyes
4. Lullaby in Ragtime
5. Poor Little Hollywood Star/Glad Rag Doll
6. Remember/Come in From the Rain
7. It's Better With a Band
8. While It Lasted
9. If Love Were All
10. Stars
11. Chant La Vie/Sing a Song With Me
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