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A very precise man. Fascinating interview. Modest too.

Thank you very much! :)

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Stephen was always best using 3/4 6/8 and triplets - it's almost a signature for him. Thanks for this from 11 years in the future

Thanks - so interesting to hear the music that influenced Stephen's work, and you can hear it!

Drag has helped the public to become more aware that gender can be a shifting concept and be more open towards the community...

Good singer

This was such fun to listen to dear Phil again. His act , outfits and the patter was always brilliant. RIP

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Horrible technique - butting in rudely.

Sue Lawley does a much better job here than Roy Plomley did in 1980. Sondheim is much more revealing about his craft (and especially about his mother).

Roy Plomley seems very ill informed about Sondheim's career and works here and, even worse, not that interested in the answers to his 'questions by numbers' approach. There is very little rapport between him and Sondheim who, rightly, pulls him up when what he suggests is not quite right. Sondheim is an interesting talking head. He deserved better !

I never had any trouble understanding her when she sings.

Drag queens are a drag

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So good. Anybody like him today. I discovered him just recently. Thanks for the uploads.

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for the video is more beautiful thank you much 🍇😊

They are, indeed, very fine.

Wonderful!

Now dot dead it’s all sad

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I hate hate hate hate when interviewers constantly begin their sentences with "but...", especially when artists are being interviewed. It's like they're trying to be healthily skeptical, but it comes across as though they're subtly accusing the interviewee of being dishonest, and ESPECIALLY so when it's something as subjective and personal as art.

You didn't mention any of the composers in this list of pieces. Why not?

Now that was interesting.

Now that was interesting.

You could tell that he was trying really hard to not e irritated with her comments

A fab act. Not many left

Thanks Phil you are one of the best you always brighten up my day I would love to see you live are you on tour any time soon.?

Choices: 3:14 Porgy and Bess ("the finest American musical...I always wish that I'd written it.") 6:35 (The Ballad of) Sweeney Todd ("probably the show that was easiest for me to write") 11:58 Piano Concerto No. 2 by Johannes Brahms 17:27 Finishing the hat (Sunday in the Park with George) 20:43 Ravel Piano Concerto in D major left hand 25:30 Aaron Copland Music for the theatre 29:50 Pacific Overtures opening number 30:47 reputation of being a pessimist? (Dour, yes, pessimist, no) 32:06 Symphony of Psalms ("I think one of the great pieces of the 20th century")

1985.. London.. I missed Cradle Will Rock from jetlag. Next night got a 1/2 priced ticket to Les Miserables. Patti Lupone, Colm Wilkinson.. a truly mind altering experience.

R.I.P John Bardon

I saw this in New York, my college did Blithe Spirit that year too. Both versions were amazing.

Yes, she's allowed to wear whatever she wants...but it's going to attract attention. EVERYONE knows that. Get over it and let's move on. And as mentioned here already...she may have asked him something about them beforehand...we don't know the full context.

Sondheim's decision to compose his scores "makes you very ambitious - perhaps arrogant too?" And he's so polite in response to this typical BBC specimen.

This recording has drastically cut back the running time of the songs. The original broadcast was much longer.

Recorded on a Maris Piper

Bigger than QE2, in Graham's book lol Fantastic!

I knew this had occurred, but I didn’t know I would ever have a chance to hear it. Now I look forward to listening to the second one.

He's always beeN a leary bastard

he seems to have been loved .

hello was just parousing you tube at nearly 4 a.m saw this ,it is now 2021 never knew of this guy but the tribute was so lovely had to say hi going to watch part 2 now

The interviewer suggests that it was arrogant of Sondheim to want to compose the music as well as write the lyrics in his shows. That's quite insulting on her part. Was is arrogant of Kubrick to want to write and direct his films? Some artists want complete control. There's nothing strange or arrogant about that. It's their work.

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What did he say?

Oh wow, you can actually understand the words she’s saying when she talks. Because you sure can’t when she SINGS.