Stephen Schwartz Performs "Corner of the Sky"

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kzm2333

16 жыл бұрын

Stephen Schwartz Performs "Corner of the Sky" from the musical pippin.

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@briansounalath 8 жыл бұрын

The way he plays piano is magical

@hayleycomet8029 3 жыл бұрын

So true!

@fairbornroots 12 жыл бұрын

I've met Stephen schwartz in the town where I live, and he is just fantastic. Kind, considerate, and passionate about his work and such a cool guy to talk to. Super happy I stumbled across this lol

@shiraflowersnewman 12 жыл бұрын

Can't stop from crying watching this. This song was so hugely influential in my adolescence. Made me want to be a singer and actress. Mirrored completely what I felt as a thirteen year old girl with my whole life ahead of me.

@lisagrad8734 2 жыл бұрын

Pippin was magical for me when I saw it as a kid. Now I appreciate this man behind the music! Awesome writer and musician.

@oatmealboy6 10 жыл бұрын

This genius has no Tony awards. Andrew Lloyd Webber has three. How is this possible?

@WestWinFarms 3 жыл бұрын

This man is amazing! How is that! And what a pianist!

@sauldanson7630 Жыл бұрын

‘Cause both men are incredibly talented - duh!

@laurafanning6035 Жыл бұрын

Not news but, it ain't a fair world

@TheCynedd 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my all time favourite songs. It is also great to hear a composer sing his own work.

@myreasonablevoice2 5 жыл бұрын

When I feel crushed, devoid of hope or starving for inspiration and elan, I listen to this!

@Walter.Willison 14 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I heard Steve sings this song--38 years ago! What a thrill it was to discover this wonderful video and hear him sing it again, just as heartfelt and beautiful and filled with hope and optimism now as then.

@JAHinHK 15 жыл бұрын

Jesus, he is so amazingly talented it makes me sad. Pippin, Godspell, Wicked - three of my favorite shows. There was a cruise a year or so ago where you could meet him. I was so tempted, but it was US$5k. I live in HK now and I keep praying I meet him on the street one day. A man can dream.

@peterdaniel66 13 жыл бұрын

if you listen carefully both Wicked and Pippin, you will hear very similar Schwartz musical cues.. Same kind of horns and piano.. its wonderful.. the sounds of certain horns and strings makes my heart flutter..

@IlaughedIcried 8 ай бұрын

Yup -- there's musical phrases in "Corner of the Sky" that turn up in "The Wizard and I," and phrases in "Just No Time At All" that turn up in "Popular" -- those come to mind immediately, and I'm sure there's more.

@lillianward2810 7 ай бұрын

Children of Eden too. There are definitely chords that I think his hands just fall into. And I’m a sucker for them every time.

@lillianward2810 7 ай бұрын

I went to a phenomenal tribute concert this week where so many phenomenal performers sang great song after great song. Halfway through, Stephen himself comes out and performs this one and I have been thinking about it for almost three solid days.

@davidkyle5017 3 жыл бұрын

I took the train into the city from Long Island with my brother to see this play in the mid '70s, it was one of the first times doing that without my parents. Such a great time and this song is the one I remember the most.

@emelinabombarda7201 2 жыл бұрын

So very proud to see him in his parents' home.He sang when I requested him to sing his own composed wonderful song. What a nice composer/singer with a very soft heart who took care of his parents(my employer).I wish I could see and hear him sing again in chorus with his parents...Miss you guys...

@broadwayboundguy 11 жыл бұрын

There is something sort of magical about it. Seeing someone perform their own work. So glad you got to meet him!

@Ktwillows 14 жыл бұрын

Doesn't get any better than this magic man. How wonderful to be such a generous giver of gifts.

@MyanCyanAria 3 жыл бұрын

Stephen, I like your lyrical offerings … they fly like the birds!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@RedPygmypuff 11 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing! Seeing him perform his work... a lot of composers never do.

@jerryalicea8897 11 жыл бұрын

I had the great pleasure of doing the Ben Vereen role of Leading Player in a touring company of Pippin. John Cygan played the role of Pippin and was brilliant. His rendition of this song was my favorite part of the show (aside from my singing and dancing Glory). Thank You Steven for a great song and a lasting memory.

@wysteriaqueenfaerie 15 жыл бұрын

i love the melody. esp the beggining part.

@maxwellzhao3099 11 жыл бұрын

Love this song. Thumbs up if you do too!

@Roots567 2 жыл бұрын

Love this. Thank you for posting.

@karissa3729 14 жыл бұрын

totally met him.. he is amazing.

@christinec.6685 2 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic song.

@judilake3646 4 жыл бұрын

Bravo! Love this song!

@sondheimfan1 15 жыл бұрын

great song... great show... a lot of wicked has this same feeling to it but nothing beats the classic stephen schwartz

@Morikumo 16 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! I am so excited to have found this, I can't even say. This is undescribably cool. :) Thank you so much!

@EHOWATT100 7 жыл бұрын

Love this song.

@billypfan 11 жыл бұрын

i love him and this song

@denysstryker3751 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@sandrabrown1130 9 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@feigen99 15 жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephen for your inspiration!

@JOHNLUNNSMILES 11 жыл бұрын

Great Song Stephen ! Regards and Smiles JL

@kathrynyuschenkoff8645 2 жыл бұрын

You are brilliant.

@funny_almost 11 жыл бұрын

He composed and wrote lyrics for "Wicked". The book was written by Gregory Maguire, and it's called "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West".

@jordanbriskin238 9 жыл бұрын

Mother of Amun-Ra, but he has a wonderful voice!

@epicbookworm 10 жыл бұрын

I met him at a performance of Seance on a Wet Afternoon (at NYC Opera). Unfortunately, I hadn't seen Wicked or Pippin yet and I didn't really know he was. If I had met him now, I'd probably cry. :')

@lovely0503 13 жыл бұрын

It was perfect!

@sixtocharliechan2364 Жыл бұрын

Bravo!!!

@AustinNebbia 11 жыл бұрын

So happy I'll be seeing him at his alma mater, CMU on Sunday!!!!! (Also this marks the second Broadway Stephen I've been blessed to be in the same room with, the other being Sondheim. So that's exciting.)

@CavemenproductionsTV 11 жыл бұрын

Yes and Godspell and more! xD!!!!

@summergirltx 14 жыл бұрын

More of this interview is available on the Kennedy center's website. Great stuff

@lesliekorshak 12 жыл бұрын

Steve Schwartz, I love you!

@IDONTFEELNOPAINNOMO 13 жыл бұрын

@kzm2333 Thanks for uploading this.

@brycecream007 10 жыл бұрын

Enjoying a song doesn't determine sexual orientation, but asking a question like that does determine intellectual orientation.

@ScottKerill 15 жыл бұрын

I like it in that key much better! Should have taken advantage of our midi system when I did it :(

@113vera 12 жыл бұрын

@BroadwayBaby98 yes! it's amaaaaaaaa-zing!!!

@vivalavieboheme14 14 жыл бұрын

very true!

@IDONTFEELNOPAINNOMO 13 жыл бұрын

Stephen is brilliant

@MacMorrighan 12 жыл бұрын

Wow, he changed the lyrics of the second and third verse from the version of this song that *I* have published in "The Glory of Broadway: Songs of Joy and Inspiration" (Warner Bros. Publications, 1997) as well as from the Cast Recording--and, I must say that I approve. They are MUCH better, IMO!

@Pinwormx 13 жыл бұрын

Bravo

@beng721 10 жыл бұрын

Are you serious??? He's written some of the best (right up there with Webber).

@sadem1045 7 жыл бұрын

when and where did he perform this? also, this is one of my most favorite broadway musical songs ever.

@Cyberlucy 5 жыл бұрын

It was back in the mid 2000s at an evening with Stephen Schwartz at the Kennedy Center in DC. This is one of the most amazing songs written for a Broadway Musical. It perfectly encapsulates the man motivations of the lead character.

@sadem1045 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cyberlucy At this point in my life I'm not sure it'll ever happen but playing Pippin is still on my theatre bucket list.

@sean991000 13 жыл бұрын

@kzm2333 Any chance you have a video of SS singing WITH YOU from Pippin?

@jbro267 11 жыл бұрын

I al singing this for honures chorus at my school

@JulianHertz 15 жыл бұрын

yupz

@jordanbriskin238 9 жыл бұрын

Doesn't this song remind anyone of "Go the Distance"?

@Cyberlucy 5 жыл бұрын

It actually reminds me of "Defying Gravity" which he wrote.

@windstorm1000 11 жыл бұрын

yes, read my post above.

@elissajordan1701 10 жыл бұрын

Why are we comparing Webber and Schwartz. They are two complete different individuals who have both wonderful music and shows! Don't compare people just because they are in the same category (Shows). Just enjoy their music! :)

@MrSmashmasterk 8 жыл бұрын

+Elissa Jordan Why compare anyone ever. Nice comment friend

@MegaMelodytime 7 жыл бұрын

Stephen Schwartz is about to be crowned King of Broadway along with Lin Manuel Miranda at the next Tony's. which means Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice will retire.

@2000andhate 7 жыл бұрын

+Disney Guardian LMFAOOOO Lin Manuel Mirandas is so temporary. He's no new King of Broadway. He's just a trend.

@MegaMelodytime 7 жыл бұрын

Alice is Online so, who do you think is gonna be the next king?

@climkiwi707 3 жыл бұрын

sti-CAN to the soul!

@itsayskeds13 12 жыл бұрын

@BroadwayBaby98 and more, like godspell!

@gayilluminati 14 жыл бұрын

@BroadwayBaby98 Yes

@randyculpepper4290 8 жыл бұрын

I like The Jackson Five's rendition.

@curtispsf 12 жыл бұрын

@windstorm1000 Why was that?

@aSmErAeSmE 13 жыл бұрын

@BroadwayBaby98 i think he cowrote the music and songs for the play wicked. so yeah.

@dustytheloneranger 9 жыл бұрын

He looks like Mel Brooks and sounds like Steve Martin.

@MrGabeanator 9 жыл бұрын

hmm

@windstorm1000 12 жыл бұрын

@curtispsf Schwartz pissed Bob Fosse off on the show 'Follies' I think but I don't know the specific reason--and Fosse 'owned' B'way in the 70's.

@sertorrhenclegane 14 жыл бұрын

I knew people were gonna get offended by that. Allow me to rephrase it. Sadly, Mr. Schwartz has yet to win a Tony Award.

@Caroliennn 14 жыл бұрын

remebers me of pocahontas ^^

@Agus3Mundo 15 жыл бұрын

How's that?? more details!

@ilovecards77 14 жыл бұрын

he reminds me of stephen tyler

@ucity88 2 жыл бұрын

LOL! Why?

@Niakinhyabusa7 15 жыл бұрын

no - this is in a different key. I checked.

@TheOddree 11 жыл бұрын

Children Of Eden ftw

@briansounalath 3 жыл бұрын

is he off pitch?

@windstorm1000 13 жыл бұрын

You all know that he was black balled on broadway for 20 years in 1973 by some malicious people (including other famous composers jealous of him). Just shows you can't keep a talented man down.

@kobz48 14 жыл бұрын

my dad sang this in off broadway! awesome song! lov e it but why doesent anybody just sing it with crazy power?!? my dad did... sounds crazy better!

@JaredGoerke 10 жыл бұрын

Sadly.

@windstorm1000 11 жыл бұрын

Did anybody know that Schwartz was 86ed off B'way after Pippin for many years. Apparently he had a falling out with Fosse or another powerful giant and they kept him off the big white way--can you believe it????

@beardedartisan 5 жыл бұрын

Not true. His musicals "The Magic Show" and "Working" premiered on Broadway the same decade as "Pippin"; in fact "The Magic Show" was up and running the very next year. He didn't get along very well with Fosse during production of "Pippin", that's true, but there was no conspiracy to keep him off Broadway - just a combination of Stephen not enjoying how professional Broadway theatre operated and his later work struggling to find commercial success.

@regan110 15 жыл бұрын

No it's the same key...........

@sabretooth717 5 жыл бұрын

Just leave it with the Jackson 5....alone

@rubberbandTV 13 жыл бұрын

The only man who physically can't sing the song incorrectly. :)

@sertorrhenclegane 14 жыл бұрын

Win a Tony. Sadly.

@NYCprincess7 11 жыл бұрын

no?

@makeumybitch 11 жыл бұрын

If I like this song does that mean I'm gay?

@terrytay1774 4 жыл бұрын

Don't be stupid!

@richardb6260 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know Rick Moranis could sing.

@bman342 15 жыл бұрын

I know I'll get spammed for this, but just wish he didn't feel he needed to where the toup

@sabretooth717 3 жыл бұрын

Wow The jackson 5 sure improved this song.....way better.

@MANHATTANBEEFMAN 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone who thinks this is great music/lyric writing...has never heard of Stephen Sondheim.

@moosemush 5 жыл бұрын

Man Hattan they can both be great, just in different ways..

@MANHATTANBEEFMAN 5 жыл бұрын

@@moosemush - You wouldn't be equating Stephen Sondheim (America's greatest musical composer) w/this...putz - would you?

@moosemush 5 жыл бұрын

Man Hattan oh, Sondheim is certainly the best. That doesn’t mean Schwartz can’t also be great.

@MANHATTANBEEFMAN 5 жыл бұрын

@@moosemush -Except that he (Schwartz) isn't' 'great'...he barely registers in the profession Sondheim owns.

@moosemush 5 жыл бұрын

@@MANHATTANBEEFMAN barely registers? I don't know about that, since he definitely has found success and a loyal fanbase. And if we're talking about "complexity" of music, Schwartz is considered one of the hardest MT composers to play by many accompanists. If you don't like him, fine. But you blindly stating that people who like his work have never heard of Stephen Sondheim is just false. They're both great to many people. Don't act like people are uneducated for liking someone's work.