This is one of my favorite songs. The one sung by Judy Collins. I love the expression on the face of this clown. It seems to fit the melancholy words of the song. Don't you agree? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5os4NFeKFFs
Nice shot.
And yes the song is wonderful.
I have it in my iPod library by about 5 artists. The first one I heard was Cleo Laine, which is still great but Frank Sinatra singing it live is my favourite.
@04haze - Hopefully that makes life more enjoyable!
@stevecameras - Thank you Steve! I like Sinatra's rendition too!
@maggiemae - Thank you Maggie! They didn't scrimp on the costumes. All of the performers costumes were amazing and many of them changed throughout the show. Particularly the ringmaster!
@judithdeacon - Thank you Judith! I don't know why I have always liked that song so much. This is what I have learned, just today, about the lyrics:
"Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she looks back on an affair years earlier with the lawyer Fredrik. Meeting him after so long, she finds that he is now in an unconsummated marriage with a much younger woman. Desirée proposes marriage to rescue him from this situation, but he declines, citing his dedication to his bride. Reacting to his rejection, Desirée sings this song. The song is later reprised as a coda after Fredrik's young wife runs away with his son, and Fredrik is finally free to accept Desirée's offer.
@kwind - They were all beautiful as you will see in the days ahead as I keep posting more.
@paulam - Thank you Paula! I hope by the time I am done that my followers aren't too bored with the series. My only wish is that I have a full frame camera that I could have used higher ISO's to stop the action better as well as keeping the noise low. I kept switching back and forth between shutter priority and the no flash setting.
And yes the song is wonderful.
I have it in my iPod library by about 5 artists. The first one I heard was Cleo Laine, which is still great but Frank Sinatra singing it live is my favourite.
@amandal - Thank you! I can remember the most famous of clowns, other than Ronald, in my life time, Emmett Kelley. His face was a sad one.
@kerristephens - Thank you Kerri!
@04haze - Hopefully that makes life more enjoyable!
@stevecameras - Thank you Steve! I like Sinatra's rendition too!
@maggiemae - Thank you Maggie! They didn't scrimp on the costumes. All of the performers costumes were amazing and many of them changed throughout the show. Particularly the ringmaster!
@judithdeacon - Thank you Judith! I don't know why I have always liked that song so much. This is what I have learned, just today, about the lyrics:
"Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she looks back on an affair years earlier with the lawyer Fredrik. Meeting him after so long, she finds that he is now in an unconsummated marriage with a much younger woman. Desirée proposes marriage to rescue him from this situation, but he declines, citing his dedication to his bride. Reacting to his rejection, Desirée sings this song. The song is later reprised as a coda after Fredrik's young wife runs away with his son, and Fredrik is finally free to accept Desirée's offer.
@kwind - They were all beautiful as you will see in the days ahead as I keep posting more.
@paulam - Thank you Paula! I hope by the time I am done that my followers aren't too bored with the series. My only wish is that I have a full frame camera that I could have used higher ISO's to stop the action better as well as keeping the noise low. I kept switching back and forth between shutter priority and the no flash setting.