'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' | The Sound of Music Live | Celebrating Audra McDonald’s Birthday

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    Join us in celebrating Audra McDonald's birthday by watching the truly inspirational 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' from The Sound of Music, encouraging people to take every step toward attaining their dreams.
    From The Sound of Music Live (2013): Grammy Award-winning music superstar Carrie Underwood stars in "The Sound of Music Live!" The three-hour telecast of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical classic also features TV and stage star Stephen Moyer as well as Tony Award winners Audra McDonald, Christian Borle and Laura Benanti.
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  • @khfan4life365
    @khfan4life365 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    That wasn’t just Maria crying. Carrie was as well. Audra’s voice is truly amazing.

    • @mariamnasser8807
      @mariamnasser8807 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m not surprised, I’m in awe of her beautiful voice!!!

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I never thought of that really. I thought that was more in character of her

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@mariamnasser8807I have been in awe of her singing since Annie

    • @Hatsumeiyo
      @Hatsumeiyo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Exactly, I’d be violently sobbing

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@manuelorozco7760 Me too. I remember seeing her for the first time in Annie. I was 7 and I thought she had one of the most beautiful singing voice. I had ever heard.

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Notice that Audra starts very simply, each word separate. She slowly builds with each line to a more full vocal expression, until at the end, she is triumphant. Revelatory performance.

  • @queenfan45
    @queenfan45 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Carrie totally dropped character and is just clearly in awe.

    • @francoisbessing
      @francoisbessing ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Correct.

    • @vincehilaire720
      @vincehilaire720 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Carrie looked like she was in tears. With a voice like Audra’s so close, I’d probably be in tears, too.

    • @mariamnasser8807
      @mariamnasser8807 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vincehilaire720 same

    • @colinvanblaricom6573
      @colinvanblaricom6573 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The only time Carrie actually did a good job "acting" in the musical

  • @ndrewmarin
    @ndrewmarin ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Prob the best performance from this production! Her voice is a miracle

    • @PaulGoodeK
      @PaulGoodeK ปีที่แล้ว

      Brilliant. At the time, there was much bed wetting over alleged reverse racism-as delusional then as the fretting over “wokeness” (whatever that is) is today.

    • @ktfitz4604
      @ktfitz4604 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She impresses every time!

    • @lynnlRDR-RDR2
      @lynnlRDR-RDR2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I know I wish she was in this more. I watched this when it first was aired on tv

    • @charliedrosario999
      @charliedrosario999 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why don't you write your words properly

    • @Kurt77777
      @Kurt77777 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Probably not. Actually, definitely not.

  • @LB-oe4hk
    @LB-oe4hk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I remember seeing it live on tv. I stood in my living room watching it speechless and had tears in my eyes when it ended

  • @jpnpl
    @jpnpl 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My parents saw the original BC and I grew up on the album that they purchased afterwards. But no one AT ALL can match Audra. A true tour de force. I cry every time I watch it

  • @flowerydaveflowerydave1533
    @flowerydaveflowerydave1533 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I stood in my living room and clapped while weeping. Beyond beautiful.

  • @The5thSphinx
    @The5thSphinx ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Simply put - this was extraordinarily SUPREME!!! Audra didn't just sing the words and the notes (as I've heard WAY too many "pros" do), and she didn't just "sing" the meaning.....she DELIVERED it.....on a golden tray!!! BRAVA!!!!!

  • @francoisbessing
    @francoisbessing ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The utter release in Audra McDonald's voice is enough to make the hardened heart yield.

  • @furbl4345
    @furbl4345 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Wow, Audra McDonald being a natural soprano totally nailed this song, one of the best renditions for sure. I felt every emotions and her delivery is out of this world. People kept comparing this version to Gaga's live performance at the Oscar, there is really no comparison.

    • @maestromuffin1
      @maestromuffin1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      all the great opera sopranos have sung this - and they're great. but for me, the original version form the broadway show with Patricia Newell is the gold standard.

    • @maestromuffin1
      @maestromuffin1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      oh, and I love me some Audra!

  • @jeffreysmith5777
    @jeffreysmith5777 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Audra’s voice is like nothing else …unreal

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would pair her and Renee Fleming for a duet

  • @kenmartin1345
    @kenmartin1345 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Audra made her Broadway debut in the 1994 revival of “Carousel” when she blew everyone away auditioning for the role of Carrie Pipperidge. She simply was the best for the role. The same applied here in 2013. Her “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” was heartfelt and magnificent.

  • @staceymarksings8
    @staceymarksings8 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I had forgotten about this one, as I saw it live, watching from Long Island where it was filmed. This is the perfect performance, and one in a lifetime. I will gift it to my 13 year old daughter. In today's world she will need this kind of inspiration to navigate these uncertain times. Climb every mountain, until you find your dreams! Never give up. Such a beautiful and touching performance.

  • @skycolinregan
    @skycolinregan ปีที่แล้ว +43

    YAY!!! This is finally on TH-cam!!! Audra McDonald, your empathy simply flows from you when you sing, and it makes my heart feel so seen and heard. You are my role model! Now, excuse me while I dry my tears ❤

  • @cynthiat6505
    @cynthiat6505 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Audra MacDonald is my favorite Broadway star!!! Happy Birthday!!!

  • @whittneyl5950
    @whittneyl5950 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    What a storyteller Audra is. Her vocal choices are second to none. In the beginning, her pacing lags and is behind the beat to give a more casual feel. At the climax of the song, she is right on top of the beat which gives the lyrics a feeling of urgency

  • @charliepostell5296
    @charliepostell5296 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The genuine tears in both of their eyes has always made this so much more poignant ♥️

  • @nardo218
    @nardo218 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    omg this song was written for audra. my life is complete

  • @SymphonyBrahms
    @SymphonyBrahms ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Audra McDonald is a great Broadway star. She has won five Tony awards.

    • @arm1783
      @arm1783 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      6

  • @allenjones3130
    @allenjones3130 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    One of the great voices of musical theatre performing one of the great ballads of musical theatre!

  • @lisar915r9
    @lisar915r9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I like this version of the song much better than the one in the movie. Here, you can tell that the mother superior was singing this out of love, and wanting the best for Maria.

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I couldn’t agree more since Peggy Wood’s singing was dubbed

  • @tammielynn8273
    @tammielynn8273 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    No other voice can compare.

  • @ShutUpAndLoveMe62
    @ShutUpAndLoveMe62 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Audra is just effortless! Loved her in Ragtime and this literally saved this version for me

  • @annrogers5666
    @annrogers5666 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Fantastic. What a voice. 👏🏞🌈

  • @manuelorozco7760
    @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The best rendition I’ve ever heard! All I can say

  • @PaulGoodeK
    @PaulGoodeK ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Carrie Underwood looks awed and who can blame her?

  • @chantalrogers777
    @chantalrogers777 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    such a beautiful voice!

  • @samosullivan1744
    @samosullivan1744 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Best. Rendition. Ever!!!

  • @jasonmichaelmorgan6207
    @jasonmichaelmorgan6207 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never fails to make me cry. Incredible.

  • @larrymartin7479
    @larrymartin7479 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Outstanding!!

  • @dalehoward3704
    @dalehoward3704 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this version with Audra McDonald and Carrie Underwood ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @imy5279
    @imy5279 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well first off, The Sound of Music is definitely one of my top favorites. Secondly, holy moly, i never knew Audra did this. She was magnificent, Absolutely devine! This is now my favorite version of this magnificent musical. I adore Audra, bravo Audra! Someone please tell me if this is on dvd. 👏

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually it is on DVD yes

  • @junebella6392
    @junebella6392 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What the
    Heck this woman out did anybody version of this song even the original
    Version .. no one can hold a candle 🕯️ to this woman Golden theater vocal chords

  • @VladSicoe
    @VladSicoe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a voice.

  • @wolfwind1
    @wolfwind1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A beautiful performance.

  • @onepieceofstardust9194
    @onepieceofstardust9194 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was looking for a clip of this! Thank you!

  • @mamamaria3324
    @mamamaria3324 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So beautiful!! I cried. 😭

  • @icesk8mike
    @icesk8mike 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Carrie tried so hard not to break character while tearing up

    • @queenfan45
      @queenfan45 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think she did, but is just in such awe it works perfectly

  • @notarookie1
    @notarookie1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I thank you for Phantom and everything. You helped me rise from my tomb

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had no idea that Audra MacDonald could sing operatic repertoire, which this is. She is far better than the movie role. And she gives it more emotion than I've ever seen in this essential role. Who is the Maria standing at first immobile, then she grows into the moment, too. A perfect performance.

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If you want more of her, try the 1999 Annie

    • @broadwaygodess630
      @broadwaygodess630 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      In the 90s she sang Vieni T’affretta in a production of Masterclass. She has serious operatic chops.

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Her version of "If I Loved You" from Carousel is amazing as well.

  • @juergenb.7965
    @juergenb.7965 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did show the film many times as a projectionist at a cinema, always goose flesh when the credits appear and that song

  • @laminage
    @laminage 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in Canada and when I saw her on a Xmas Special singing in New York, I so wished that I was there. I would have cried like a Baby if I heard her sing to me.

  • @craigcricket7932
    @craigcricket7932 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo. Great Job. From a man of old Days, that was awesome.

  • @amangogna68
    @amangogna68 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great musical !

  • @Pearly056
    @Pearly056 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love her voice!

  • @craigcricket7932
    @craigcricket7932 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The original was studio voiced over. Lyp Synct. This woman did it, live. Impressive.

  • @Offwego9876
    @Offwego9876 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Carrie was crying because you can't stand that close to Audra belting in your ear without thinking you've died and gone to heaven!

  • @tedharrispuppets
    @tedharrispuppets 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BRAVO!

  • @TheAmadeusXperience
    @TheAmadeusXperience 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Audra MacDonald is a treasure 🖤

  • @helpmemyspaghettiistryingt959
    @helpmemyspaghettiistryingt959 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never saw the live production, just the soundtrack and then Audra performing at a concert (video of course), this is the first time seeing this SOM production

  • @GrooveYouVerse
    @GrooveYouVerse ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Holy cow I’m a mess 😭

  • @junebella6392
    @junebella6392 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This song was sung long before Audra was born but Audra was born to sing this song
    And nobody does it better …..,,

  • @lesserreid954
    @lesserreid954 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Carrie was so real for crying

  • @jacobhenderson3689
    @jacobhenderson3689 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There is a reason she has 6 Tony Awards. She is in a league all her own. The Michael Jordan of Theater!

  • @catherinesamarasinghe8790
    @catherinesamarasinghe8790 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Clim every mountain with lyriks

  • @suelicatache6975
    @suelicatache6975 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏

  • @tiaracousins3307
    @tiaracousins3307 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Climb every mountain, Search high and low, Follow every byway, Every path you know. Climb every mountain, Ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, 'Till you find your dream. A dream that will need All the love you can give, Every day of your life For as long as you live. Climb every mountain, Ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, Till you find your dream A dream that will need All the love you can give, Every day of your life, For as long as you live. Climb every mountain, Ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, Till you find your dream.

  • @JohnnyAngel8
    @JohnnyAngel8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw this but I don't recall there being a live audience. Am I remembering correctly?

    • @markschildberg1667
      @markschildberg1667 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There was no audience for this production

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The idea of a live audience wasn’t thought about until Grease

  • @kimberlyalessandroni9767
    @kimberlyalessandroni9767 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun Fact: Audra McDonald also plays the opera singing wardrobe from the live action Beauty and the Beast.

  • @Chandra614
    @Chandra614 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The only performance from this production that actually holds a candle to the film version. Nothing beats Peggy Lee on this song, but Audra McDonald does a pretty impressive job.

    • @paulyoung01
      @paulyoung01 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you mean Peggy Wood ?

    • @k.robertrichardson6779
      @k.robertrichardson6779 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paulyoung01 Or, for that matter, Margery McKay.

    • @mrbroadwaydork
      @mrbroadwaydork 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Audra blows her out of the water actually

    • @Chandra614
      @Chandra614 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mrbroadwaydork I don't think so, but to each their own. It's a good performance, regardless.

    • @bethsmallwood6972
      @bethsmallwood6972 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Peggy Wood singing voice is Margery McKay who actually dubbed her singing voice in the movie of The Sound of Music and years later on T.V. with Carrie Underwood, Audra McDonald actually sang Climb Every Mountain for the role of the Reverend Mother. To be perfectly honest I LOVED both versions of The Sound of Music 🎶🎵 mainly because I am a fan of The Sound of Music and to this VERY DAY I am in awe with all of the music from The Sound of Music.

  • @fredgwynn8933
    @fredgwynn8933 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was the only incredible wonderful thing in Sound of Music live. The rest you can throw away, but this was shot out of the dark as this beautiful couple minutes and it's so moving how this performance gets Carrie Underwood to really feel something. It really was a incredibly special part of an entirely stupid thing.

  • @petradoots584
    @petradoots584 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing Audra talent. Wow audra...big fan from japan...unfortunately another Maria should have been chosen for the part

  • @PandaMonium92827
    @PandaMonium92827 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nobody needed to act in this scene, in the case of the actors who were not supposed to cry....in that case, whoever held back tears successfully through this is a fucking legend.

  • @hellojerome
    @hellojerome 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video made me subscribe to TH-cam Premium

  • @FLOWERSANDSLOTS
    @FLOWERSANDSLOTS ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Audra MacDonald is a "no-brainer". Carrie Underwood should NOT have been cast in this production. I love Carrie but she was not right for this role.

    • @sweeney60
      @sweeney60 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The whole time watching this I thought, “why didn’t they cast her in South Pacific?” That show would have made so much more sense for her.

    • @chefryanj2012
      @chefryanj2012 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Audra’s performance saved this movie because up until she sang this song the whole movie was completely boring.

    • @n25bast
      @n25bast ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember watching the ads and wondering why Megan Hilty (who at the time was already working with NBC) wasn't picked instead, or even a new actress getting her big break.

    • @chefryanj2012
      @chefryanj2012 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@n25bast she would have been awesome.

    • @ericmaine
      @ericmaine ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Carrie crying because she knows she'll never sing like Audra

  • @ericmaine
    @ericmaine ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Carrie crying because she can’t sing like Audra

  • @katiewilliams5643
    @katiewilliams5643 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Didn’t like this production at all but I loved this scene in the show

  • @naldawson7336
    @naldawson7336 ปีที่แล้ว

    저기에 흑인이 왜?

    • @francoisbessing
      @francoisbessing ปีที่แล้ว

      Your racist comment is interesting. You've learned nothing from the racism of the West but ignorance.

    • @naldawson7336
      @naldawson7336 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@francoisbessing 물론이지. 난 아시아인이니까
      그래서 더 중립적으로 볼수있다네.
      흑인이 2차대전 유럽에서 수녀였다고? NONSENSE

    • @royalishere3832
      @royalishere3832 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@naldawson7336 Race is not a big deal during theatre unless that’s the main focus of the story. (Saying this as someone who loves theatre and is black.) That’s like saying why isn’t the entire cast of Hamilton white?

  • @johnpickford4222
    @johnpickford4222 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1) WHILE I love Audra McDonald’s voice, it is wrong for this role. A more mature mezzo-soprano, like the original Patricia Neway is required.
    2) Yes, it is a musical and not all ethnic requirements are maintained BUT an African American would not be heading up an abbey in Salzburg in the late ‘20s when the story actually took place or late ‘30s when the musical and film dramatization take place. And this is not a slight on McDonald’s considerable talent.

    • @n25bast
      @n25bast ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You know there were Black people in Central Europe before WWII, right?

    • @antheiheiant
      @antheiheiant ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah.. No.

    • @jacobskinner3522
      @jacobskinner3522 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s unrealistic and damaging to choose not to hire actors of color today in the pursuit of some kind of historical accuracy.

    • @MegaScron
      @MegaScron ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Unless the part requires a certain race for the script, who even cares anymore? The cast always reflects the diversity of the country it is staged in (or lack thereof). If this were performed in Japan, they’d likely all be Japanese. I’d watch Audra play Maria as long as I got to hear her sing this music.
      Besides, The Sound of Music is a ridiculous dramatization of the actual events. Let’s not pretend the story isn’t just Dad-lands-the-attractive-virginal-nanny, plus Nazis.

    • @PaulGoodeK
      @PaulGoodeK ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nor would a nun break into song. Nor would a family of ten flee across the Alps when their passports allowed them to take a train to Italy. Just saying.

  • @MaiTakeda
    @MaiTakeda ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wait a minute! Why is Audra McDonald, a black woman, playing a nun in pre-WWII Austria when there is no black nun? Never!

    • @FLOWERSANDSLOTS
      @FLOWERSANDSLOTS ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Look beyond the color of her skin and just listen to her voice. I am happy that production companies and Broadway are thinking beyond boundaries of being politically correct. Example: Hamilton. Kudos to Lin Manuel.

    • @MaiTakeda
      @MaiTakeda ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FLOWERSANDSLOTS Sorry but this interpretation is not for my taste. If the correctness is black or white then it should be black or white. My apologies to Miss McDonald but your not the type to play this part.

    • @bsmusicd
      @bsmusicd ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Why did Charlton Heston play Moses in "The 10 Commandments" despite being neither Jewish or Middle Eastern? Why did Elizabeth Taylor play "Cleopatra?"
      Audra plays Mother Superior because she's a 6-time Tony award winner and one of the best mezzo sopranos on the planet.

    • @brianaustin5467
      @brianaustin5467 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Strangely, you do not seem to have complained about the predominantly white cast playing the roles of brown people, from the middle east, in Joseph.

    • @MaiTakeda
      @MaiTakeda ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianaustin5467 True. I didn't criticize the Joseph & His Technicolor Dream Coat cast but what is to complain. It is Muslim but they don't care because it is a Bible story not a Koran. And it is not a "brown" story. It is a Muslim story. There is a difference so don't insult a Muslim.

  • @charliedrosario999
    @charliedrosario999 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brashly sung and as dull as Jonathan Morris.

    • @francoisbessing
      @francoisbessing ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well aren't you a fountain of desperation.

    • @charliedrosario999
      @charliedrosario999 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@francoisbessingFountain yourself