"Dear Theodosia" from Hamilton - Ben Folds & Regina Spektor with the NSO | The Kennedy Center 

REGINA IS SO HAPPY AND EXITED, IT'S SO CUTE AND PURE. Aaaah, my feelings can't handle it....

Regina is a bottle of sunshine in human form.

i kind of want regina to write a musical! she's such a master of telling engrossing little stories in her songs - it'd be interesting to see her take on the challenge of a full theatrical piece.

Regina's happiness? I live for that.

Ben Folds is so dorkaliscious! I just love him. Spektor is infectious. I do hope parents are singing this lullaby anthem to their infants.

Hamilton? Regina? Are you trying to kill me?!

In my opinion, this was the best "casting" decision on the Hamilton mixtape. And this performance is somehow a LOT better than the album version. Chills and tears. Thanks, Kennedy Center.

If anyone needs me, I'll be in a corner crying while playing this on repeat.

Regina Spektor + Ben Folds + strings = ACTUAL TEARS. What beautiful fucking music. Thank you for uploading, Kennedy Center!

Regina is so underrated. This talented woman is precious and deserves all the fame but in the same time I don't want her to be popular and mainstream..

Ben Folds and Regina Spektor singing Hamilton with a beautiful orchestra... I’ve truly seen the most beautiful thing in my life.

I will never ever get tired of Regina. She's got the magic.

I love that she covered this song. Makes you think of it as a mother singing instead of a father. Very profound in a different way.

I CRY AND LAUGHED AT THE SAME TIME

She's so adorable! I'm so glad she got to sing a song from Hamilton! She nailed it!

Regina Spektor's voice is so delicate and emotive with enough warmth that it really feels like a lullaby.

Her emotions from 2:25 are priceless ❤️

I came as soon as I heard. I've never been able to sing this song with out my voice cracking at some point. What a fantastic rendition.

One of the most beautiful collaborations ever existed.

At this moment I only have one wish, and it's to see Regina Spektor live.

That voice is just so beautiful.

This is what an artist looks like when they are just consumed and lost in their craft and giving themselves over to it entirely. Beautiful.

So many things you can learn from Regina. Just her huge smile teaches us many life lessons: how her smile shows passion in what she does, reveals how thankful she is to the audience and orchestra, how she forgets troubles in the world through art. Regina, thank you.

Dear Theodosia, what to say to you? You have my eyes You have your mother’s name When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart I’m dedicating every day to you Domestic life was never quite my style When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart You will come of age with our young nation We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you If we lay a strong enough foundation We’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you And you’ll blow us all away Someday, someday Yeah, you’ll blow us all away Someday, someday Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone My son Look at my son Pride is not the word I’m looking for There is so much more inside me now Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun My son When you smile, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart My father wasn’t around (my father wasn’t around) I swear that I’ll be around for you I’ll do whatever it takes I’ll make a million mistakes I’ll make the world safe and sound for you Will come of age with our young nation We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you If we lay a strong enough foundation We’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you And you’ll blow us all away Someday, someday Yeah, you’ll blow us all away Someday, someday

Just when I thought I couldn't love her anymore than I already do

Ah music may save us yet. The keeper of truth where eyes deceive voice will reveal.

They way they sing with such soft voices. It's just perfection. Like a gentle kiss on the head and a warm hug embracing me.

REGINA’S FACE AT THE END! 😍😍😍 This video is priceless in every aspect!

I wasn't emotionally prepared for this 😩😭

This live performance that is so beautiful that it hurts. Regina's voice is pure and incredible. The orchestra musicians and Ben Folds are so attentive to her. My favorite moment is at 1:47 just before she comes in again.

I'm crying. The purity and joy in her performance is overwhelmingly beautiful.

I've never seen "Hamilton," but this song, as sung by my most cherished singer and songwriter (Regi, of course~) certainly entices me in that direction!

I’m just gunna pretend that a tiny sunbeam of joy didn’t poke through my cold, cold heart.

Well, I'm crying for forever...

I wanna leave a poem here. It's said that Theodosia was lost at sea. This reminded me of a love poem. It's fitting that I remembered it because Annabelle Lee was "shut up in a sepulchre by the sea". Ben, I love your work and the passion you exhibit. Regina, you have a beautiful voice and have brought a new light to Dear Theodosia. Annabelle Lee by Edgar Allen Poe: It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee- With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!-that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea- In her tomb by the sounding sea.

im crying

My heart melts when she smiles at the orchestra at the end

Regina is the sweetest girl in the world. Love this live.

Why does this make me cry every time? Because of the beautiful performance? Or from how far our great nation is from the American dreams, no longer a reality.

this song was written for Regina Spektor to perform change my mind

I teared up ....I love this song....

Best version ever - I’ll always have a place in my heart for Regina Spektor, and this song is so perfect for her.

She has that soothing voice that could put me into sleep every time I listen to her

I see hamilton and/or ben folds and regina spektor, I click. Simple. 😍

look at her smile shes so precious

Dear Theodosia usually makes me cry but this was a new level

Happy. Ears happy

This version of the song really has my heart :)

I cry every time.

Butterflies on my tummy, just found their party song. 💓 Pure music, real emotions. 💓

This song makes me feel so emotional for no reason

Regina spektor 💕

Regina Spektor is magical

This is unreal..so beautiful.. Love Regina.

Giving me literal chills

All the feels in the world.

First time hearing this song. Blown away!!!

Thank you so much for sharing this moment so precious for our souls Kennedy Center !!

This has been stuck in my head for days at this point. Wonderful rendition.

so beautiful 😭❤

Lin Manuel Miranda was meant to write this but Regina was meant to sing this song.

What a pure tone.

Love her for years and many more

i'm gonna cry i love regina with my whole heart

the perfect combo

Stunning!

I could listen to this on repeat for HOURS!

I just found this video and can I just say, how wonderful this performance is. Wow.

This is magical!!

Beautiful

Just love her singing and how she responded at the very end with her clapping..music was so gooooooood!!

OMG her voice is so sweet and warm...make me wanna cry😭

Beautiful ❤❤❤

Pure beauty! Thank you Regina, once again

this rendering..reaches all stars in the universe😭

I love watching how happy she is performing with an orchestra.

Now I'm in love. Regina is such a joy.

Regina melts my heart.

MY TEARS CANT BE STOPPED

Pure talent. Wow

so strange seeing her sing but not play at the same time but still perfect and I love her

My favorite singers together♡

Amazing!

two of my absolute favorites

When you smile... You knock me out, I fall apart and I thought I was so smart ❤️

Wow, fantastic... I'm in love w/ Spektor... I'm soo easy.

So cute!!!!

BEAUTIFUL

I'M IT CAN BE!!!!!! LOVE THIS!!!!!!

perfection

Goosebumps

love this!

What an impressive performance. It makes me feel whole after listening to the song!

this song and Regina own my feelings

I was at this concert and these two work so well together it's incredible

the loveliest version of this song that I have ever heard--with all due respect to the original

Wow wow wow magnificent

This is how a great/connected singer should be-- really connected to the words, the meaning, the musicians around her. It shouldn't be an exception. And for someone like her-- who mainly does alternative pop, I totally get how stunning it would be to sing with an entire orchestra! Good stuff!

I can't handle this 😭 😍

Ahh this is bliss.