I can't believe how people can realize how much you means to me she's so wonderful and magical and beautiful I don't know what I do without her I think she should have a Nobel Peace prize for music because she's so pure and beautiful
Rachel is not only playing Emerson. She is also playing Lake and Palmer's parts. Vocal, rhythm accents, tempo and expression. She is an accomplished pianist who is very faithful to the music. She also adds flourishes here and there to provide dynamic contrast. She is a fine player in her own right and deserves recognition for her whole reportoire, which I am quite certain is very large! We are very fortunate that Rachel is a wonderful interpreter of Keith Emerson's music. Her dedication and ability are a treasure to behold. Thank you for this clip, Jeanie. And thank you Rachel for your excellent performance. It made my day!
I checked out a video of her playing on Frank Zappa's Montana with Dweezil Zappa, but I couldn't find her on any of the keyboards. I was astounded to see her walk out with a guitar! She absolutely killed it! She is truly one of the most talented musicians I have ever had the pleasure to listen to.
Sometimes I am made to feel justified in my choices for what i consider to be important musical events, songs and performances! Rachel is all three. As a Life Long musician, composer, piano player, writer and social philosopher, I often keep many of my observations private. I'm always afraid my eclectic taste in no way represent the Masses! Like my obsession with Bob Dylan and his writing. I had always felt, perhaps speaking in prose and code, and wistful images, from a serious mind, was perhaps too obscure for people to understand. in December Bob Dylan will be awarded the Nobel prize in literature for his body of work. Justification! I also worried that my obsession with Keith Emerson, and his beautiful wonderful mind and musical imagination, was the product of a musician that has seen way too many sunrises! When the greatest musical mime, possibly in the world, has made the music of Keith Emerson a centerpiece of her musical world, JUSTIFIED! AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, RACHEL VERY WELL MAY BE THE GREATEST MUSICAL MIME OF ALL TIME! I saw a clip of Rachel at about nine years old , with Ray Charles playing back Dave brubeck's take five, with that 5/4, 3/4 for 4/4 timing perfectly! One listen! I never understood the terms musical mime until then! Listening to Rachel play this wonderful piece of music, I a wonderous thing! But unlike many mimes or a perfect tonal memory, Rachel emotes and artistically makes the music come alive! When we lost Keith, I thought that's the end of his music forever! So of course one day searching for my Keith Emerson fix, I found Rachel! OH WHAT A DAY! Watching her Bloom as an artist. Listening to her own creations, it is a wonderful beautiful thing! Thank you Rachel! JUSTIFICATION!
Not only Emerson, she plays Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa and others famous musicians, without forget that she plays not only keyboards, but guitar, flute and so on, a complete musician that deserve all our admiration.
Keith Emerson saw himself as a composer first and a rock star second. We his fans always saw the rock star he was. In his passing, Rachel points out what a brilliant composer He was, by playing his music the way he always hoped someone would come along and do. Great job of playing a great song.
Somebody should sit down and read these comments to Rachel given the fact that she's blind and can't see. I'm sure she would love the uplifting comments. Faced with 2 challenges, not being able to see and playing Keith Emerson's music, which is the most difficult to play on the planet Just goes to show that very few people in this world have very rare qualities like Rachel. Tell her thanks for keeping Keith's spirit in all of us listeners.
I'd have loved to see her hearing all the amazing artists she's obviously heard for the first time. She must have the most amazing ear for music. It took me 52 years to experience what she already understands at a doctorate level. Hard not to fall in love with her work.
Why am I commenting 3 years after it was posted? After listening to this yet again, I realized that this piece perfectly exemplifies why Rachel and Keith Emerson have always been such a great match. They both understand that "piano" is just short for "piano-forte" meaning soft AND strong. Keith's compositions and Rachel's playing both make full use of the versatility of this instrument. Keith also uses the left hand extensively, not always a strong feature of many composers. Rachel may as well have two brains operating each hand independently. Two incredible performers. I'm so glad Rachel is here to properly honor Keith's genius.
I wanted to be a great pianist like this but then realized I forgot to be born with any talent...God I love Her so much. Every clip I listen to just blows me away. Just amazing talent. Long live Rachel FLowers
No one listens to rachel as much as me! She can play anything she hears, but her choice, Emerson! It Must The Way He Develops His Ideas! We Dont Have Keith, But We Have Ms Flowers! Fills Heart! Thank So Much!
I wasn't sure how Tarkus would sound played entirely on piano. It is amazing how Rachel can recall such a complex piece. She is incredible and performed it flawlessly.
What an incredible performance by Rachel. As the gentleman said: WHAT CAN WE DO AFTER THAT? As a longtime ELP fan, let me just say ELP continues with Rachel Flowers. Keith and Greg are definitely proud and watching over you.
The best performer of ELP compositions on the planet. Why? Talent, ability, dedication and passion - everything at an outstanding level! Keith lives on because of you, Rachel!
Fabulous, world class performance. Like the original ELP track the music at times rises above itself, becomes almost detached from reality and flows to some kind of no man’s land between earth, heaven and hell. There are several covers of Tarkus about; only this one can side by side with the original.
wow dude the way she moves in spastic joy when the rendition is over, it got me thinking so much, it hit me hard, and now in my head i have all kinds of questions and crazy theories on why thats not casual... the way a blind person perceives the world, and how much joy comes out of those movements, its crazy... such an incredible amount of energy bursting out of her.. its like an eruption... i love it
Spastic Joy? You have managed to create a new phrase for the masses! I shall immediately petition Google to add the phrase! " I was immediately overtaken by spastic Joy at the sight of my new baby!" "At the end of the performance, rather then applaud I was overcome with spastic Joy, and my hands performed a new and never before seen series of movements I can only call Spastic joy!" KE and RF are carriers of this phenomenon!
I saw the video where she performs Boston's Foreplay and she does a similar thing when she's done. I thought it was really strange until I realized as a blind person she has no visual reference for celebration and has developed her own way of celebrating! It just looks odd to us because that's not the way we do it! I felt her enthusiasm though! She's great.
@@davidwanderson7830 100% agreed As for the term 'spastic joy' the word 'spastic' is antiquated and thankfully now redundant but used to refer mainly to those suffering from cerebral palsy.
I've grown so accustomed to listening to Rachel playing Emerson, it's like, when I listen to Emerson, something's missing... Thanks for keeping him with us Rachel!
This is in my opinion, the all-time greatest piece of music ever written played by one of the best living prog keyboardists today. Rachel's love for and understanding of Keith Emerson's compositions shines through in performances like this one.
That is incredible. Astounded, I used to listen to ELP on a Quad 4 channel Craig 8 track player, with 2 6x9's and two home stereo cabinets, on a car battery, in my room. Was always intrigued at the intricate keyboard work of Keith, thought holly crap, that can never be played again like that, I was wrong, lol, Rachel has done it, and very well, BRAVO !
I love this woman on the rock keyboards. No other man or woman in this genre today can match her. She has extreme talent, long fingers, and "it." She is perfect, my God.
I wasn't listening to a KE clone. Rachel is her own musician with her own sensibilities, her own interpretations. Keith was a great musician, and she listened to that music and played is to do justice to his work. If it not the same interpretation as KE, it is RF. She has earned her place in the world. As a therapist, I am intrigued at how people can train their skills. I was told that it is the mind that controls the body, but I attended a course which said that it was the body that controlled the mind. I would be interested to have Rachel's ideas about this. What guides her movements? Does she move her fingers to hear the music, or does the music move her fingers? I wish her all the best for having a good control of her body, since it is a beautiful instrument.
The music Rachel hears in her head moves her fingers as indeed with Keith. Keith would often say he had complete orchestrations in his head with all the sections and would play and manuscript them. Such a talented composer who loved to hear orchestras playing his compositions a true maestro. There was so much more to come from the maestro. Rest easy my friend and listen to the music you enriched our planet with.
It is the hand that manipulates and articulates the instrument of the creative mind. Rachel not only has the mechanical skills to play but has an ability to hear every note as it was originally written. There must be a distinction made between the ability to mechanically articulate the instrument and the ability to create an original composition.
My goodness. She doesn't just get up on stage and start playing shit. She works out each NJ ote and chord, then practices them repetitively until they become rote. You sound as if you believe she just hears the tune and spontaneously starts playing.
Heidegger would probably say that the distinction is unimportant. From the point of view of the performer, the mind, hands, piano and sound are all a single entity. His analogy was that of a carpenter -- in the moment, the nails are going in, the arm is swinging, the carpenter is feeling the weight of the hammer and then ... suddenly arm, hammer, mind all disappear and there is only "hammering".
It's both. Before you really know a piece your head is moving your fingers around. Then something happens. Practice and repetition sort of "gel" in your head and the music seems to be moving your fingers. It isn't of course. Mind and body are essentially the same thing. The experience of 'self" is wrapped up in the body.
Rachel is a perfectionist with perfect pitch. She can pick out one incorrect note out of a whole symphony. I watched her correct the Keithe Emerson Orchestra at the Birmingham tribute rehearsal. But she is so sweet, soft spoken and gentle. Just a wonderful human being as well as amazing musician.
I sort of recall when Rachel was very young and her folks brought in a piano teacher. Teacher listened to her play and told her folks: "There's nothing I can teach her." You can take that both ways but only the best of us knew what he meant.
Keith and ELP touched Rachel deeply at a young age and that first time hearing ELP changed her being..... her life, conciseness and music.....and who she is as a being....
you are an angel, sent from heaven. You are no mere mortal but an angel in disguise. Your talent is not from earth but from the heavens. You were created by God to reflect His Glory. You are not of this world, but transcend it.
Grazie Rachel, meravigliosa creatura, che riesci a consegnarci con tale forza la musica indimenticabile degli Emerson Lake & Palmer. La sorte ti ha privato di un senso, ma te ne ha dato un altro, incredibilmente sviluppato, per la gioia di tutti noi. Per farci volare alti e guardare scenari che, con i nostri occhi, non riusciremmo mai a guardare senza i tuoi dell'anima. Un sorriso Rachel...
Woke up this morning, made me a coffee and looked for new videos in the subscribed section, saw there was a new Rachel video, saw it was Tarkus, and knew the day couldn't start better ! She's so brilliant ! I used to play this piece ten or fifteen years ago, but never came to close to the way she masters it ! I recently got myself a Korg Kronos, and she really gave me the envy to try to go at it again. Thank you Rachel, you are inspiring as always !
So nice to hear a musician appreciate Rachel..... Keep going MrZimpoppel, if you make someone happy with your music: The effort was all worthwhile. Love & Peace.
The first time I heard Tarkus I was 14 years old and my jaw just dropped. Rachel does a great job of keeping the music alive. I've been a fan of hers for about five years now.
I was 11 when I first heard this the first time. At the time a bit too complex for my young mind. But wihin a couple of years ELP and Zappa were my heroes. Nowadays I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy this.
Rachel playing Keith's Tarkus reminded me of another piano great we just lost, RIP McCoy Tyner December 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020 RIP Keith Emerson November 2, 1944 - March 11, 2016
So thankful to be treated to this amazing performance! As one who happened upon this album on it's release (thanks to Columbia House) and have loved, yes treasured ever since, this is one of the most accomplished performances imaginable!
Keith's left hand! Totally astonishing. The way he'd pound out repeating bluesy bass riffs or then simply play a flourish or a run. Or the chord sequence allowing him to solo. I love Prog of course, and know the greats. But he was so unique and so talented. Could anyone really touch him?
How can one simply remember all that.😪 she's incredible. The passion and authenticity, oh my. I wish I could thank her for making a difference. There are covers, and every once in a while there is one of a kind.
Absolutely amazing! She understands and conveys the abrupt and energetic beauty of Tarkus, to me, one of the greatest pieces of music of the second half of the 20th century. A very talented musician indeed. Thanks for posting it.
... extremely virtuosic - extremely well articulated, phrased and expressed! It took some two minutes, to get used to the solo piano sound for that music, but as soon as this process is finished, you have a very nice concert of this wonderful piece. Thank you for this very nice mature experiment - congrats! I enjoyed it a lot! 😉🦊
Wow... Tarkus has always been one of my favorite albums of all time, and pretty much the only one with what I consider the real "live ELP sound" (Hammond in the middle + bass down low + Lake's vocals up high + Palmer adding the cherry on top) but Rachel managed a performance that was just as good without vocals, without organ, and without a lot of backup. Wow again.
Somewhere in the Cosmos, Keith Emerson is all smiles! Yeah, she's scary good, just like her inspiration was. I saw ELP back in the day and would love to hear this young lady if the opportunity ever presented itself. Talent really is immortal, it moves from one dedicated individual to another through years of hard practice and then even more practice! Yeah, Keith Emerson is digging her work alongside of Greg Lake... My only question is whether Carl Palmer has called her management yet?
Keith Emerson a maestro for writing Tarkus and Rachael Flowers a maestro for being able to interpret and play his work. Performed live too making it all the more breathtaking. Wonderful, just wonderful.
If you've only seen Rachel play piano, just wait until you see her play flute or guitar. It's amazing... and if you're a musician, it's both inspiring and maddening, LOL!
I sure wish that Carl Palmer and Rachel Flowers would do a tour together, playing ELP classics! Carl can still play the drums like he's in his 20s, or at least I know he did in late 2021 when I saw him live.
Yes he can still play like he's in his twenties I was just getting ready to text the same thing when I saw your message on there. Now we need a good proficient bass player. How about Getty Lee or maybe t a l Wilkenfeld. Flowers Lee and Palmer are flowers Wilkenfeld and Palmer. Palmer looks and plays great I'm sure he has a few good years left in him. Peace out from a 52-year fan.
@@edljnehan2811 Thanks for your comment. I'm about the same age as you. I missed seeing all of the great 1970s prog bands (like ELP) when they were in their heyday in the 1970s, because I was too young. I started to discover all that great music later, when I was in high school in the 1980s. I was fortunate to see ELP in concert once, in the late 1990s, and it was a great concert. (It was when they toured with Deep Purple and Dream Theater.)
@@Paul71H yeah I'm 65 years old I don't know if we're the same age or not but I got to see all the progressive rock groups in the early seventies as a matter of fact due to our radio station KSHE progressive rock St Louis I got to see just about every great band that came to St Louis in the seventies and believe me that was a lot KSHE also sponsored up and coming bands like Slade Black Oak Arkansas Ozark Mountain Daredevils Head East Star Castle Kansas Rush yes even Rush who I had the pleasure of seeing on their first American tour 1974 KSHE kite fly contest in Forest Park not only p r o g rock I Saw The Who Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Steppenwolf Pavlov's dog triumvirate nectar Emerson Lake and Palmer from 1970 concert at the arena Annex the Brain Salad Surgery tour and about seven times after that I saw gypsy Rare Bird yes Ted Nugent and too many more to name this was all before 1977. Oh dear I forgot the great Jeff b e c k and focus I'll stop now. But I must have some kind of record at least for St Louis. Thanks brother. Enjoy your Channel.
@@edljnehan2811 Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you said you were a 52-year-old fan in your previous post. Now I see that I read it wrong -- you have been a fan for 52 years. Sorry about that.
@@Paul71H that's all right man. When I heard you say you went to high school in the '80s I figured there was a calculation error. I went to high school in 1972. Sorry for the long list I've seen about double what I even listed there. Anyway like your channel man. Keep up the good work. I'll continue to be a fan. Peace brother.
I was fortunate to Keith Emerson 3 times including Isle of Wight 1970 and he remains the most amazing individual I EVER saw live and that includes Townshend, Moon, Morrison, Hendrix, Jagger et al but this young lady is just unbelievable. She's an absolute genius. Keith will always be with us thanks to this astounding talent
WOW!! Amazing Rachel!! You have a perfect balance between the rhythmic elements, melody, and harmony!! And such a beautiful touch!! Yes you have it all young lady!! I wish you much success & of course have fun always. John :)
Rachel's talent is nearly indescribable. I've watched this multiple times, and it just now occurred to me that her mental endurance is equally off the charts...To flawlessly play nearly 20 minutes of some of the most complex music ever written...This woman leaves me in awe!
That is so wild how she uses her finger tips on her thumb and pinky to maintain orientation. She "sees" the keyboard through touch. Of course, the rest is audio reception. And Genius. You are awesome, Rachel. Love ELP Music. Thank You for "carrying the torch" for Kieth.
Splendida esecuzione! Emerson con Tarkus entra di diritto nel novero dei grandi compositori contemporanei e conferma che il progressive è musica colta a tutti gli effetti.
As a musician and music lover at the ripe old age of 61 I have pretty much seen and heard them all. I just learned of Rachel flowers playing Montana by Frank Zappa on the guitar flawlessly. I found her website and subscribed and listened to her own music. Which brings me to my point this beautiful woman is the most gifted musician I have seen in my entire life I don't think there's an instrument she can't play and she sings Like An Angel. Why she is not a household name is beyond me.
I have an extra 2 years on you, and you pretty much summed up my Rachel experience. It was only 2 days ago that it was also Montana, with Dweezil, then immediately subscribing. Been listening/bingeing to her for the last 1 1/2 hrs so far. She's one of the few Musicians that has ever had me tearing up. The others being SRV, Robert Plant, and Joe Bonamassa.
Amazing! This is the second "piano only cover" of this piece I heard. The first one was by "Hermetic Science" and it totally blew my mind. First of all it's super complex thing to cover, and second.... more than 20 minutes of piano only.....The pianist needs to be super skilled and interesting to keep listener's attention. But it worked great with "HS", and I enjoyed every second with this one too. Honestly, can't decide which one I love most. And actually, I don't need to :) I will listen to both, and this one also exists as a video! Thank you very much for you music!
Rachel you just keep on getting better and better. Your maturity of play is astounding. As someone earlier said, "Keith would be so proud of her" Keep on rockin!
When you're over sixty, and you think you've already seen everything, then it comes this... Mind blowing is the word.
Same here I'm now 60 and thought I heard it all. Not true. My mind also blown. And I just heard of her 3 days ago.
I'm 67 and I love her I think she's a saint
I can't believe how people can realize how much you means to me she's so wonderful and magical and beautiful I don't know what I do without her I think she should have a Nobel Peace prize for music because she's so pure and beautiful
Thank God nobody's harmed her yet
If I could give her a great big hug I would and
Rachel is not only playing Emerson. She is also playing Lake and Palmer's parts. Vocal, rhythm accents, tempo and expression. She is an accomplished pianist who is very faithful to the music.
She also adds flourishes here and there to provide dynamic contrast.
She is a fine player in her own right and deserves recognition for her whole reportoire, which I am quite certain is very large!
We are very fortunate that Rachel is a wonderful interpreter of Keith Emerson's music. Her dedication and ability are a treasure to behold.
Thank you for this clip, Jeanie. And thank you Rachel for your excellent performance.
It made my day!
Ken M. And she can play guitar with the best of them among several other instruments.
She is also Blind.
I checked out a video of her playing on Frank Zappa's Montana with Dweezil Zappa, but I couldn't find her on any of the keyboards. I was astounded to see her walk out with a guitar! She absolutely killed it! She is truly one of the most talented musicians I have ever had the pleasure to listen to.
Sometimes I am made to feel justified in my choices for what i consider to be important musical events, songs and performances! Rachel is all three. As a Life Long musician, composer, piano player, writer and social philosopher, I often keep many of my observations private. I'm always afraid my eclectic taste in no way represent the Masses! Like my obsession with Bob Dylan and his writing. I had always felt, perhaps speaking in prose and code, and wistful images, from a serious mind, was perhaps too obscure for people to understand. in December Bob Dylan will be awarded the Nobel prize in literature for his body of work. Justification! I also worried that my obsession with Keith Emerson, and his beautiful wonderful mind and musical imagination, was the product of a musician that has seen way too many sunrises! When the greatest musical mime, possibly in the world, has made the music of Keith Emerson a centerpiece of her musical world, JUSTIFIED! AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, RACHEL VERY WELL MAY BE THE GREATEST MUSICAL MIME OF ALL TIME! I saw a clip of Rachel at about nine years old , with Ray Charles playing back Dave brubeck's take five, with that 5/4, 3/4 for 4/4 timing perfectly! One listen! I never understood the terms musical mime until then! Listening to Rachel play this wonderful piece of music, I a wonderous thing! But unlike many mimes or a perfect tonal memory, Rachel emotes and artistically makes the music come alive! When we lost Keith, I thought that's the end of his music forever! So of course one day searching for my Keith Emerson fix, I found Rachel! OH WHAT A DAY! Watching her Bloom as an artist. Listening to her own creations, it is a wonderful beautiful thing! Thank you Rachel! JUSTIFICATION!
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Not only Emerson, she plays Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa and others famous musicians, without forget that she plays not only keyboards, but guitar, flute and so on, a complete musician that deserve all our admiration.
Keith Emerson saw himself as a composer first and a rock star second. We his fans always saw the rock star he was. In his passing, Rachel points out what a brilliant composer He was, by playing his music the way he always hoped someone would come along and do. Great job of playing a great song.
Emerson is one of the most underrated composers. Thank you rachel.
It's a shame!
Keith is one of thme most important authors of Prog and consequently of the music of the XX century
but one of the very best keyboardist multi awarded for years ( with Rick Wakeman -Yes )
Yep
Your comment is ridiculous. Not surprising at all on UA-cam.
I agree with you.
Somebody should sit down and read these comments to Rachel given the fact that she's blind and can't see. I'm sure she would love the uplifting comments. Faced with 2 challenges, not being able to see and playing Keith Emerson's music, which is the most difficult to play on the planet Just goes to show that very few people in this world have very rare qualities like Rachel. Tell her thanks for keeping Keith's spirit in all of us listeners.
I'm never tired to hear Rachel playing... She's a force of nature!
she really is !!!
Marco Oselini, couldn't agree more... You know Keith looks down on her, shakes his head in total awe (like the rest of us) and smiles.
I'd have loved to see her hearing all the amazing artists she's obviously heard for the first time. She must have the most amazing ear for music. It took me 52 years to experience what she already understands at a doctorate level. Hard not to fall in love with her work.
Why am I commenting 3 years after it was posted? After listening to this yet again, I realized that this piece perfectly exemplifies why Rachel and Keith Emerson have always been such a great match.
They both understand that "piano" is just short for "piano-forte" meaning soft AND strong. Keith's compositions and Rachel's playing both make full use of the versatility of this instrument. Keith also uses the left hand extensively, not always a strong feature of many composers. Rachel may as well have two brains operating each hand independently.
Two incredible performers. I'm so glad Rachel is here to properly honor Keith's genius.
She is touched.
This is what remains of the late Keith Emerson, not the B.S. critics at Creem or Rolling Stne wrote abouth him and ELP. Real music!
Critics make me laugh
as a musician, this is best you could hope for. Rachel is unreal.
Didn't read their thoughts. But as the old adage states, no one ever built a monument to a critic.
An eighteenth-century writer (Lessing) once wrote about such people, those who can't, but nitpick others who can.
Forget the critics. Great music always rises above them and will be around much longer.
I wanted to be a great pianist like this but then realized I forgot to be born with any talent...God I love Her so much. Every clip I listen to just blows me away. Just amazing talent. Long live Rachel FLowers
I'd give 100 thumbs up if I could...this is so beautiful I'm literally tearing up...RIP Keith...
as am i
It's a rare case where I want more than one thumbs up. I'd give 5 or 10 if I could.
Me too aged 62
Yup. Tears. Good tears.
No one listens to rachel as much as me! She can play anything she hears, but her choice, Emerson! It Must The Way He Develops His Ideas! We Dont Have Keith, But We Have Ms Flowers! Fills Heart! Thank So Much!
I wasn't sure how Tarkus would sound played entirely on piano. It is amazing how Rachel can recall such a complex piece. She is incredible and performed it flawlessly.
What an incredible performance by Rachel. As the gentleman said: WHAT CAN WE DO AFTER THAT? As a longtime ELP fan, let me just say ELP continues with Rachel Flowers. Keith and Greg are definitely proud and watching over you.
The very best TARKUS piano version ever heard. GREAT. KEITH is proud of you from up above.
Keith would be so proud of her! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
he was!
Indeed
Wish he had stuck around for her.
@@ackomanah6486 He even gave her his old modular Moog from 70s. With it she recorded pieces like trilogy
@@FukiMakai I didn't know that but what a kind gesture by Keith. I hope Rachel handles the loss of such a good friend.
The best performer of ELP compositions on the planet. Why? Talent, ability, dedication and passion - everything at an outstanding level! Keith lives on because of you, Rachel!
Fabulous, world class performance. Like the original ELP track the music at times rises above itself, becomes almost detached from reality and flows to some kind of no man’s land between earth, heaven and hell. There are several covers of Tarkus about; only this one can side by side with the original.
I agree, a genius interpreting genuis!
wow dude the way she moves in spastic joy when the rendition is over, it got me thinking so much, it hit me hard, and now in my head i have all kinds of questions and crazy theories on why thats not casual... the way a blind person perceives the world, and how much joy comes out of those movements, its crazy... such an incredible amount of energy bursting out of her.. its like an eruption... i love it
that is not spastic joy. she is getting the blood circulation back into her hands.
Spastic Joy? You have managed to create a new phrase for the masses! I shall immediately petition Google to add the phrase! " I was immediately overtaken by spastic Joy at the sight of my new baby!" "At the end of the performance, rather then applaud I was overcome with spastic Joy, and my hands performed a new and never before seen series of movements I can only call Spastic joy!" KE and RF are carriers of this phenomenon!
And the piano said thanks Rachel....
I saw the video where she performs Boston's Foreplay and she does a similar thing when she's done. I thought it was really strange until I realized as a blind person she has no visual reference for celebration and has developed her own way of celebrating! It just looks odd to us because that's not the way we do it! I felt her enthusiasm though! She's great.
@@davidwanderson7830 100% agreed
As for the term 'spastic joy' the word 'spastic' is antiquated and thankfully now redundant but used to refer mainly to those suffering from cerebral palsy.
I've grown so accustomed to listening to Rachel playing Emerson, it's like, when I listen to Emerson, something's missing... Thanks for keeping him with us Rachel!
This is in my opinion, the all-time greatest piece of music ever written played by one of the best living prog keyboardists today. Rachel's love for and understanding of Keith Emerson's compositions shines through in performances like this one.
Mission impossible. I would trade my soul to be able to play this.
Keith is / was proud of her. He introduced the next moog to her.
And was in contact with her.
Fantastic!
Magnificent music played magnificently
That is incredible. Astounded, I used to listen to ELP on a Quad 4 channel Craig 8 track player, with 2 6x9's and two home stereo cabinets, on a car battery, in my room. Was always intrigued at the intricate keyboard work of Keith, thought holly crap, that can never be played again like that, I was wrong, lol, Rachel has done it, and very well, BRAVO !
Now THAT is a setup a would have taken to any, if ALL the WoodStock gatherings i have been to since 1989.
I can't say enough what she has just done here is basically do the entire band ELP on the piano are we really witnessing this 😳❤
And Elp always sounded as if there were 5 on the stage ;)
Beyond imagination. I can’t even play this with the music in front of me. Rachel is absolutely phenomenal. Keith is definitely smiling from above 🎹❤️
Rachel is to Prog Rock what Yuja Wang is to Classical Music. These women smoke it to its core!
I really can't believe how such a great execution of a great composition can have only 5750 likes...
38 tone deaf people giving thumbs down, why? This is amazing!
I love this woman on the rock keyboards. No other man or woman in this genre today can match her. She has extreme talent, long fingers, and "it." She is perfect, my God.
Listening to her play ELP it's like Keith was reborn. Not only note for note but attack for attack, nuance for nuance.
I wasn't listening to a KE clone. Rachel is her own musician with her own sensibilities, her own interpretations. Keith was a great musician, and she listened to that music and played is to do justice to his work. If it not the same interpretation as KE, it is RF. She has earned her place in the world.
As a therapist, I am intrigued at how people can train their skills. I was told that it is the mind that controls the body, but I attended a course which said that it was the body that controlled the mind. I would be interested to have Rachel's ideas about this. What guides her movements? Does she move her fingers to hear the music, or does the music move her fingers? I wish her all the best for having a good control of her body, since it is a beautiful instrument.
The music Rachel hears in her head moves her fingers as indeed with Keith. Keith would often say he had complete orchestrations in his head with all the sections and would play and manuscript them. Such a talented composer who loved to hear orchestras playing his compositions a true maestro. There was so much more to come from the maestro. Rest easy my friend and listen to the music you enriched our planet with.
It is the hand that manipulates and articulates the instrument of the creative mind. Rachel not only has the mechanical skills to play but has an ability to hear every note as it was originally written. There must be a distinction made between the ability to mechanically articulate the instrument and the ability to create an original composition.
My goodness. She doesn't just get up on stage and start playing shit. She works out each NJ ote and chord, then practices them repetitively until they become rote. You sound as if you believe she just hears the tune and spontaneously starts playing.
Heidegger would probably say that the distinction is unimportant. From the point of view of the performer, the mind, hands, piano and sound are all a single entity. His analogy was that of a carpenter -- in the moment, the nails are going in, the arm is swinging, the carpenter is feeling the weight of the hammer and then ... suddenly arm, hammer, mind all disappear and there is only "hammering".
It's both.
Before you really know a piece your head is moving your fingers around.
Then something happens. Practice and repetition sort of "gel" in your head and the music seems to be moving your fingers.
It isn't of course.
Mind and body are essentially the same thing. The experience of 'self" is wrapped up in the body.
Tarkus is one of my all time favourite pieces of music, she performed perfectly 👍👏👏👏
Rachel is a perfectionist with perfect pitch. She can pick out one incorrect note out of a whole symphony. I watched her correct the Keithe Emerson Orchestra at the Birmingham tribute rehearsal. But she is so sweet, soft spoken and gentle. Just a wonderful human being as well as amazing musician.
Emmerson a true genius. We miss you!!!!! Rachel amazing.
I sort of recall when Rachel was very young and her folks brought in a piano teacher. Teacher listened to her play and told her folks: "There's nothing I can teach her." You can take that both ways but only the best of us knew what he meant.
Fabulous!
Must admit, it was nice to hear it without vocals
It helped me to appreciate the composition more
I miss Keith. Thank you Rachel!
That was absolutely WONDERFUL! She always makes me cry when she plays this. "There is another Jedi..." you can RIP (Kieth E.)!
Keith and ELP touched Rachel deeply at a young age and that first time hearing ELP changed
her being..... her life, conciseness and music.....and who she is as a being....
Funny I can hear when the snares and high hats hit.
And Greg Lake's bigger than life voice kicks at 3:00
She is so on point.
Yeah she takes us there.
you are an angel, sent from heaven. You are no mere mortal but an angel in disguise. Your talent is not from earth but from the heavens. You were created by God to reflect His Glory. You are not of this world, but transcend it.
She is a gift from God and Angel thank you for keeping Emerson Lake and Palmer's music alive Rachel
Grazie Rachel, meravigliosa creatura, che riesci a consegnarci con tale forza la musica indimenticabile degli Emerson Lake & Palmer. La sorte ti ha privato di un senso, ma te ne ha dato un altro, incredibilmente sviluppato, per la gioia di tutti noi. Per farci volare alti e guardare scenari che, con i nostri occhi, non riusciremmo mai a guardare senza i tuoi dell'anima. Un sorriso Rachel...
Woke up this morning, made me a coffee and looked for new videos in the subscribed section, saw there was a new Rachel video, saw it was Tarkus, and knew the day couldn't start better ! She's so brilliant ! I used to play this piece ten or fifteen years ago, but never came to close to the way she masters it ! I recently got myself a Korg Kronos, and she really gave me the envy to try to go at it again. Thank you Rachel, you are inspiring as always !
So nice to hear a musician appreciate Rachel.....
Keep going MrZimpoppel, if you make someone happy with your music:
The effort was all worthwhile.
Love & Peace.
There are some great musicians on this planet. Then there is Rachel. Rachel is SPECIAL 😊
The first time I heard Tarkus I was 14 years old and my jaw just dropped. Rachel does a great job of keeping the music alive. I've been a fan of hers for about five years now.
I was 10 when I first heard ELP and was just amazed.
I was 11 when I first heard this the first time. At the time a bit too complex for my young mind. But wihin a couple of years ELP and Zappa were my heroes. Nowadays I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy this.
Rachel has a sublime ear for playing Keith Emerson's compositions. I'm astonished.
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake smile in the Heaven :')
Rachel playing Keith's Tarkus reminded me of another piano great we just lost,
RIP McCoy Tyner December 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020
RIP Keith Emerson November 2, 1944 - March 11, 2016
So thankful to be treated to this amazing performance! As one who happened upon this album on it's release (thanks to Columbia House) and have loved, yes treasured ever since, this is one of the most accomplished performances imaginable!
That performance was out of this world!
Thank you,Rachel, for your depth of feeling, in performance of this excellent music 🎵 🎶🎵🎹
love the left hand! that was always one of my fav parts of Tarkus anyway. (I know, I'm weird!)
I'm weird right there with you, brother. The left hand is usually the most interesting on a great pianist.
Me too! Magnificent piece of music! Rachel plays it beautifully!
Keith's left hand! Totally astonishing. The way he'd pound out repeating bluesy bass riffs or then simply play a flourish or a run. Or the chord sequence allowing him to solo. I love Prog of course, and know the greats. But he was so unique and so talented. Could anyone really touch him?
That amazing left hand is what set Keith apart from the pack. Don't get me wrong, before injury his
blistering right was a force of nature too!
Tarkus IS the left hand. Most Emerson is.
How could anyone not like this?
Best ELP tribute ever!
Love you, dear!
How can one simply remember all that.😪 she's incredible. The passion and authenticity, oh my. I wish I could thank her for making a difference. There are covers, and every once in a while there is one of a kind.
Rachel is amazing!! And hearing Tarkus on solo piano is quite a reminder of what a great composer Keith Emerson was. Well done Rachel!
Absolutely amazing! She understands and conveys the abrupt and energetic beauty of Tarkus, to me, one of the greatest pieces of music of the second half of the 20th century. A very talented musician indeed. Thanks for posting it.
Rachel is always brilliant. An amazing performance. Keep it up Rachel.
... extremely virtuosic - extremely well articulated, phrased and expressed! It took some two minutes, to get used to the solo piano sound for that music, but as soon as this process is finished, you have a very nice concert of this wonderful piece. Thank you for this very nice mature experiment - congrats! I enjoyed it a lot! 😉🦊
Wow... Tarkus has always been one of my favorite albums of all time, and pretty much the only one with what I consider the real "live ELP sound" (Hammond in the middle + bass down low + Lake's vocals up high + Palmer adding the cherry on top) but Rachel managed a performance that was just as good without vocals, without organ, and without a lot of backup. Wow again.
Somewhere in the Cosmos, Keith Emerson is all smiles!
Yeah, she's scary good, just like her inspiration was. I saw ELP back in the day and would love to hear this young lady if the opportunity ever presented itself.
Talent really is immortal, it moves from one dedicated individual to another through years of hard practice and then even more practice!
Yeah, Keith Emerson is digging her work alongside of Greg Lake... My only question is whether Carl Palmer has called her management yet?
"My only question is whether Carl Palmer has called her management yet"
I'd buy tix and probably travel to the next town on the tour as well
Bravo! Beautiful, excellently performed!
Very well mixed and recorded. Sounds great while driving.
Great memories from that time long ago.
Jeannie, you must be so proud of your beautiful and amazing daughter. I am speechless, and....well, speechless. God bless Rachel.
WOW! I‘m totally stunned. I just wanted to watch a little bit and stayed for the whole video
She captured the spirit of the ELP-Music also on piano perfectly. Bright and effective (to get this right this time).
Keith Emerson a maestro for writing Tarkus and Rachael Flowers a maestro for being able to interpret and play his work. Performed live too making it all the more breathtaking. Wonderful, just wonderful.
I can listen to her play any day and then some! What a talent!
If you've only seen Rachel play piano, just wait until you see her play flute or guitar. It's amazing... and if you're a musician, it's both inspiring and maddening, LOL!
This young lady is just incredible.
Thank you Rachel for your so wonderfull music that touches the heart and soul! Keith Emerson will always be among us due to your beatifull tallent!
I sure wish that Carl Palmer and Rachel Flowers would do a tour together, playing ELP classics! Carl can still play the drums like he's in his 20s, or at least I know he did in late 2021 when I saw him live.
Yes he can still play like he's in his twenties I was just getting ready to text the same thing when I saw your message on there. Now we need a good proficient bass player. How about Getty Lee or maybe t a l Wilkenfeld. Flowers Lee and Palmer are flowers Wilkenfeld and Palmer. Palmer looks and plays great I'm sure he has a few good years left in him. Peace out from a 52-year fan.
@@edljnehan2811 Thanks for your comment. I'm about the same age as you. I missed seeing all of the great 1970s prog bands (like ELP) when they were in their heyday in the 1970s, because I was too young. I started to discover all that great music later, when I was in high school in the 1980s. I was fortunate to see ELP in concert once, in the late 1990s, and it was a great concert. (It was when they toured with Deep Purple and Dream Theater.)
@@Paul71H yeah I'm 65 years old I don't know if we're the same age or not but I got to see all the progressive rock groups in the early seventies as a matter of fact due to our radio station KSHE progressive rock St Louis I got to see just about every great band that came to St Louis in the seventies and believe me that was a lot KSHE also sponsored up and coming bands like Slade Black Oak Arkansas Ozark Mountain Daredevils Head East Star Castle Kansas Rush yes even Rush who I had the pleasure of seeing on their first American tour 1974 KSHE kite fly contest in Forest Park not only p r o g rock I Saw The Who Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Steppenwolf Pavlov's dog triumvirate nectar Emerson Lake and Palmer from 1970 concert at the arena Annex the Brain Salad Surgery tour and about seven times after that I saw gypsy Rare Bird yes Ted Nugent and too many more to name this was all before 1977. Oh dear I forgot the great Jeff b e c k and focus I'll stop now. But I must have some kind of record at least for St Louis. Thanks brother. Enjoy your Channel.
@@edljnehan2811 Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you said you were a 52-year-old fan in your previous post. Now I see that I read it wrong -- you have been a fan for 52 years. Sorry about that.
@@Paul71H that's all right man. When I heard you say you went to high school in the '80s I figured there was a calculation error. I went to high school in 1972. Sorry for the long list I've seen about double what I even listed there. Anyway like your channel man. Keep up the good work. I'll continue to be a fan. Peace brother.
Getting ready for the Carl Palmer show in July and found this - Awesome!
How?
HOW?!
*HOW??!!!*
Extraordinary.
I dons't have enough thumbs to point skyward. RIP Mr. Emerson. Thank you Rachel!
I was fortunate to Keith Emerson 3 times including Isle of Wight 1970 and he remains the most amazing individual I EVER saw live and that includes Townshend, Moon, Morrison, Hendrix, Jagger et al but this young lady is just unbelievable. She's an absolute genius. Keith will always be with us thanks to this astounding talent
Thank God this performance has been captured for posterity. Beautiful
I don't need eyes to know Rachel is a pro and an inspiration for everyone that is visually impaired. We love you Rachel: now and forever.
We are witnessing true genius at work . There are no words that can adequately describe her amazing talent . Much love and respect !!!
WOW!! Amazing Rachel!! You have a perfect balance between the rhythmic elements, melody, and harmony!! And such a beautiful touch!! Yes you have it all young lady!! I wish you much success & of course have fun always. John :)
Rachel's talent is nearly indescribable. I've watched this multiple times, and it just now occurred to me that her mental endurance is equally off the charts...To flawlessly play nearly 20 minutes of some of the most complex music ever written...This woman leaves me in awe!
I love when she even improvise the percussion and cymbals...! What an artist!
Oh come on now, seriously! Who are the fooz who hit the dislike on this incredible talent? It can only be jealousy.
That is so wild how she uses her finger tips on her thumb and pinky to maintain orientation. She "sees" the keyboard through touch. Of course, the rest is audio reception. And Genius. You are awesome, Rachel. Love ELP Music. Thank You for "carrying the torch" for Kieth.
Splendida esecuzione! Emerson con Tarkus entra di diritto nel novero dei grandi compositori contemporanei e conferma che il progressive è musica colta a tutti gli effetti.
YOU go straight into my 'MASTERS' list, dearie, and you don't have to be old!
Huge ELP fan, saw them a good 9 times. This is blowing me away right now!
Incredible Rachel! Thank you for loving Keith's music so much and your interpretation. Faultless and emotional well done
DANM!!!! What a beautiful rendition of this classic piece. Rachel, you are a gift to all who love music.
I can hear Greg's voice
You make me feel my teen ages again.
Good Lord, Rachel! By chance, I listened to the ELP original earlier this week. Such a nice solo piano arrangement here.
As a musician and music lover at the ripe old age of 61 I have pretty much seen and heard them all. I just learned of Rachel flowers playing Montana by Frank Zappa on the guitar flawlessly. I found her website and subscribed and listened to her own music. Which brings me to my point this beautiful woman is the most gifted musician I have seen in my entire life I don't think there's an instrument she can't play and she sings Like An Angel. Why she is not a household name is beyond me.
I have an extra 2 years on you, and you pretty much summed up my Rachel experience. It was only 2 days ago that it was also Montana, with Dweezil, then immediately subscribing. Been listening/bingeing to her for the last 1 1/2 hrs so far. She's one of the few Musicians that has ever had me tearing up. The others being SRV, Robert Plant, and Joe Bonamassa.
This is incredible. Both an incredible composition by Emerson and incredible playing by Rachel.
Amazing! This is the second "piano only cover" of this piece I heard. The first one was by "Hermetic Science" and it totally blew my mind. First of all it's super complex thing to cover, and second.... more than 20 minutes of piano only.....The pianist needs to be super skilled and interesting to keep listener's attention. But it worked great with "HS", and I enjoyed every second with this one too. Honestly, can't decide which one I love most. And actually, I don't need to :) I will listen to both, and this one also exists as a video! Thank you very much for you music!
Beautiful! Rachel Flowers is a Angel in Earth!
The woman is just unbelievable, but I believe she has made a name for herself.
Wow, Amazing. To remember all of that music and play for that length of time.
Listening to Rachel highlights and explains Emerson's brilliance.
Rachel you just keep on getting better and better. Your maturity of play is astounding. As someone earlier said, "Keith would be so proud of her" Keep on rockin!