Tarkus - Rachel Flowers at ProgStock 2017
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Forty-seven years ago today, Tarkus erupted upon an unsuspecting world. The Emerson, Lake & Palmer epic stands just as relevant today as on the day of its release, with its musical and contextual themes depicting the futility of conflict. When an enthusiastic audience at ProgStock 2017 urged Rachel to perform the 20 minute tour de force, Rachel eagerly stepped up to the challenge. Later she was heard to say, "That was fun!"
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0:00 Introduction
0:20 Eruption
2:50 Stones of Years
6:01 Iconoclast
7:18 Mass
9:47 Manticore
12:00 Battlefield
15:50 Aquatarkus - เพลง
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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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.
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.
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
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 TH-cam.
I agree with you.
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.
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'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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
The very best TARKUS piano version ever heard. GREAT. KEITH is proud of you from up above.
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.
She is a gift from God and Angel thank you for keeping Emerson Lake and Palmer's music alive Rachel
Mission impossible. I would trade my soul to be able to play this.
Rachel is to Prog Rock what Yuja Wang is to Classical Music. These women smoke it to its core!
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.
Magnificent music played magnificently
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.
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 🎹❤️
38 tone deaf people giving thumbs down, why? This is amazing!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Emmerson a true genius. We miss you!!!!! Rachel amazing.
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...
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.
Thank you,Rachel, for your depth of feeling, in performance of this excellent music 🎵 🎶🎵🎹
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!
If Keith could hear this I think he would be a very proud man not many can play like keith but Rachel was just amazing RIP Keith emerson and Greg lake
There are some great musicians on this planet. Then there is Rachel. Rachel is SPECIAL 😊
Rachel I love you so for keeping the music of the greatest genius of my generation alive.
Grazie Rachel , mancano tantissimo Keith e Greg , grazie infinite per averli musicati in maniera semplicemente splendida , grazie di cuore loro vivono attraverso te , sei bravissima , un forte forte abbraccio per la tua splendida carriera , dall'alto loro ti seguono.Ciao Nazzareno
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!
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!
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....
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.
I really can't believe how such a great execution of a great composition can have only 5750 likes...
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.
I can listen to her play any day and then some! What a talent!
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.
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.
This is incredible. Both an incredible composition by Emerson and incredible playing by Rachel.
That performance was out of this world!
Beautiful! Rachel Flowers is a Angel in Earth!
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
Best ELP tribute ever!
Love you, dear!
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.
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.
I miss Keith. Thank you Rachel!
Jeannie, you must be so proud of your beautiful and amazing daughter. I am speechless, and....well, speechless. God bless Rachel.
Keith is / was proud of her. He introduced the next moog to her.
And was in contact with her.
Fantastic!
Rachel is amazing!! And hearing Tarkus on solo piano is quite a reminder of what a great composer Keith Emerson was. Well done Rachel!
Good Lord! I believe I have died and gone to heaven! I loved Keith’s playing so much, and to hear this fills me with an indescribable emotion - there are no words. Thank you so much, Rachel. You are truly a miracle!
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake smile in the Heaven :')
I can watch this 3 times a week. Un worldly talent.
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.
No words. This will forever be appreciated.
Just what I needed to hear right now,music is the bestest.
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 ;)
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.
How could anyone not like this?
Wow, Amazing. To remember all of that music and play for that length of time.
Oh come on now, seriously! Who are the fooz who hit the dislike on this incredible talent? It can only be jealousy.
This is a gift of god for all to enjoy. She is a talent that only comes once in a generation, and she has chosen to honor the genius of Keith Emerson and his gift that he and ELP left to us.
Fabulous!
Must admit, it was nice to hear it without vocals
It helped me to appreciate the composition more
We are witnessing true genius at work . There are no words that can adequately describe her amazing talent . Much love and respect !!!
Rachel is always brilliant. An amazing performance. Keep it up Rachel.
muy buena interpretacion deesta inigualable pianista al tema TARKUS DE EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER GRACIAS POR ESTO
Thank God this performance has been captured for posterity. Beautiful
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.
That was absolutely WONDERFUL! She always makes me cry when she plays this. "There is another Jedi..." you can RIP (Kieth E.)!
Bravo! Beautiful, excellently performed!
Very well mixed and recorded. Sounds great while driving.
Great memories from that time long ago.
Listening to her play ELP it's like Keith was reborn. Not only note for note but attack for attack, nuance for nuance.
Brava da mettere i Brividi ! Grazie Rachel per le Emozioni che ci Regali...
Absolutely FANTASTIC!! I’m… lost for words. Completely, just freaking wow.
Espectácular que mas se puede decir grande Raquel, ELP de Santiago de Chile con cariño , Patricio
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.
Getting ready for the Carl Palmer show in July and found this - Awesome!
Mesmeric . Beautiful . Thank you .
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
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 is truly amazing!
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!
Breathtaking
rachel you play absolutely brilliantly.. what a tribute to keith and to your self
I always love the way she celebrates her brilliant performance at the end !!
How?
HOW?!
*HOW??!!!*
Extraordinary.
Rachel, you're one of a kind. Thanks for sharing!!! 🥰
Unbelievable!! What a tribute. Beautiful woman
Rachel has a sublime ear for playing Keith Emerson's compositions. I'm astonished.
Rachel Rockin this grand piano is Awesome...!!!! I had to turn up my stereo system to make the walls vibrate.. RIP Keith.
Thank you for posting this video Jeanie..!! Hugs and Kisses
Huge ELP fan, saw them a good 9 times. This is blowing me away right now!