Rachel Flowers Plays The Endless Enigma -- Tribute to Keith Emerson
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- Rachel Flowers Plays The Endless Enigma -- Tribute to Keith Emerson. Rachel Flowers was one of several performers paying Tribute to the Life of Keith Emerson. This was a one time performance at Symphony Hall In Birmingham, England, July 28, 2017. I apologize for the periodic shakiness of the video, I have an 18-300mm zoom lens that was nearly at maximum zoom where even slight moves appear as big ones since I had no no tripod. I don't know who cried more, Rachel or me!
I don't think there could be any greater tribute than Rachel's tears. Cut right through me.
I know me too.
:')
Ditto.😢
Right? It was difficult getting thru that...watching it, I mean, without breaking down myself!
I hope someday I have the highest honor of meeting this extraordinary young lady. I believe the spirit of Keith Noel Emerson is with her always now ! RIP "Fingers" and thank you so much Rachel !
Rachel shows us the best the humaniry is able to produce: high sensitivity, hard work, emotion, and love.
There was never a more faithful student of ELP than Rachel Flowers. She gets it on every level: musical, philosophical, emotional. They’re all geniuses and she’s in that special club. Much deserved.
Her timing is also superb! I've known keyboardists who could play at least parts of ELP's music but their timing was so poor it was usually impossible to play along with them (as a drummer).
It's not easy to make me cry. But I wept buckets at this. Not just the loss of Keith, but the fact that somebody, who had lost her inspirational figure, was so devastated...
Me, too, brother.
When you can cry, you both understand love as well the music. I lost someone I valued so much, but she needn't be considered dead as we still can share the best they gave us.
I'm 63, 6 foot 2, 276 pounds, flame and skull tattoos and I didn't cry. Well, maybe a little bit. Okay, I cried! It doesn't help one of my tattoos is the "Tankadillo" from the Tarkus album design. At my (murdered by her husband) daughter-in-law's funeral service, I requested "From The Beginning" played. Fuckers didn't. Those bastards anyway...Oh, Rachel's from about 1/2 mile from where I was born (12/19/54) Small world...
Crying my eyes out as well
If you Loved Keith, and Greg (and Carl) of course you will be crying buckets for this....Rachel is so awesome. Covering her favorite guy.....how awesome is this!!! Don’t know how she got through it.......This is just incredible!!!
So glad someone recorded this. As a lifelong ELP, thank you. I was very moved myself
I'd watched this video dozens of times... I can't manage not to cry myself seeing Rachel's delicate reaction. You're a treasury to humanity, Rachel ! RIP Keith!
I .... when Kieth Emerson died, I got out all the records and CDs, and I cried for a week. I didn't realize what an influence he had been in my life. I own four or five synths and I can't even play! Every time I see this I weep. I weep for all our loss and especially for the amazing relationship Rachel had with Kieth. Your loss is so great and the love shows through. Thank you Rachel for being such an amazing artist and such an inspiration! Please keep this legacy alive with your loving kindness.
Dear Frank Plughoff: This is a well-written wonderful heartfelt paragraph. I am curious: You purchased five synths -- and yet you do not play, why?
@@eddyvideostar Because you don't have to "play" to make music with synths. I might just be scientifically minded and enjoy the math of creating sounds and exploring harmonic resonance. I might love love all the switches, knobs and patch points. There are a thousand reasons. I was touched beginning with (then) Walter Carlos and all of the synth practitioners since. Do I have to "play" in order to enjoy synthesis?
What a rare, beautiful display of the human condition. I’m a hardcore misanthropist too, so for a human to make me cry, or even so much as give me goosebumps you know it’s got to be beautiful... Not to mention the loss of Kieth Emerson alone is pretty sad. RIP Keith Emerson, you know you are special for this extremely talented young lady to have chosen you to be her mentor. 🌹
Such a talented musician you are Rachel. I cried right along with you. The Endless Enigma is and always will be one of the great pieces of works by ELP . Thank you so very much for keeping their music alive.
Mr. Emerson, thank you for your music. Rest in Peace.
Three people had to give a thumbs down for a blind woman that plays beautifully, and gets emotional at the loss of a great musician and friend (Keith Emerson)during his tribute? Time for you to live among the other apes and through feces at each other. You are not worthy to be exposed to such beauty.
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I absolutely agree with you! One needs to be a miserable and disrespectful bastard to even think about giving this performance a thumbs down. If the person started watching and did not like it, IT should have moved along and go watch a 50cent video.
@@joaocoelho7331 to be fair: you have to express everything with a single thumb. I enjoyed and cried and told myself that's yet another reason for living and everything :) . But what about the audio quality? And somebody, maybe not even knowing the author, the executioner, the music, might be more sensitive to that than I am.
@Charles Ross Me neither. This is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking and heartwarming things I've ever seen.
I could not agree more w/your comment..I play this whenever I think I've had a hard day!
I have a loss for words to describe Rachel's emotional tribute to Keith Emerson in such a classic piece.
I just adore Rachel Flowers. Jeez, I wish Keith were still around. So many loved him. Goshdarn social media swill.
Man, my heart go's out to the beautiful and talented Rachel.
This was tough on her. But, I think she has Keith's spirit guiding her to safety for a good, long, happy life.
She is wonderful in her own light.
Thanks for this clip. I cried a bit myself.
She made me cry too.
This is nice but it is not prog. It does not have an really pungent sound. It is just nice jazz. She is not prog. Marissa Elene Nadieja is highly unusual in the area of Prog and very individualist. Marissa is mind blowing without any help and her writing is not just easy listening jazz. She is phenomenal!!!!!!
WARNING . agnethna o and Nadieja are the same person .
@@agnethnao8247 get a hold of yourself. Rachel Flowers is much more awesome, and she is prog. You don't play ELP and not be prog, okay.
Very moving. My oldest Grandson is named Emerson. My Youngest Daughter was treated to a Lot Of ELP during her youth. Only got to see them once in the ‘70’s and it was as awe inspiring as this was. Thanks for sharing.🙏🏽
I came...
l listened...
I saw...
I cried.
I left, my soul a little more enriched from the humanity of this...
Rachel is just amazing. Superb player, truly puts 100% of herself into her playing, and she's so clearly deeply moved emotionally by the music. Bravo, Rachel. Best wishes always.
We also miss them a lot in Mexico! Congratulations sweetheart I have followed you for years. You are great!
Keith was without doubt one of Britain's finest pianists and contemporary composers....this arrangement enhances my enjoyment of the original ELP version....phenomenal....wish I could have been there....
Great performance with the orchestra, absolutely beautiful 🎶❤
I wish we could find who did the orchestration. These bring out the beauty of Keith's compositions more clearly than did the original recordings.
Rachel as always a true professional, how hard it must have been for her to carry on, through ELP but I think mainly Keith he was her inspiration, mentor and real life friend, Thank you Rachel through you Keith and ELP will live on, their music is in safe hands with you.
Many years ago I took my son to his first live concert, an ELP concert in Newcastle, England, his style of musical love was not the same as mine and he thought I was old and out of fashion regarding music, however on hearing and seeing ELP perform live (he had heard me playing their records many times before) he was absolutely mesmerized with their performance, and although he never changed loving the kind of music he liked, he also became a fan still today of ELP which his friends never understood, I told him to watch this video and like myself his eyes filled up with tears of music's loss, also rejoicing on Rachel's talent to keep it alive.
Playing beautiful music made by 2 friends she had lost. Touching.
kd were they actually her friends?
Its 2020 and i watched this many times...
Every time it makes me cry...powerful stuff!
Just pure heart pulling beautiful music!
What a tribute!
Wonderful post! It breaks my heart when I watch this. Rachel is gifted and she loved Keith so very much----and he admired her talent... He's gone now...Would love to see Rachel play in Carl Palmer's band..
Bless Rachel's heart!! Keith would be proud!!
Poor girl; so much pain yet she pulled herself together and played so beautifully. Thank you for carrying the torch for Keith's music. Trying to hold back my own tears...
Remarkable video of a strikingly brilliant musician, moved to tears from the music. I too cried when I saw this. Such is true passion.
A truly beautiful performance. Anytime I feel a little under-inspired, I just watch a Rachel Flowers video.
Absolutely beautiful. I cried along with her. What a great tribute.
Just before hearing this I listed to Rachel playing Tarkus and that got my eyes watering. During this my eye watering turned into full blown crying. I love Keith's music, the orchestra is great, and I love Rachel's playing.
Absolutely has made my day and yes, brought tears to my eyes too. I was saddened to hear of Keith's departure from this globe but that didn't create the sad/ happy emotion this video caused. So happy for her and there is clearly a change between her crying for loss and then you can see her spirit regroup and the sheer emotional delight at being able to play in tribute to Keith is clear. Thanks for posting and so what if 64 or more people put thumbs down - there will always be dirt at our feet and ignorance in our midst but we can walk over it and pass it by and live our lives with a smile.
Anyone that put a thumb down for this absolutely beautiful/heartfelt performance doesn't have a clue or a heart ❤ Really sad.
@@josephnaja - i feared for a moment you meant that I had put a thumbs down and rushed here to check as it was never my intent. I really appreciate Rachel's tribute and happy to see that my post two years ago covers this. I have watched it again, so thanks for bringing me back here and ELP's Trilogy remains a favourite from the sleeve art to the last note of Abadon's Bolero!
@@julianmccarthy5707 No, my comment was not directed toward you, and/or your very kind words about Rachel and Keith. ELP, their music, and their legacy will live on forever 🎶 thank you so much, from one huge ELP fan to another.
@@josephnaja Thanks and yes, their music will live on!
Crying right now as I watch and praise Rachel for playing this tribute concert!
Rachel’s performance was spectacular! Mr. Emerson had to be quite proud of your performance of such a musical masterpiece! It was the first song on the first album I bought of ELP. True musical genius!
I loved ELP since I heard their first LP and saw them in the early 70s to the last time I saw Keith with Lake & Powell. I cherish the drum skin they all signed for my son who had Leukemia. I saw Rachel's videos playing ELP works and was blown away and captivated by her sweet soul. Since Keith's passing it gets a little difficult to hear his music without shedding a year. This video gives me a huge lump in my throat along with the tears! I love you Rachel. RIP Keith & Greg. I pray you both are making music with the angels.
Ahhh...The power of Music. It soothes the soul, relieves stress, can cause uncontrolled dancing when alone or in an audience of thousands. It can lift you up on the worst of days and make a good day even better. It can inspire, motivate, and simply amuse. Without music our lives would be insignificant, boring, and lifeless. Great artist like Rachel deserve every accolade they receive. To see her mourn for her friend, mentor, and fellow artist and still play a tribute to Keith as beautifully as she did then, and does even now, is truly humbling and should be applauded as I applaud Rachel now. If you have to be home and worried about whether the next person you see will pass on something that could potentially take your life...finding and experiencing a gem like Rachel makes passing these days of fear and self isolation just that much easier. Bravo!
Its plain to see Rachael misses them too
Keith was her hero. Her mentor.
An absolute masterpiece. And a gut wrenching performance.
I started crying. All the greats are passing
Thank you Rachel and dont worru my dear i was crying right along with you. Kieth was my all time favorite musician.
I wish he could be alive to watch the scope in which his music touched others
I dont think i could get thru this playing onstage or listening in the audience without crying for Keith, remembering the great pieces he composed especially Piano Concerto #1 .
I cried every tear with her. Omg. So beautiful.
Rachel's talent is nothing short of amazing. Keith can be proud that his music lives on with her. God bless you, Rachel. RIP Keith Emerson.
Rachael my dear, If you ever find yourself near N county San Diego look me up, You are my champion
Rachel, though sightless has a gigantic vision for greatness, contribution to artistic greatness and societal benefit. Her playing allows us temporary escape from all the crap of life. Sorrow, jealousy,hate,all disappear. Playing these pieces? Otherworldly. Dimensional that can only be experienced, for it cannot be described.
Am so happy that Dr Keith was able to meet so many of his fans-especially his best, biggest, prettiest, Dear Rachel...
Whoever voted thumbs down to this is a complete and utter ass tool.
Rachel feeling the moment is WONDERFUL! All of us Emo fans share your feeling Rachel. It’s beautiful to share that with you.
You played beautifully! I loved how you expanded the harmony and used ‘Emersonian’ chords on part 1. Fugue is a bitch. I played that for awhile, and it’s hard to keep it under my fingers without lots of practice. You make it sound so effortless, just as Keith did. I’m glad you were inspired by him as so many of us were.
The orchestration is not that wonderful, but their efforts are appreciated as well. Keith would be proud of the work. I got to meet him once, and it was less than inspiring. His music was more than he was, and his life ended like he lived it. That much talent must be hard to bear.
Thanks for sharing Keith’s music through you. Now let’s hear what you have to say, with tongues in cheek, turning eyes as they speak.
Those are the hardest of concerts right there. Well done, Rachel!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH!!!! I DON"T KNOW BUT I CRIED AS WELL! BRAVOOOO RACHEL!!!
How anyone can give this a thumbs down is beyond my comprehension. You go girl and thank you for this wonderful tribute to the master, Keith Emerson.
What a wonderful tribute this is. The orchestrations are most excellent. What a great CD this would have made.
There are those who play music and then those who are music. This dear girl is the latter. Her love for Keith Emerson is so touching.
Stunning, wonderful, beautiful.
This is just a tremendous performance all round, Rachel is astounding but I never expected anything else 😁
BRAVISSIMA👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Rachel, Keith lives in your heart.
And you revive it in ours, with your skill, delicacy and sensitivity.
Greetings from Italy.
Belíssimo!! Eu e minha filha de Rebeca de 8 anos estamos muito emocionados!!!
My first and unforgettable group of musicians of progressive during 70's. Hi Keith and Greg thanks to opened my mind to your music. RIP
My compliments to you dear Rachel.
Oh extraordinary, sweet young woman. Do I ever miss your maestro too ! Immensely tragic end for such a misunderstood genius for so long ! And Greg... what can I say... Rest in peace, my heroes from so long time ago. Your music will never, ever be forgotten. :-(
Just discovered this extraordinary multi-talented musician, watch her play guitar on Zappa's 'Montana' !
Robert L . Incredible talent. Plays virtuoso guitar licks on a keyboard as well . Have you seen her play Satriani’s Flying Through a Blue Dream ? Good god she is amazing.
Check her out on soundcloud doing Birds of Fire. She played everything and it's nearly perfect. Just an amazing genius.
Yes, every time I think I know all about her, she comes along and does something else that makes my jaw drop. There really is no end to her brilliance.
Sooo moved by a persons love and respect for another. Music is the great gift from the universe to us lowly creatures.
I have seen her perform this live twice. I cried then. I'm crying now. 😢
It was so beautiful it made me cry too!
Wow! She is so deeply moved by the music that she cries. So nice to witness in such an accomplished musician.
Think of those moments listening to Keith in your life and how it changed you as a person. When I see Rachel crying, tears came to me immediately remembering again how important his music was to me.
Very beautiful. I'm not aware of the back story on this piece, or Ms. Flowers, but I can see and hear true talent!
Le lacrime di Rachel rendono sublime questa performance. Grazie a tutti
wow.. so sorry, she must have really been close to Keith in heart and spirit... I miss Greg and Keith much.. I am heartbroken they are gone.. and
will never see E.L.P..... she is awesome... and i am happy she will keep the music of E.L.P. alive....
Breaks my heart such a lovely and incredible gift to us all
You can see how emotional Rachel is right from the start of the video. Brings tears to my eyes too. Yet she battles on giving a brilliant and fitting tribute to her great friend Keith Emerson.
She was just quaking and crying in grief…. nonstop throughout this tribute
Most won’t understand, but I do.
ELP, Rachel...”the writing on the wall...that burns so brightly, it blinds us ALL”.
Keith gave us love and hope through his music
Rachel, I see you crying as I am. Beautiful.
The genius of ELP lives on. Thank you Rachel. You are an inspiration to all of us.
Heart-wrenching to watch her emotions.
AMAZING, FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!
So Beautiful on so many fronts! Love Rachel's work.
one of the most touching things I have ever seen or heard1
OMG. Her tears. It's breaking me up. She's truly a National Treasure.
Keith definitely has his eyes on that one! 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️🌹
authentic tribute, plays with teardrops
High respect for Rachel Flowers!
How fitting to be inspired by the master, to become a master.
Once again...the incredible power of music, wins.
she is so precious!
So beautiful 🧡♥️💜❤💚
I may never one day, but at 62, just learning, I'.ll be the best I can.
✨ Thanks for this! 👍🏼 ✔️ 💗
This breaks my heart
Grande emozione. Congratulazioni Rachel
Emotion that's what music are made with
Solo los genios conmueven hasta las lagrimas. Gracias Keith y Rachel
OMG darling girl. We all loved what he did.
Thank you mrgears.
I cried quarts after watching this. I would've loved to see a take on the orchestra, but this was her night anyway 👍👍
I cried just like you at the same moment.
im cry with him !!! ever !
That's exactly what music makes me feel like.....
u are an angel rachel
u must see
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Que doce de menina, merece todas as glorias e ela é sensivel demais....
You are sensitive like a flower, it is beautiful to listen to you