He was the Angel at the keyboard. His music defined Grace and beauty.

Thank God 4 videos. I prefer memories. Greg once said I saw the group more than anyone .

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The High Water Mark of Western Civilization!

Modern day Beethoven

@@steveoconnor926 I think that’s a bit of a stretch mate.

You were indeed blessed

Not much . The orchestra is dedicated to accurately play the charts. I know this piece note for note. There are only one or two very short moments where they play a quick line differently.And those would have been either by Emerson's choice or agreement with the Conductor Godfrey Salmon.

Jeffrey Biegel Mr. Biegel, your performance is also wonderful and a great hommage to Keith's great concerto!

He made my life...

I love it too. Have heard both recordings. Too bad he didn’t write a second one.

It must have spectacular. And probably an event never to be repeated in rock n roll history.

I believe most players were university students who even offered to play for free but were told “no” by the musicians’ union.

favorite at all

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No, really? Wow, high praise.

I can see Palmer playing as well

But I prefer the recorded version.

ment composer of course

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Talk about Pompous, and pretense (Yeah! - it's spelled with an "S"! - Moron!) - and from someone whose last name is PHENIX! Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Its you that stink of pretence! VDGG is great, but Emerson outclasses them tenfolded when it comes to talent!

Keith Emerson borrowed from...Lets see....Don Shill..Dick Hyman...King Crimson..Peter Sinfield...Modest Mussorsky Bela Bartok Aaron Copeland...Without the support of Greg Lake and Carl Palmer..the uninventive Emerson would not have taken off. Emerson was in a rut from the mid 70's.

Listen to Dick Hyman's The Minoraur..(it came before Aquatarkus)...Keith nicked it..

@@0patience4flz Interesting, thanks for your uninformed opinion. Its like you have completely forgotten of the Nice, from 1967, it was hugely influential and is broadly considered to be the first prog band, that went onto inspiring lot of other acts like Egg, Renaissance, Genesis, Triumvirat, Renaissance, PFM and so on, and Emerson already had a presence among keyboardplayers in the British underground from the early/mid 60's and onwards and the man was considered as quite the phenom. Also, its very common for composers to borrow and take influence and cite other musicians and this was very much a part of the concept that made ELP what it was. Both Grieg, Bartok, Stravinsky borrowed folk melodies and made original music composed from that as an example, only that Emerson actually commonly cited his influences most of the time, sometimes the pieces that ELP interpreted like allegro Barbaro, Was fairly well known, so it was always in the cards that people would realize it was a Bartok interpretation anyways. Dick Hymans sounds nothing like Tarkus by the way, it has resemblance with Keiths moog playing on Lucky man, but that is largely due to the modular synth sound being used on that recording is a pulse wave with glide/portamento on it. Emerson redefined rock and prog rock keyboards and synthesizer playing, it was not just the sound he played, but how he orchestrated them and managed to make something new and really interesting, stuff like minoraur is merely a curiosity vs what is essentially genre defining piece and is far more complex and elaborated. Also the way Emerson utilized fourth voicings/quartal harmony was really idiosyncratic and original. Jordan Rudess still cite Emerson as an influence for this, and I think I have heard over a dozens of prog bands/fusion bands, especially from Japan, that has been influenced by Emerson's tonal choices and way of applying fourth voicings, also in video game music and Emerson is cited as an inspiration on the music of both Koji Kondo and Noebu Uematsu, two of the greatest eastern video game composers, and the former is considered the greatest video game composer all time. I was just discussing great keyboard icons like Kerry Minnear and Eddie Jobson/Rudess with a keyboard player friend this morning and I think his take summarizes Emerson strong suits really well; "Keith Emerson was not only amazing in his playing and as a performer. He deserves much credit in taming a giant synthesizer that was never meant to leave a studio. But as a true keyboardist also in re imagining his roles for each of his hands. Which is something many piano players that start playing keyboards seem to not get. Turn your left hand into a second right hand. Keith also brought in a lot of inspiration from modern classical composers and incorporated techniques used in classical piano playing. In the big league everyone can play fast. But he brought in octaves, extended jumps with either hand, double notes and fast repeated notes on one key which are things classical pianist run into all the time. He was the pioneer in so many ways". Also, My former music history professor Bjørn Ole Rasch could not understate Emerson's influence on popular music/progressive music and even to some extent classical music, video game music and soundtrack music. All out from academical sources. Your take is merely a highly biased interpretation against Emerson, that exist on the premises of half truths. Your views are not shared by music historians nor are they recognized in the fields of musicology or music history. Emerson's influence when taking all sources into consideration, is overwhelming, he is among the greatest electric keyboard players of all time alongside Chick Corea and his contributions to all things related to modern music should not be understated and will only become more celebrated as time goes.