Tarkus (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - Pipe Organ arrangement by Owen Tellinghuisen

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5 ай бұрын

Here is something completely different, something that has been a passion project of mine for a while. I am delighted to present my own arrangement and interpretation of Tarkus for pipe organ.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Tarkus", written in 1971 primarily by keyboardist Keith Emerson, is one of the defining compositions of the prog rock era. At over 20 minutes in length, it spans the full A-side of ELP's second studio album of the same name and features intricate keyboard parts, rapidly fluctuating time signatures, and adequately meaningless vocals. After experimenting with teaching myself parts for the song on piano, I realized that the original instrumentation on Hammond organ and bass translates well to pipe organ. My own arrangement remains largely faithful to the original album version, although I include an original solo in the final Aquatarkus section.
This was performed live at Trinity Episcopal Church in Bloomington, IN, on February 4, 2024.
Camera: Sony RX100 III
Audio: Zoom H5

Пікірлер: 27

@josephmoritko5878 23 күн бұрын

Finally a EMERSON LAKE & PALMER played on a pipe organ this is exactly what it should sound like fantastic excellent job 👏

@jgdmlw Ай бұрын

For years I have thought hearing this and other ELP pieces played on a pipe organ would be cool and I finally got one. I really enjoyed this. I have heard many piano transcriptions and recently a nice acoustic guitar transcription which I have loved but on the pipe organ with bass pedals is really special. I have listened to and loved Tarkus for 50 years. I happy to see young people interested in ELP’s music. You played it beautifully and I imagine that Keith would have approved.

@Katrurka 5 ай бұрын

Amazing 👀 👍!

@lenhumbird 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful, played by someone who really respects Emerson's composition. Thank-you for this. Iconoclast, especially here: beautiful footwork!

@djokowitjaksono3371 6 күн бұрын

Tarkus on pipe organ,very cool, more proggy scene

@clinthorton306 2 ай бұрын

Tarkus!!!!!

@paolorigoli1552 5 ай бұрын

Avevo sempre sognato di ascoltarla suonata da un organo da chiesa, grazie!

@poprostuja2885 16 күн бұрын

My life is complete now

@codacorta 20 күн бұрын

Veramente bravissimo. Un lavoro magistrale! 19:25 nice citation!

@seabulls69 5 ай бұрын

I have no doubt that Keith would approve if he were here to hear this.

@user-kt8uq6jl8u 5 ай бұрын

I was going to say stunning and brilliant but others have already said that so I won't.

@lelandallen 5 ай бұрын

This is fantastic. You play this with such respect for the original material - I know Keith would have been proud!. You also have done a masterful job of really coaxing the most out of the limited resources of a small but very well-balanced instrument. Is the specification the same as listed in the OHS database online? If so, bravo. I know a lot of organists who couldn't have done as well with an instrument 3 times that size.

@user-dl8yp3fi8f 4 ай бұрын

I was a big fan of ELP in my day (that makes me old). I grabbed this album as soon as it first came out, around 1971 I believe. I thought then, and still do believe this song, the whole Tarkus side A, was awesome and among their greatest achievements. You have have done justice to the song. I kept waiting for some spot where I was going to say, "Oh well, nice try but you messed up this or that" but it didn't happen. This was really a joy to listen to. Thanks so much.

@jimihendrix991 24 күн бұрын

Rachel Flowers sent me... 🙂

@jameswaugaman8052 14 күн бұрын

Beautifully done! Hard work paid off! Being a big fan of William Mathias, Jehan Alain and of course Keith Emerson I especially loved how you arranged Manticore! Nice!!

@TheGaiani 5 ай бұрын

What an awesome sound!! 👏👏

@unpythonic 5 ай бұрын

Super impressive. I really like your stop selections: they fit the original really well while maximizing the effectiveness of the organ

@gabrieljohnson1042 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely Brilliant! My senses were so consumed by this performance. Bravo!

@matthewszymanski7037 5 ай бұрын

Incredible performance all in one take! Can’t imagine the amount of work you put into this. You succeeded in making Tarkus sound like it was originally written for pipe organ.