Monday, May 6, 2024

“Adoration” (Price, arr. Fine)

[Florence Price, “Adoration,” arranged by Elaine Fine. MAP String Ensemble. Catherine Birke, conductor. Alice Tully Hall, New York. May 4, 2024.]

Happily, there’s an audience video of a beautiful, deeply moving performance.

Related reading
A handful of “Adoration” posts

comments: 4

Heber Taylor said...

That's a beautiful arrangement of a wonderful composer's music. It's not just me. As I was playing it last night, my wife stopped and said: "What is that? It's beautiful!"

Michael Leddy said...

It’s such a great piece. Take a look at the video that the violinist Augustin Hedelich made during lockdown, with musicians from everywhere, one at a time.

Fresca said...

“And the reason we have this beautiful arrangement is because of Elaine Fine.”
🙌 Woo-hoo 🎉 !!!

Michael Leddy said...

Elaine would never say it herself, but her arrangements are a major reason for the renewed appreciation of this piece. The online German music magazine Van said she is “wohl die Pionierin der weiten Welt der Adoration-Adaptionen” — “probably the pioneer of the wide world of ‘Adoration’ adaptations.”