The Vienna Philharmonic to play Florence Price’s “Adoration” (arr. Elaine Fine)

The Vienna Philharmonic will perform Elaine’s orchestral arrangement of Florence Price’s “Adoration” as part of a June 19 Sommernachtskonzert [Summer Night Concert]. Wow!

(DeepL tells me that the German for wow is wow .)

In 2022, an article in the online classical-music publication Van (now firewalled) described Elaine as “wohl die Pionierin der weiten Welt der Adoration-Adaptionen” — “arguably the pioneer of the wide world of ‘Adoration’ adaptations.” Indeed, she has arranged this (public domain) piece, written for organ, for all manner of instruments and ensembles, often by request, and has made her arrangements available free of charge at the IMSLP.

“Adoration” is everywhere. In the dark days of the pandemic, “Adoration” for violin and piano became an online project for Augustin Hadelich and thirty-seven other musicians. We were both moved to tears when we learned that a string orchestra played “Adoration” at a Chicago vigil for the violinst Elijah McClain, killed by police in Aurora, Colorado.

Elaine tells her “Adoration” story in this post.

Related reading
Elaine’s “Adoration” posts
My “Adoration” posts