Imagination's Light

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Imagination's Light
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Studio album by
Kevin Kern
ReleasedJuly 19, 2005
RecordedFebruary 28 – March 5, 2005 [1]
Studio Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California [1]
Genre New-age, [1] instrumental
Length43:35
Label Real Music
Producer Terence Yallop, Kevin Kern
Kevin Kern chronology
The Winding Path
(2003)		Imagination's Light
(2005)		 Endless Blue Sky
(2009)
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Imagination's Light is the seventh studio album (ninth album overall) from American new-age pianist Kevin Kern. As with his preceding albums, it is an album of instrumental tunes, with the addition of a cover version of "Fields of Gold" by Sting. The album, a reminiscence of Kern's childhood playing piano in a darkened room lit by the fireplace, was released on July 19, 2005. [1] [2]

Contents

Before creating this album, Kern was invited to become a Steinway Artist, so for this album he played a Steinway concert grand piano made in Hamburg, Germany. [1] An accompanying piano songbook was released in 2008 containing the ten compositions by Kern, written for the intermediate piano student. [3]

Dedication

In the accompanying booklet, Kevin Kern writes that "Keepers of the Flame" on an ancient Gregorian chant called "Pange Lingua". It is dedicated to Pope John Paul II.

Track listing

All compositions by Kevin Kern except track 5, written by Sting.

  1. "Remembering the Light" – 4:23
  2. "Safe in Your Embrace" – 3:44
  3. "Pearls of Joy" – 3:52
  4. "Told to the Heart" – 4:14
  5. "Fields of Gold" – 4:50
  6. "Imagination's Key" – 4:11
  7. "Keepers of the Flame" – 3:47
  8. "Musings" – 3:41
  9. "Sweet Dreams, Helena" – 3:48
  10. "I Am Always Right Here" – 3:31
  11. "And the Light is Forever" – 3:21

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Brownlow, Ron (May 26, 2006). "Kevin Kern plays the music of light". Taipei Times . Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ Parsons, Kathy (June 16, 2008). "Imagination's Light – Kevin Kern". Mainly Piano. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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