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‘Imaginem’ is a collection of classical compositions by an unknown composer, John Michael Franklin, the true musical story of an ordinary man who has lived a remarkable life.
John talks of contemporary music as being ‘clever’ but his is exactly the opposite – there’s a total absence of cynicism in his music and a generosity at the heart of it, there’s no point in listening to it intellectually, because it’s not ‘clever’, you have to forget about cynicism and open up and then the music makes sense. Often there is a yearning for safety, with very simple themes that become more troubled in the variations as if there is always some darkness lurking but there exists a transcendent belief in peace, or truth, or beauty, that keeps the darkness away. There’s clearly a feeling that he wants to give you the music. In a way it makes the listener want to be a better person.
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