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. The meaning of "Broken Vow", about a sad love, is completely changed in "Imaginer", which describes a dream of a peaceful world. Part of the lyrics translate as follows: "Imagine a world as pure as the sun, / Where war is only a memory. / Imagine a world without hunger". Evancho also performed the song in her 2011 PBS

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special ''Dream With Me In Concert'', which was also sold on CD and DVD. On both ''Dream With Me'' and ''Dream With Me In Concert'',

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played the piano solo in "Imaginer".

"Imaginer" on tour

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'', reviewer Robert Coleman commented: "Singing in French to Lara Fabian's 'Imaginer' and in Italian for Puccini's 'O mio babbino caro,' Evancho showed her expertise with languages as well as some pretty respectable interpretation."

References

External links

* performing "Imaginer" in April 2011 * performing "Imaginer" in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2012 * performing "Imaginer" at a wedding in August 2012
Sheet music"Imaginer" credits at Allmusic.com
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