Dare to Dream (Yanni album) explained

Dare to Dream
Type:studio
Artist:Yanni
Cover:Yanni-DaretoDreamAlbum.png
Released:March 17, 1992
Genre:Instrumental
Length:59:05
Label:Private Music
Producer:Yanni
Prev Title:Romantic Moments
Prev Year:1992
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Next Year:1993

Dare to Dream (stylised as DARE to dream) is the eighth studio album by Greek keyboardist and composer Yanni, released in March 1992 on Private Music. The album peaked at number 2 on Billboard's Top New Age Albums chart and at number 32 on the Billboard 200 chart in the same year.[1] It went gold within two months of its release and was nominated for a Grammy.

Background

Yanni says that the title of the album, Dare to Dream, "comes from the realization that, people not only don't go after their dreams but they're actually afraid to dream at all. If you're afraid to dream, nothing will ever come to you".

The album was followed by the sell-out, 65-city Dare to Dream concert tour which challenged audiences "not to be afraid to dream".[2] On the concert tour, Yanni also advised the fans not to let their worries rob them of the joy of life, and encourages them to "dare to dream" - which is, of course, the theme of the album.[3]

Album

Critical reception

In a review by Johnny Loftus, "Dare to Dream is Yanni's first new material in three years and finds the new age composer fitting his unflinchingly romantic arrangements into tighter song structures. The surging synth backgrounds, insistent piano lines and general grandiosity that mark Yanni's sound are still intact. But tracks like "A Love for Life" or "Nice to Meet You" harness that famously epic energy in smaller stables. This tactic works especially well on the latter track, which is led by the wail of an electric fiddle. Elsewhere, Yanni plucks the heartstrings with "In the Mirror" and "So Long My Friend"  - two weepy ballads that cascade like sheets of rain on a lonely city street. The seven-minute "You Only Live Once" becomes the only really epic piece on Dare to Dream, and it's pleasant enough. However, it illustrates the main drawback to Dream, which is Yanni's reliance on the shifting sands of synthesizers to do his bidding."[4]

Personnel

(Personnel as described in CD liner notes.)[6]

The Dare to Dream concert tour

[7]

Dates

April – June 1992

Cities

65 cities

Set list

Selections from Reflections of Passion, In Celebration of Life and Dare to Dream

The band and concert

This 2 hour and 15 minute concert is performed completely live and showcases the broad range of Yanni's music through a unique marriage of acoustic and electronic sound. Yanni and two additional keyboardists (Bradley Joseph and Julie Homi), are backed by a rhythm section headed by Charlie Adams on drums, with Michael Bruno on percussion and Osama Afifi on bass, and a string section featuring Charlie Bisharat and Karen Briggs on violin, and Sachi McHenry on cello.[7] A highlight of the concert was his piece dedicated to his mother. His band left the stage; the spotlight focused on Yanni at the piano, surrounded just by the violinists and cellist. Yanni introduced the piece sharing a story from his childhood. When he was a boy, his mother would always sing a song to him before he would go to sleep. The cello in this touching composition resembled a human voice singing. Also, he dedicated his song, "To the One Who Knows" from his "Dare to Dream" CD to his father, calling him his "greatest teacher in life". From his father, he learned about unconditional love.[3]

Tour production

Special Thanks

Tour dates

[8] [9]

DateCityCountryVenue
April 4, 1992CharlestonUnited StatesGaillard Performance Hall
April 5, 1992AtlantaFox Theatre
April 6, 1992BirminghamAlabama Theatre
April 8, 1992St. PetersburgMahaffey Theater
April 9, 1992Fort LauderdaleBroward Center for the Performing Arts
April 10, 1992OrlandoBob Carr Performing Arts Center
April 11, 1992JacksonvilleFlorida Theatre
April 12, 1992PensacolaSaenger Theatre
April 15, 1992CharlotteOvens Auditorium
April 16, 1992RaleighRaleigh Memorial Auditorium
April 17, 1992AshevilleThomas Wolfe Auditorium
April 18, 1992KnoxvilleTennessee Theatre
April 21, 1992AllentownSymphony Hall Theatre
April 22, 1992FairfaxGMU Center for the Arts
April 23, 1992HarrisburgZembo Mosque
April 24, 1992PittsburghPalumbo Center
April 25, 1992RochesterAuditorium Theatre
April 26, 1992Upper DarbyTower Theater
April 28, 1992HartfordThe Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
April 30, 1992Asbury ParkParamount Theatre
May 1, 1992New York CityRadio City Music Hall
May 2, 1992BostonOrpheum Theatre
May 3, 1992ProvidenceProvidence Performing Arts Center
May 4, 1992SchenectadyProctor's Theatre
May 7, 1992ColumbusPalace Theatre
May 8, 1992NoblesvilleDeer Creek Music Amphitheatre
May 9, 1992ClevelandPalace Theatre
May 10, 1992DaytonDayton Memorial Hall
May 11, 1992Grand RapidsDeVos Performance Hall
May 13, 1992TorontoMassey Hall
May 15, 1992DetroitFox Theatre
May 16, 1992ChicagoChicago Theatre
May 17, 1992ChicagoChicago Theatre
May 19, 1992LouisvilleMacauley's Theatre
May 20, 1992MilwaukeeRiverside Theater
May 21, 1992MinneapolisOrpheum Theatre
May 22, 1992MinneapolisOrpheum Theatre
May 26, 1992MadisonOscar Mayer Theatre
May 27, 1992OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium
May 28, 1992TulsaBrady Theater
May 30, 1992DallasMcFarlin Memorial Auditorium
May 31, 1992HoustonJones Hall
June 3, 1992Santa FePaolo Soleri Amphitheater
June 4, 1992DenverDenver Center for the Performing Arts
June 6, 1992Salt Lake CitySymphony Hall
June 8, 1992TucsonTucson Community Center
June 10, 1992PhoenixSymphony Hall
June 11, 1992San DiegoCopley Symphony Hall
June 12, 1992Los AngelesWiltern Theatre
June 13, 1992Los AngelesWiltern Theatre
June 17, 1992San JoseCenter for the Performing Arts
June 18, 1992Santa RosaLuther Burbank Center for the Arts
June 19, 1992SacramentoSacramento Theatre Company
June 20, 1992BerkeleyBerkeley Community Theatre

Miscellaneous

The music "Once Upon a Time" was adopted by TVB as the background music of world weather from July 28, 1991, to December 31, 2009.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000280007|pure_url=yes}} Chart history for ''Dare to Dream'']. AMG. 2015-04-29 .
  2. Book: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1993 - Official concert program. Yanni. Yanni. 1993.
  3. Web site: YANNI'S ZESTY PERFORMANCE IS MUSICAL SMORGASBORD THAT CELEBRATES LIFE, LOVE. Deseret News. 8 June 1992. 9 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Johnny Loftus . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000280007|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''Dare to Dream'']. AllMusic. 2015-05-06.
  5. Web site: Aria, By Yanni . Young . Monalisa . 29 May 2024.
  6. Dare to Dream. Yanni . 1992. CD liner. Private Music. 01005-82096-2.
  7. Book: Dare to Dream – Official concert program. Yanni. 1992.
  8. https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/rec.music.misc/mR_X24pzbRM/UdTQWD3rP_wJ Yanni 1992 Tour Itinerary
  9. Web site: Yanni 1992 Tour Dates. setlist.fm. 26 September 2020. 26 September 2020.

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