Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave – LITANIES (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:33 minutes | 654 MB | Genre: Pop
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Nick Cave has written the libretto for L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, a new opera by Belgian composer Nicholas Lens. They developed the opera at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic when both artists had unexpected free time due to lockdown measures. According to a press release, Lens was inspired by his bicycle journeys around Brussels and previous travels to Japanese temples.
“Nicholas called me during lockdown and asked if I would write 12 litanies. I happily agreed,” Nick Cave said in a statement. “The first thing I did after I put down the phone was search ‘What is a litany?’ I learned that a litany was a series of religious petitions, and realised I had been writing litanies all my life.”
L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S will be released on December 4 (via Deutsche Grammophon). Below, listen to “Litany of The Forsaken,” sung by Nicholas Lens’ daughter Clara-Lane.
Tracklist
1. Nicholas Lens – Litany of Divine Absence
2. Nicholas Lens – Litany of The First Encounter
3. Nicholas Lens – Litany of Blooming
4. Nicholas Lens – Litany of The Sleeping Dream
5. Nicholas Lens – Litany of The Yearning
6. Nicholas Lens – Litany of Fragmentation
7. Nicholas Lens – Litany of The Forsaken
8. Nicholas Lens – Litany of Gathering Up
9. Nicholas Lens – Litany of Transformation
10. Nicholas Lens – Litany of Godly Love
11. Nicholas Lens – Litany of The Unnamed
12. Nicholas Lens – Litany of Divine Presence
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