Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave – Litany of the Forsaken (Official Music Video)

Stream & Buy L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S here: https://DG.lnk.to/litanies Perhaps best-known for his distinctive vocal style, Australian polymath Nick Cave here steps into the spotlight as librettist rather than performer, for a second operatic project with Belgian composer Nicholas Lens. Having collaborated on Shell Shock in 2014, they joined forces again during the global lockdown to create a new work, L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S.. At Lens’s request, Cave penned 12 litanies – “petitions to a divine maker” – simple, moving texts which the composer then wove into what he calls a “modest chamber opera of sleeping dreams”. Riding his bike around an unusually empty Brussels, Lens had been reminded of the magical stillness of the Rinzai Zen temples he had seen in rural Japan. Memories of these structures and of the inner peace he experienced while visiting them were the initial inspiration for the minimalistic, at times trance-like music of L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S., which features Denzil Delaere, N.L. Noorenbergh, Claron McFadden and Lens’s artist daughter Clara-Lane on vocals. Though the eleven instrumentalists recorded their parts individually in Lens’s home, to respect social distancing guidelines, there is a clear unity of purpose about the finished opera, a work of gentle beauty. Nicholas Lens & Nick Cave – Litany of the Forsaken (Official Music Video) Listen to L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S : https://DG.lnk.to/litanies Subscribe here for more classical video clips – The Best Of Classical Music: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_DG Discover full concert performances on DG Premium - registration and basic library are free: https://www.dg-premium.com Get your front row ticket here for exclusive streams and world premieres with leading artists: https://www.dg-stage.com _______________ Find Deutsche Grammophon Online Homepage: http://deutschegrammophon.com Facebook: http://fb.com/deutschegrammophon Twitter: http://twitter.com/dgclassics Instagram: http://instagram.com/dgclassics Newsletter: https://deutschegrammophon.com/newsletter _______________ 最优质古典音乐 – 此处订阅: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_DG Le meilleur de la musique classique. Pour vous abonner cliquez ici: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_DG 最高のクラシック音楽―登録はこちら: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_DG 최고의 클래식음악을 구독하세요: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_DG Подписаться на лучшую классическую музыку:: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_DG La mejor música clásica - Suscríbase aquí: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_DG #NickCave #NicholasLens #LITANIES