Lens, who's 2012 opera 'Slow Man' gained him international acclaim, began working on the project during lockdown, when he began exploring his deserted home city of Brussels by bike. This exploration reminded him of his previous travels to Japan: 'The initial idea for L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S was born in the natural silence that rises from the rainy and vivid green forest that surrounds these 13th-century temples. And because my memory works in musical phrases, writing L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S has become my method of remembering the peace I found while visiting Japan as well'. Track Listing: 1. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of Divine Absence (Nicholas Lens) 2. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of the First Encounter (Nicholas Lens) 3. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of Blooming (Nicholas Lens) 4. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of the Sleeping Dream (Nicholas Lens) 5. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of the Yearning (Nicholas Lens) 1. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of Fragmentation (Nicholas Lens) 2. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of the Forsaken (Nicholas Lens) 3. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of Gathering Up (Nicholas Lens) 4. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of Transformation (Nicholas Lens) 5. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of Godly Love (Nicholas Lens) 6. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of the Unnamed (Nicholas Lens) 7. L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S, Litany of Divine Presence (Nicholas Lens)