Lenka Lichtenberg - Thieves of Dreams (2022) [Hi-Res]

About the new album: Upon the recent passing of her mother, Lenka discovered two tattered notebooks of hand-written poetry that her grandmother, Anna Hana Friesová (1901-1987) wrote in the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp where she was imprisoned during World War II. Lenka was surprised to discover that a majority of the poems were intimate fantasies and love poems that you’d never expect to be written on the brink of death. “I imagine that the verses she wrote represented the one time each day that my grandmother had some control over her life. She dreamed of this imaginary world to survive the cruelty of the real one.” So, Lenka decided to bring these stories back to life – as music, in this stunning tale of how her mother and grandmother survived Terezin – and kept their sanity.
The poems were set to music by seven Canadian and Czech composers. Offering a rich musical tapestry, the lush arrangements span from string sextet, beatboxing, spoken word and jazz trio to a cappella songs, and feature colourful instruments such as marimba, tabla and bass clarinet, all warmly bathed in Lenka’s signature 3-octave harmonies.
The international release of Thieves of Dreams: Songs of Theresienstadt’s Secret Poetess will take place on both the anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp in 1945, and symbolically on Mother’s Day – as Lenka Lichtenberg honours the inspiring resiliency of her mother and grandmother, whose stories, intimate dreams and messages for future generations will finally be shared with the world.

Lenka Lichtenberg (vocals, keyboard, harmonium)
David Buchbinder (trumpet)
Jessica Deutsch (tech director, violin, viola, bass, vocals)
Auri Fell (vocals, beatboxing, ukulele
Fern Lindzon (piano, vocals)
Special guest: Aviva Chernick (vocals)

Tracklist:
1.01 - Lenka Lichtenberg - What is this place? (3:41)
1.02 - Lenka Lichtenberg - In golden sunlight (3:48)
1.03 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Waiting at the end of an alley (4:26)
1.04 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Miracles (4:55)
1.05 - Lenka Lichtenberg - It was a cold dusk, my love (3:08)
1.06 - Lenka Lichtenberg - That monster, custom (4:08)
1.07 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Run, run, you little human (2:04)
1.08 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Wild, beastly water came (3:51)
1.09 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Trick or treat, we're at your gate (3:27)
1.10 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Our feet are marching, two and two (3:03)
1.11 - Lenka Lichtenberg - I wanted to curse you, bitter land (3:35)
1.12 - Lenka Lichtenberg - My paradise of solitude (3:35)
1.13 - Lenka Lichtenberg - We're chasing time (2:41)
1.14 - Lenka Lichtenberg - I have my own grief (4:17)
1.15 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Don't ask me, my love (3:21)
1.16 - Lenka Lichtenberg - Maminka (2:18)