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Valley of the Shadow

by Nic Paton

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sjroberts Nic, you are a living legend. Thank you for launching this important work at this time to help us process what we are all experiencing to some extent or another.
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Slow Dawn 05:58
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If it be possible If it be possible If it be possible Take this cup from me Nevertheless not as I will but that your will be done The cup of sorrow will be drained by each and every one, (They all will drink it to the dregs)
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Descent 01:35
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Rite of Fire 05:08
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Adieu 04:16
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(Attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci) Mentre pensavo che stavo imparando a vivere, Ho imparato come morire. While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

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Originally released in 2016, "Valley Of The Shadow - Rites Of Loss" is being re-launched in a time of coronavirus pandemic. The suite explores the universal narratives of loss through moods like denial, bargaining and anger, and has never been more relevant. All download sales during April 2020 go to 2 crisis response charities:

"Specchio dei tempi – Mirror of the times", based in Turin Italy, near the centre of that nations devastating epidemic.

"Home Of Compassion" Ministries based in Delft, Cape Town, South Africa, an NGO (non-government organisation) working with the most desperate neighborhoods on the apartheid-designed Cape Flats, who despite their deprivations, have a well-formed campaign to feed 1000 people during this lockdown.

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released February 12, 2016

Produced by Nic Paton and David Langemann
Recorded by Nic Paton and John Bartmann
Mixed by David Langemann
Mastered by David Maclean at SAE Cape Town

Voices : Carmen Kinsey (soprano), Marco Titus (baritone), Christy Johnson, John Bartmann, Nic Paton

Strings: The Palm Strings Quartet
1st violin / leader : Lucia Di-Blasio Scott
2nd violin : Titia Blake
Viola : Marina Louw
Cello : Barbara Kennedy

Drum programming: Jason Barty

Nic Paton – Composition, vocal and string arrangement, programming, acoustic and electric guitars, zouk, mandolin, ukulele, bass clarinet, percussion.

Cover adapted from a photograph by Christine Nachmann
Design – Redzone

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Nic Paton Cape Town, South Africa

Nic Paton is a songwriter, also known for his neo-classical spiritually-themed works.

His latest album "Bigger Than Me", distills almost 3 decades of songwriting into 12 tracks. It is a 2021 exploration in the 1970’s songwriter spirit, of belonging, nostalgia and hope from the perspective of the outsider, the bard on the edges of the conventional.

He also composes music for film and media.
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