The Sweeping Insensitivity of This

O Lord, forgive me for simultaneously laughing and thinking of the Ligeti Requiem when I listen to this.

BONUS TRACK: Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima as the soundtrack to an episode of the Care Bears. (You have to click the words "Threnody and the Care Bears"; h/t Chris Foley)

Previously on TSR's Inappropriate WWII References through Contemporary Music: I CAN HAZ WATER?

Comments

[Michael]

I'm contemplating a choral transcription of this, but -- sigh -- there are too few hours in the day. I hope it goes without saying that that the offstage dog would be included.