Listening (Penderecki, Krzysztof - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960)

This musical composition is very representation of its title. I feel that the violins to a great job of representing the emotional chaos that the victims of Hiroshma experienced. Also the strings combination of sound also create the effect of a siren of a siren or an airplane flying over by. The music that I can relate this to music specifically is the music in the television show LOST. In the show the music uses the chromatic incline in strings to create an extremely tense sound that puts the audience on the edge of their seat. This music has the same affect on the audience. Again, the high pitch sound almost sounds like a scream of death. Overall the piece has a serious and tense sound that perfectly represents the emotions of the victims of a nuclear explosion.