Benjamin Britten's War Requiem

I was living in Charlotte, NC on 9/11/01. Despite having family menbers who lived in the New York Tri-State area, it was equally felt in the Carloinas. I remember listening to news reports on the radio (I didn't have a TV at time because it was broken-which was an omen)on an intense level. The only music on the radio on that day and many days after was predominantly classical. It was a time where nothing made sense and everything that I believed in was irrelevant.

Fast forward to a year later, I was attending a Charlotte Symphony concert, there was some mention of 9/11/01 from the conductor; which I found annoying because I had udergone mourning and started to moved on with my life. He introduced Britten's "War Requiem" to summarize his feelings on 9/11 and in the impending war in Iraq. As the music played, all of my pent up emotions were released and I knew that I was truly ready to move forward.

Adrian DeVore