Symphony of Sorrowful Songs by Henryk Górecki - 2nd Movement : "Tranquillissimo" 

The second of the three movements from this sublimely beautiful & at times unbearably poignant Symphony. Heartrending & cathartic, it is perhaps my single favorite piece of Symphonic music...

"Tranquillissimo - uses a prayer that was found scratched on a wall in cell no.3 in the basement of the Gestapo's headquarters in Zakopane alongside the signature, "Helena Wanda Blazusiakówna 18 years old, imprisoned since 26 September 1944" and which ends with the words, "Support me always / Zdrowas Mario (Ave Maria)." Again, the song is of the loss of life and the relationship between a mother and her child but unlike the first and third songs, this takes the point of view of the child who has been separated from her mother and who knows they will never seen her alive again. If anything, the music here contains even less hope than that of the first song - more recent history hits harder than that of five hundred years ago..."

Especially suitable when viewing my Photo Albums "Statues like People" & "Death Becomes Us" in Slideshow format...though it looks like you'll have to open up a second tab/window to do this!