The idea for the piece came from a couple of lines read in an online article about the devastation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine: "A resident of Yablunska Street told me that, when he stepped out of his yard on March 8th, he saw a road strewn with bodies and heard music. It was coming from cell phones ringing in the pockets of the dead." Two trumpets (Bb), horn, trombone, tuba Watch a sample YouTube video (virtual audio)
