Karl Miller:

>I would point to many works that were products, or perhaps, reactions
>to the Second World War: Randall Thompson 3rd; Vaughan Williams: Symphony
>No.6; Harris: Symphony No.5; Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem and War
>Requiem; Diamond: Symphony No.2 ...

I would add Michael Tippett's 'Child of Our Time,' which, for all its
awkwardnesses, never fails to move me.

Scott Morrison