Daylight Video

by Ed Kilgore
Politics

For Memorial Day, here’s a portion of the “Dies Irae” from Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, performed by the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore, a Monthly contributing editor, is a columnist for the Daily Intelligencer, New York magazine’s politics blog, and the managing editor for the Democratic Strategist.