Our Chorus of Mankind returns to the stage, now wearing bloody bandages and scorched rags; there is sound of a huge battle beyond them and shocks of shells exploding in midair, screams of women and the crying of babies.

Faustus stands apart from the Chorus of Mankind, looking on it as it begins its address.

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The image is

an etching by Albrecht Durer

of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Music excerpt is

Violin concerto No. 5 in A minor,

Op 37 - II. Adagio by Paganini,

from the album

Paganini; Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos

performed by Viktoria Mullova (violinist)

and Neville Marriner and the Academy St. Martin In The Fields.