This is what is called keening.

"Requiem" - Track: 03 from 2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) Music by György Ligeti Performed by the Bavarian Radio Orchestra Conducted by Francis Travis Genre/Style: Classical, Stage & Screen - Soundtrack, Modern, Neo-Classical & Contemporary

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