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Soul Music: Kol Nidre

Exploring the meaning and significance of performing the Jewish prayer 'Kol Nidre'

Kol Nidre ('all our vows') is a Jewish prayer recited on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The programme looks at performances of it and the melody added by Max Bruch. Contributors include cellists Steven Isserlis and Liam Abramson and poet Tessa Ransford. Rabbi Albert Friedlander describes listening to this music with Jacqueline du Pre on the last day of her life.

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23 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project