By the Rev. CYRIL JACKSON, Succentor of Southwark Cathedral
Assisted by VYVYAN LEWIS (Violoncello)
Relayed from Southwark Cathedral
BRUCH (183S-1920) was once Conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, and was for many years a famous teacher in Berlin. Kol
Nidrei is a prayer intoned in some Jewish synagogues on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).
Bruch used this sad chant as the basis of a piece for Solo 'Cello, Harp, and Orchestra. It is most frequently heard in an arrangement for 'Cello and Piano, or Organ.