Kol Nidrei

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Bruch's piece for cello is based on Jewish prayer sung at Yom Kippur. Cellists Steven Isserlis and Liam Abramson discuss the impact of playing this music. Poet Tessa Ransford remembers how she chose the piece for her friend's funeral. And Rabbi Albert Friedlander describes listening to this music with Jacqueline du Pre on the last day of her life. Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks. Producer: Sara Conkey First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002.