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World Service,15 Sep 2016,26 mins

SeriesSoul Music

Soul Music: Kol Nidrei

The Compass

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We explore Kol Nidrei, Max Bruch's piece for cello, based on Jewish prayer sung at Yom Kippur and played memorably by Jacqueline du Pre. (Photo: Max Bruch (1838-1920), the composer and musical director of Cologne. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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