Bruch: Kol Nidre, Op. 47 For Viola And Piano/Peters

Category: Viola and Piano ** Composer: Bruch, Max ** Title: Kol Nidre, Op. 47 ** Arranger: de Smet ** Publisher: Peters Edition ** Difficulty: ASTA Grade 4.

Bruchs Kol Nidrei, as the title suggests, is based on the Jewish prayer of the same name that is recited during Yom Kippur. The viola takes the melody of the hazzan chanting the liturgy in the first theme, while the second theme was inspired by an Isaac Nathan arrangement of a poem by Lord Byron. That said, the piece is quite unique, more loosely based on Jewish themes than early listeners and critics were expecting.