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The Prayer of Kol Nidre by Max Bruch

by Kile Smith | Sep 23, 2015 | Classical music, Spirituality, WRTI, WRTI Arts Desk

A concert piece for cello and orchestra uses sacred music from the center of Jewish tradition. Consider the Kol Nidre of Max Bruch, a work with wide appeal from an unlikely composer. At the center of the Jewish year are the High Holy Days, culminating in Yom Kippur....

Ferdinand Hiller, Max Bruch

by Kile Smith | Mar 4, 2009 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI

On the first Saturday of the month Jack Moore and I host Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection on WRTI 90.1 FM in Philadelphia and on the all-classical webstream at wrti.org. We also broadcast encore presentations of the entire Discoveries series (seven years and...

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