Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for double bass and piano (arranged by David Heyes)

About the Composition Kol Nidrei transcribes beautifully for the double bass and the sonorous and soulful qualities of the instrument create a wealth of tone colors and contrast throughout its solo register. Aimed at the intermediate bassist, there are musical and technical challenges aplenty, creating a worthy addition to the transcription repertoire. Kol Nidrei Op.47 for cello and orchestra was composed in 1889 and published in Berlin the following year. It is subtitled an 'Adagio on Hebrew Melodies' and Bruch describes the material: "The two melodies are first class - the first is an age-old Hebrew song of atonement, the second (D major) is the middle section of a moving and truly magnificent song 'O weep for those that wept on Babel's stream' (Byron), equally very old. I got to know both melodies in Berlin, where I had much to do with the children of Israel in the Choral Society..." Kol Nidrei has long been one of Bruch's most popular works and has become standard repertoire for d