Kol Nidre - Music

Alexander Goldscheider Was Born In Prague And Started As A Music Critic And Radio DJ. He Read Music At Charles University PhD For The Analysis Of The Beatles Songs . Not Contented With Writing About Music He Turned To Song Writing And Had Many Songs Covered By Czech Pop/rock Music Singers. Working As A Staff Producer At Supraphon The Biggest East European Record Company He Produced Singles Albums Of Czech Rock/pop/jazz Singers & Groups. Having Acquired Some Of First Commercially Available Synthesizers He Made Electronic Recordings For Radio TV/film And Records - See Here A 1979 Czech Video "A Robot Is Talking To You". He Moved To London In 1981 Where He Recorded Two Solo Albums For Red Bus - Themes For A One-Man Band Vol. I And II - Worked Briefly At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop And Co-Started A Computer And Music Company Romantic Robot. After A Decade Of Designing And Manufacturing Software And Hardware Romantic Robot Moved Into Music Production And Publishing See Www.Romantic-Robot.Com . The First Double-CD "Theresienstadt The Music 1941-44" Became The CD Of The Year 1991 Both In The UK And USA Other Interesting CDs Followed Such AsAaron Copland - An American In Prague Until Alexander Goldscheider Started Releasing His Own CDs Namely "STABAT MATER" And "The SONG Of SONGS" Both Available Here On Last.Fm. Other Releases Are In The Pipeline - Please Watch This Space And In The Meantime Try The Currently Available Recordings. Thank You! read less

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Kol Nidre(i) is a declaration recited in the synagogue before the evening service on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Written in Aramaic, not Hebrew, it takes its name from the two opening words meaning “all vows”. As Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for religious Jews, and is the most observed holiday also by many secular Jews, who attend synagogue at least on this one occasion in a year, it is no wonder that the words Kol Nidre are so well known world-wide. They are sung by the cantor and whilst the melody of the entire declaration can vary from one cantor to another, the opening words and melody are always the same: two adjacent notes, with the opening one falling a semitone on the last syllable. My composition for violin and organ in fact cites just those two notes and has no further actual connection with Kol Nidre. I wrote the piece in memoriam of my dear father, Frantisek Goldscheider, a Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz, Schwarzheide, Terezin and two death marches, who lived until 1991 – unlike 23 of 25 (sic) Goldscheiders in their hometown, Pilsen in Bohemia, who all perished in various concentration camps, and to whom this is also a very humble memory. My son Christopher plays the violin and viola to my accompaniment on various keyboards. May I also remark here, that Chris and I recorded further three of my related compositions to this topic, all of which are available to hear on last.fm, namely “Elegy”, “Golem” and “Kyrie Eleison”. Thank you for listening. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.