Kol Nidre (nidrei, nidrey, or כל נדרי) is an Aramaic phrase translated as “all vows.” The words are heard and chanted in synagogues on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement in Judaism. This year “Kol Nidre night” falls on September 27, 5781 (a number that looks better than the annus horribilis 2020). Music associated with the text has been around a thousand years. Recordings of pieces entitled Kol Nidre began well over a century ago. Musical settings for the traditional chant have taken many forms over centuries. Some twenty-first century artistic uses of the tradition have crossed