Great Performances: Now Hear This - Season 1

Great Performances: Now Hear This - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes4
DatesSept. 20, 2019 - Okt. 11, 2019
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Episodes

Vivaldi: Something Completely Different
Season 1Episode 160 min

Vivaldi: Something Completely Different

In the series premiere, Scott Yoo crosses Northern Italy, chasing the story of one of the most recorded pieces of music in the world, Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," and discovers how the composer merged religious melodies, opera and a new level of violin playing to launch a new era of music. On the journey, Yoo discovers a new Vivaldi work, his connection to Stradivarius, a trove of original manuscripts and how Vivaldi's music was almost lost to history.

Sept. 20, 2019
The Riddle of Bach
Season 1Episode 260 min

The Riddle of Bach

Scott Yoo goes to Germany to learn Bach's sonatas and partitas, widely considered among the greatest works ever written for solo violin. There, Yoo discovers a riddle Bach left behind in his portrait. In trying to solve it, Yoo and his wife, leading flutist Alice Dade, discover that Bach based his melodic style on Vivaldi and his rhythms on the music of the French court, which leads to a spectacular finale in Paris.

Sept. 27, 2019
Scarlatti: Man Out of Time
Season 1Episode 360 min

Scarlatti: Man Out of Time

Join Scott Yoo in Spain and Morocco to discover the greatest composer you've never heard of: Domenico Scarlatti. He was the finest keyboard player in Europe, hired by the Queen of Spain as her personal instructor. Into Vivaldi's melodies and Bach's fugues, Scarlatti incorporated the sounds of Spain – Moorish, Jewish, Gypsy, folk, dance and guitar – to create a new musical language that inspired generations of musicians after him.

Okt. 4, 2019
Handel: Italian Style
Season 1Episode 460 min

Handel: Italian Style

Before becoming the most famous composer of his time, Handel gained a lifetime of experience in Italy. Welcomed by wealthy patrons, he traveled with the Scarlatti family and learned from Corelli and the masters of the Italian Style. Yoo returns to Italy to follow in Handel's footsteps, taking in the art, architecture, fashion, food, wine, light and landscape that, even beyond Italian music, shaped this German composer for the rest of his life.

Okt. 11, 2019

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