Great Performances · SEASON 47
Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”
Episode 2 · 2019-09-27
- Comedy
- Documentary
- Drama
Episode overview
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.
54 minutes
Season 47 episodes
1. Now Hear This “Vivaldi: Something Completely Different”2019-09-20
2. Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”2019-09-27
3. Now Hear This “Scarlatti: Man Out of Time”2019-10-04
4. Now Hear This “Handel: Italian Style”2019-10-11
5. GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends® 20192019-10-18
6. 42nd Street2019-11-01
7. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I2019-11-08
8. Red2019-11-15
9. Much Ado About Nothing2019-11-22
10. Kinky Boots2019-11-29
11. Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert2019-11-30
12. An Intimate Evening with David Foster2019-11-30
13. From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20202020-01-01
14. Great Performances at the Met: Manon2020-01-05
15. Movies for Grownups Awards 2020 with AARP The Magazine2020-01-19
16. Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly2020-02-02
17. Great Performances at the Met: Turandot2020-03-20
18. Great Performances at the Met: Akhnaten2020-04-05
19. Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope, A Great Performances Special2020-04-14
20. Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck2020-05-03
21. LA Phil 1002020-05-08
22. Leonard Bernstein's Mass2020-05-15
23. Great Performances at the Met: Agrippina2020-06-07
24. Ann2020-06-19
25. Gloria: A Life2020-06-26
26. Great Performances at the Met: Der Fliegende Holländer2020-07-05
27. Great Performances at the Met: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess2020-07-17
28. Great Performances at the Met: Tosca2020-08-02
29. Great Performances at the Met: Maria Stuarda2020-09-06
30. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20202021-06-25
