Great Performances
Season 47 Episode 2 - Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”
5.8 ?
1971
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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.
Episodes in Season 47
1
Now Hear This “Vivaldi: Something Completely Different”
54 min
2
Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”
54 min
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3
Now Hear This “Scarlatti: Man Out of Time”
54 min
4
Now Hear This “Handel: Italian Style”
54 min
5
GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends® 2019
6
42nd Street
150 min
7
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I
8
Red
9
Much Ado About Nothing
10
Kinky Boots
11
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
12
An Intimate Evening with David Foster
13
From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2020
14
Great Performances at the Met: Manon
15
Movies for Grownups Awards 2020 with AARP The Magazine
16
Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
17
Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
18
Great Performances at the Met: Akhnaten
19
Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope, A Great Performances Special
20
Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck
21
LA Phil 100
22
Leonard Bernstein's Mass
23
Great Performances at the Met: Agrippina
24
Ann
114 min
25
Gloria: A Life
26
Great Performances at the Met: Der Fliegende Holländer
27
Great Performances at the Met: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
28
Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
29
Great Performances at the Met: Maria Stuarda
30
