Now Hear This
Now Hear This

Now Hear This

2019 7 Seasons 28 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

Now Hear This is a primetime PBS miniseries now filming its 5th season that brings the greatest music ever written to millions of viewers, with modern storytelling that captivates. Now Hear This opens the world of classical music to new audiences, while giving existing fans new ways to love their music. Now Hear This is presented by Great Performances, celebrating its 50th season on PBS, and this year begins international distribution.

Now Hear This is a primetime PBS miniseries now filming its 5th season that brings the greatest music ever written to millions of viewers, with modern storytelling that captivates. Now Hear This opens the world of classical music to new audiences, while giving existing fans new ways to love their music. Now Hear This is presented by Great Performances, celebrating its 50th season on PBS, and this year begins international distribution.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Something Completely Different

Scott Yoo investigates the story behind Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – and discovers a new Vivaldi work, his connection to

EP 2

The Riddle of Bach

In Germany, Scott discovers a riddle that Bach left in his only official portrait. In trying to solve it, he and his wif

EP 3

Man Out of Time

Scott goes on the trail of Domenico Scarlatti, the most influential composer you’ve never heard of. From Italian, Span

EP 4

Italian Style

Before becoming London’s most famous composer, Handel did his ‘graduate school’ in Italy. Scott traces his footste

EP 1

The King of Strings

Scott discovers how Joseph Hadyn combined folk music from across Europe with his own unique style and belief system to c

EP 2

The Schubert Generation

Scott meets some of today’s leading young musicians, none older than Franz Schubert during his career, to gain a deepe

EP 3

Becoming Mozart

Scott teaches pianist Stewart Goodyear to conduct, so he can lead the orchestra through Mozart’s titanic 20th piano co

EP 4

Beethoven's Ghost

Scott makes a landmark recording, centered around Beethoven's famous Ghost Trio. This summons the ghost of Beethoven, tr

EP 1

Amy Beach, American Romantic

At his music festival, Scott plays America’s greatest Romantic composer, Amy Beach. In New England, he explores her ro

EP 2

Florence Price and the American Migration

Scott explores the newly rediscovered music of Florence Price, to understand how African-American spirituals — a mixtu

EP 3

Dean of American Music

Scott spends a month each year teaching students, just as Aaron Copland did during his career. Together they’ll play C

EP 4

New American Voices

Scott meets and plays with modern masters: Sergio Assad shows him how Brazilian music inspires his work, now staples of

EP 1

Piazzolla’s History with Tango

Scott and Alice travel to Buenos Aires to discover the music of Astor Piazzolla, who fell in love with tango. Then fell

EP 2

Genius and Madness

Scott goes to Scotland, Germany and France, with leading musicians, psychiatrists and scholars, to try to understand the

EP 3

Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound

Scott follows modern composer, steel pan virtuoso and video artist Andy Akiho through his neighborhoods of New York, to

EP 4

Portraits of Spain

Scott travels with guitarist Manuel Barrueco and pianist Juan Perez Floristan through the great Spanish cities of Andalu

EP 1

Rising Stars

EP 2

Virtuosos

EP 3

Old Friends

EP 4

The Composer Is Yoo

EP 1

Chopin’s Polish Heart

Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin’s life, his Polish roots, and his journey to Paris ta

EP 2

Boccherini: Night Music

Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini’s deep love for the city and learn how hi

EP 3

Rachmaninoff Reborn

Follow Rachmaninoff’s journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution. Forced t

EP 4

Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar

Explore Agustin Barrios’ journey from rural Paraguay to global recognition as a guitar composer. Despite facing reject

EP 1

Brahms: Free But Alone

Johannes Brahms was a quiet, private person, but he lived a life worthy of a novel. Scott Yoo crosses Germany with piani

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