Seasons & Episodes
Something Completely Different
Scott Yoo investigates the story behind Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – and discovers a new Vivaldi work, his connection to
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
Man Out of Time
Scott goes on the trail of Domenico Scarlatti, the most influential composer you’ve never heard of. From Italian, Span
Italian Style
Before becoming London’s most famous composer, Handel did his ‘graduate school’ in Italy. Scott traces his footste
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
The Schubert Generation
Scott meets some of today’s leading young musicians, none older than Franz Schubert during his career, to gain a deepe
Becoming Mozart
Scott teaches pianist Stewart Goodyear to conduct, so he can lead the orchestra through Mozart’s titanic 20th piano co
Beethoven's Ghost
Scott makes a landmark recording, centered around Beethoven's famous Ghost Trio. This summons the ghost of Beethoven, tr
Amy Beach, American Romantic
At his music festival, Scott plays America’s greatest Romantic composer, Amy Beach. In New England, he explores her ro
Florence Price and the American Migration
Scott explores the newly rediscovered music of Florence Price, to understand how African-American spirituals — a mixtu
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
New American Voices
Scott meets and plays with modern masters: Sergio Assad shows him how Brazilian music inspires his work, now staples of
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
Genius and Madness
Scott goes to Scotland, Germany and France, with leading musicians, psychiatrists and scholars, to try to understand the
Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound
Scott follows modern composer, steel pan virtuoso and video artist Andy Akiho through his neighborhoods of New York, to
Portraits of Spain
Scott travels with guitarist Manuel Barrueco and pianist Juan Perez Floristan through the great Spanish cities of Andalu
Rising Stars
Virtuosos
Old Friends
The Composer Is Yoo
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
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
Rachmaninoff Reborn
Follow Rachmaninoff’s journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution. Forced t
Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar
Explore Agustin Barrios’ journey from rural Paraguay to global recognition as a guitar composer. Despite facing reject
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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