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Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”

Season 47 Episode 2 | 53m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Scott Yoo goes to Germany to learn Bach’s sonatas and partitas.

Aired 09/27/2019 | Expired 05/01/2022

Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”

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Great Performances

Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”

Season 47 Episode 2 | 53m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Scott Yoo goes to Germany to learn Bach’s sonatas and partitas.

Scott Yoo goes to Germany to learn Bach’s sonatas and partitas, widely considered among the greatest works ever written for solo violin. There, he discovers a riddle Bach left behind in his portrait. In trying to solve it, Scott discovers 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.

Aired 09/27/2019 | Expired 05/01/2022

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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...

Great Performances

Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”

Season 47 Episode 2 | 53m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Scott Yoo goes to Germany to learn Bach’s sonatas and partitas, widely considered among the greatest works ever written for solo violin. There, he discovers a riddle Bach left behind in his portrait. In trying to solve it, Scott discovers 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.

Aired 09/27/2019 | Expired 05/01/2022

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