"Time After Time"
Watch Cyndi Lauper give a heartfelt tribute to Ken Ehrlich with her performance of "Time After Time."
GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 2020 Preview
In collaboration with the Recording Academy®, Great Performances presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends®, the fifth annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Recording Academy’s 2020 Special Merit Awards recipients. The 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Chicago, Roberta Flack, Isaac Hayes, Iggy Pop, John Prine, Public Enemy, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Scott Yoo Plays Mozart’s Violin Sonata, K. 305
"Now Hear This" host Scott Yoo performs an excerpt from Mozart's Violin Sonata, K. 305 with pianist Natalia Bolshakova from the Sinquefield Music Center at the University of Missouri. David Meyers is engineer and Joel Rodriguez is assistant engineer.
Jazz Improvisation with Clayton Cameron
In preparation for his conducting debut, Scott Yoo sends Stewart Goodyear to practice his improvisation exercises with Clayton Cameron.
Becoming Mozart Preview
Travel with host Scott Yoo and pianist Stewart Goodyear as they visit Yoo’s Festival Mozaic where Goodyear learns to direct an orchestra from the piano while improvising the solos of Mozart’s twentieth piano concerto.
Schubert's String Quintet
Scott Yoo listens to one of Schubert's most famous pieces of chamber music, the String Quintet, 3rd Movement.
The Schubert Generation Preview
Celebrate the work of Franz Schubert with host Scott Yoo as he plays with young musicians establishing themselves in North America's musical capitals by attempting to master the composer’s music.
Now Hear This Series 2 Preview
Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in Now Hear This Series 2, a four-part documentary miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, travel and culture, as Yoo chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written.
Scott Yoo Performs Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata
Scott Yoo, host of "Now Hear This," performs an excerpt from Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. Filmed at the Sinquefield Music Center at the University of Missouri.
Haydn's Emperor Quartet
In Charleston, South Carolina, Geoff Nuttal and the St. Lawrence Quartet play Haydn's classic Emperor Quartet for Scott.
Haydn: King of Strings Preview
Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and featured guest artists as he discovers how Haydn borrowed folk music from Scotland, Hungary and Austria to create his famous “Emperor Quartet.”
The Making of Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Learn about Romeo and Juliet by the BalletBoyz, the award-winning team of Michael Nunn and William Trevitt. This romantic classic is vividly recreated on atmospheric studio sets in Budapest, combining inventive cinematography and dynamic choreography.
Romeo & Juliet's Secret Dance
Romeo (William Bracewell) and Juliet (Francesca Hayward) share a secret dance at the party until Tybalt (Matthew Ball) interrupts.
Romeo and Juliet Preview
Experience a ballet of Shakespeare’s classic from choreographer Kenneth MacMillan performed by dancers from The Royal Ballet set to a score by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev filmed on atmospheric locations throughout Budapest.
Romeo & Juliet's Romantic Rendezvous
Romeo (William Bracewell) beckons Juliet (Francesca Hayward) down from her balcony and they share a romantic dance together.
"Figlia impura di Bolena"
Joyce DiDonato (Mary), Elza van den Heever (Elizabeth), and Matthew Polenzani (Leciester) perform the Act I finale.
Elza van den Heever Sings "Ah! Dal ciel discenda un raggio"
Elisabetta (Elza van den Heever) sings of the revenge she will take on Maria Stuarda.
Joyce DiDonato Sings "Deh! Tu di un'umile preghiera"
Joyce DiDonato emotionally performs Mary's prayers from Act II of Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda."
GP at the Met: Maria Stuarda
The first-ever Met production of Donizetti’s opera stars Joyce DiDonato as Mary, Queen of Scots with South African soprano Elza van den Heever as Elizabeth I, Mary’s formidable rival, and Matthew Polenzani as the Earl of Leicester.
Tosca's "Vissi d'arte"
Watch Sonya Yoncheva sing the title character’s Act II aria, the classic "Vissi d'arte," as she thinks of her lover and their fate.
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