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Season 47 · Episode 2 ·
Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”
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.
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Episode 2 of season 47 of Great Performances: “Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach””. Aired 2019-09-27. Watch it online free on ZapFlix.