Episodes
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Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim
S49 E29 - 1h 13m
Take an inside look at the reimagined gender-swapped production as it returns to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Features new interviews with Tony and Grammy-winning cast members Katrina Lenk, Patti LuPone, Sondheim and more.
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Great Performances: Merry Wives
S49 E28 - 1h 49m
Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park set in South Harlem telling the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.
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Great Performances: Anything Goes
S49 E27 - 2h 20m
Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter’s classic musical led by Sutton Foster who reprises her Tony-winning role as Reno Sweeney directed by Kathleen Marshall with favorite songs like “I Get A Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top.”
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Now Hear This "New American Voices"
S49 E25 - 54m 25s
Scott Yoo discovers how American composers are inspired by their immigrant roots today through two composers: Brazilian-born Sergio Assad and Indian American Reena Esmail.
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Now Hear This "Aaron Copland: Dean of American Music"
S49 E24 - 54m 55s
Scott Yoo explores the life and work of Aaron Copland, and how he created the American sound.
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Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"
S49 E23 - 54m 25s
From Little Rock to Chicago, host Scott Yoo follows the trail of the great African American composer Florence Price.
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Now Hear This "Amy Beach: American Romantic"
S49 E22 - 53m 54s
Host Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, perform the work of Romantic era classical composer Amy Beach at Festival Mosaic and uncover Beach’s many musical influences. Featuring performances of Beach’s works, the duo visits places Beach took inspiration from throughout her life, including an artist residency at MacDowell in New Hampshire.
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Great Performances: The Conductor
S49 E20 - 1h 24m
Follow Marin Alsop’s journey to become the first female music director of a major American symphony despite repeated rejection by the classical music industry. Features archival footage with her mentor Leonard Bernstein and is set to a soundtrack of her performances.
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Great Performances – Reopening: The Broadway Revival
S49 E16 - 54m
Go behind the scenes of Broadway as shows reunite, rehearse and re-stage for their long-awaited reopening nights while the theater industry learns how to turn the lights back on after its longest hiatus in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coppelia
S49 E10 - 1h 16m
Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 classical ballet favorite. Blending live action ballet with CGI, the film features ballet stars Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo.
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Great Performances: San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night
S49 E9 - 1h 22m
Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s 110th season as it welcomes its new GRAMMY-winning music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music by John Adams, esperanza spalding & Wayne Shorter and performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet.
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Great Performances: A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood
S49 E8 - 1h 24m
Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home at Tanglewood including Williams’ new violin concerto performed by virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter and other works conducted by Andris Nelsons.
Extras + Features
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Broadway's Best Preview 2022
S49 E27 - 30s
Preview this season of Broadway's Best, featuring "Anything Goes," "Merry Wives," and "Keeping Company with Sondheim."
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Sutton Foster Performs "Anything Goes"
S49 E27 - 2m 10s
Watch Sutton Foster and the cast of Anything Goes perform the show-stopping Act 1 finale.
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Anything Goes Preview
S49 E27 - 30s
Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter’s classic musical led by Sutton Foster who reprises her Tony-winning role as Reno Sweeney directed by Kathleen Marshall with favorite songs like “I Get A Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top.”
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Sutton Foster and Kathleen Marshall on "Anything Goes"
S49 E27 - 7m 9s
Listen to star Sutton Foster and director Kathleen Marshall discuss what it took to revive "Anything Goes."
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Sutton Foster and Robert Lindsey perform "Friendship"
S49 E27 - 2m
Watch as Sutton Foster (as Reno Sweeney) and Robert Lindsey (as Moonface Martin) perform the song "Friendship" from Cole Porter's "Anything Goes."
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"Blow, Gabriel, Blow" from "Anything Goes"
S49 E27 - 1m 50s
Sutton Foster and the cast of "Anything Goes" performs the Cole Porter classic, "Blow, Gabriel, Blow."
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You Are My Charming Prince from "Cinderella"
S49 E26 - 1m 43s
Mezzo-Sopranos Isabel Leonard and Emily D'Angelo perform as Cinderella and Prince Charming in the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Cinderella." In this aria, the Prince and Cinderella profess their love for one another, only to be torn apart when the clock strikes midnight in this classic tale.
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Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella Preview
S49 E26 - 29s
Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard stars as the rags-to-riches princess in Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s “Cendrillon.” Featuring an all-new English translation by Kelley Rourke and conducted by Maestro Emmanuel Villaume, the cast also includes mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and more.
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Breaking Down Classical Indian Music: Raga and Tala
S49 E25 - 5m 39s
Composer Reena Esmail breaks down the difference between raga and tala in Indian classical music, and how their function compares to scales and rhythms in Western classical music. Host Scott Yoo then gets treated to a performance to illustrate how this works.
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Now Hear This "New American Voices" Preview
S49 E25 - 30s
Scott Yoo discovers how American composers are inspired by their immigrant roots today through two composers: Brazilian-born Sergio Assad and Indian American Reena Esmail.
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Samba and Brazilian Maxixe with Sergio Assad
S49 E25 - 4m 15s
Scott Yoo travels to Chicago to learn about the music that shaped Brazilian composer Sergio Assad. Assad explains the history of samba, and how it was musically influenced by Portugal, Africa, and Brazil.
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The Jewish Tune That Inspired Composer Aaron Copland
S49 E24 - 4m 22s
Host Scott Yoo and Cantor Daniel Mutlu discuss how Aaron Copland may have drawn inspiration from his Jewish roots and Cantor Mutlu performs "Mipnei Ma," the source material for Copland's "Vitebsk."
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