The Best Episodes of Now Hear This Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.9/10(26 votes)

   #1 - Something Completely Different

   S1:E19/20/2019

   Scott Yoo investigates the story behind Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – and discovers a new Vivaldi work, his connection to Stradivarius, a treasure trove of original manuscripts, and that Vivaldi himself was almost lost to history.

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   8.9/10(23 votes)

   #2 - The Riddle of Bach

   S1:E29/27/2019

   In Germany, Scott discovers a riddle that Bach left in his only official portrait. In trying to solve it, he and his wife Alice Dade, also a star musician, discover Bach’s true personality and his surprising influences, leading them to a spectuacular finale in Paris.

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   8.9/10(22 votes)

   #3 - Man Out of Time

   S1:E310/4/2019

   Scott goes on the trail of Domenico Scarlatti, the most influential composer you’ve never heard of. From Italian, Spanish, Moorish, Jewish, Gypsy, dance and guitaristic roots, Scarlatti created a new musical language, more relevant today than in his own time.

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   8.6/10(18 votes)

   #4 - Italian Style

   S1:E410/11/2019

   Before becoming London’s most famous composer, Handel did his ‘graduate school’ in Italy. Scott traces his footsteps and his inspirations – not just music, but art, architecture, fashion, food and wine – to understand how Italy shaped this German composer for the rest of his life.

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