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'Great Performances - Now Hear This: Season 2'
(Scott Yoo, et al / 2-Disc DVD / G / 2020 / PBS)

Overview: Scott Yoo, star violinist and conductor, is back for Season 2 of the celebrated music miniseries Now Hear This, presented by GREAT PERFORMANCES.

Join him for more unexpected stories of our greatest composers; more spectacular journeys through Europe, the US and Canada; more breathtaking photography, locations and sound; and more unforgettable performances from some of today's leading musicians.

DVD Verdict: For those not in the know, violinist and conductor, American Scott Yoo is the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Mexico City Philharmonic and the Music Director of Festival Mozaic.

He is also the Host and Executive Producer of the all-new PBS series Now Hear This presented by Great Performances – the first show about classical music on American prime time TV in 50 years.

He is the Conductor of the Colorado College Music Festival, and the founder of the Medellín Festicámara, a chamber music program that brings together world-class artists with underprivileged young musicians.

But going back to the Now Hear This series, and Yoo is back for a second season where he plays Haydn, Schubert and Mozart.

Trust me when I say Yoo’s approach to these works and how he himself interprets them is very engaging and highly enjoyable; for novices and experts both (oh, and yes, his colleagues’ musicianship and scholarship are wonderful also, of course).

Furthermore, this quite wonderful series merges music, storytelling, and travel, as Yoo chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written, and collaborates with international virtuosos, instrument builders, musicologists, and experts across many art forms, to discover surprising connections to the music and culture of today.

Enjoy 270 minutes worth of breathtaking photography, locations and sounds and, of course, unforgettable performances from some of today's leading musicians. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

About The Show
The Characters
The Politics
Making A Crash

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