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  • Now Hear This "Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This "Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar"

    S52 Ep14 |
    Discover Agustin Barrios’ rise from rural Paraguay to becoming a pioneering guitar composer.
  • Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness”

    S50 Ep14 |
    Visit Scotland, Germany and France with host Scott Yoo.
  • Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”

    S50 Ep13 |
    Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo.
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    Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata

    S50 Ep12 |
    Nadine Sierra stars as the opera’s heroine, the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta.
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    Great Performances at the Met: The Hours

    S50 Ep11 |
    Renée Fleming makes her return to the Met in this new opera.
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    Remember This

    S50 Ep10 |
    Experience David Strathairn as reluctant Holocaust witness, Jan Karski.
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    The Magic of Spirituals

    S50 Ep9 |
    Glimpse behind the curtain at Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert.
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    Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine

    S50 Ep8 |
    AARP’s Movies for Grownups hosted by Alan Cumming.
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    From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2023

    S50 Ep7 |
    Celebrate the new year with this annual classical music celebration.

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Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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