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The Best Episodes of Now Hear This Season 1

Every episode of Now Hear This Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Now Hear This Season 1!

Now Hear This is a primetime PBS miniseries now filming its 5th season that brings the greatest music ever written to millions of viewers, with...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Something Completely Different" is the best rated episode of "Now Hear This" season 1. It scored 8.9/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/2019. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Riddle of Bach".

  • Something Completely Different
    8.9/1025 votes

    #1 - Something Completely Different

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2019

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Riddle of Bach
    8.9/1022 votes

    #2 - The Riddle of Bach

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2019

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man Out of Time
    8.9/1021 votes

    #3 - Man Out of Time

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2019

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Italian Style
    8.7/1017 votes

    #4 - Italian Style

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2019

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A