8.4/1016 votes#1 - The King of Strings
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2020
Scott discovers how Joseph Hadyn combined folk music from across Europe with his own unique style and belief system to create the string quartet, influencing all composers after him.
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8.1/1015 votes#2 - The Schubert Generation
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2020
Scott meets some of today’s leading young musicians, none older than Franz Schubert during his career, to gain a deeper appreciation for the composer’s brilliant work and tragically short life.
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8.5/1016 votes#3 - Becoming Mozart
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2020
Scott teaches pianist Stewart Goodyear to conduct, so he can lead the orchestra through Mozart’s titanic 20th piano concerto — while improvising the solos — just as Mozart would have done.
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8.5/1013 votes#4 - Beethoven's Ghost
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2021
Scott makes a landmark recording, centered around Beethoven's famous Ghost Trio. This summons the ghost of Beethoven, trailed by Sigmund Freud who’s intent on analyzing him, in this eccentric mix of documentary and ghost story.
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Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The King of Strings" is the best rated episode of "Now Hear This" season 2. It scored 8.4/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/2020. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Schubert Generation".