Great Performances

GREAT PERFORMANCES, the longest-running performing arts anthology on television, continues to feature the best in the performing arts.

Sun, Apr 6	2:30 A.M.	Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best NH Explore (11.2) Enjoy a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster.
Fri, Apr 11	9:00 P.M.	Now Hear This: Chopin's Polish Heart NHPBS (11.1) Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin's life, his Polish roots, and his journey to Paris taking a closer look at the composer's musical evolution and his deep connection to his homeland while living in France.
Fri, Apr 11	10:00 P.M.	The Magic of Nureyev NHPBS (11.1) An incredible 89 curtain calls provide an enduring testament to the ballet history that was written at the Vienna State Opera on October 15, 1964.
Sat, Apr 12	1:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Chopin's Polish Heart NHPBS (11.1) Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin's life, his Polish roots, and his journey to Paris taking a closer look at the composer's musical evolution and his deep connection to his homeland while living in France.
Sat, Apr 12	2:00 A.M.	The Magic of Nureyev NHPBS (11.1) An incredible 89 curtain calls provide an enduring testament to the ballet history that was written at the Vienna State Opera on October 15, 1964.
Mon, Apr 14	3:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Chopin's Polish Heart NHPBS (11.1) Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin's life, his Polish roots, and his journey to Paris taking a closer look at the composer's musical evolution and his deep connection to his homeland while living in France.
Mon, Apr 14	4:00 A.M.	The Magic of Nureyev NHPBS (11.1) An incredible 89 curtain calls provide an enduring testament to the ballet history that was written at the Vienna State Opera on October 15, 1964.
Mon, Apr 14	11:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Copland: Dean of American Music NH Explore (11.2) Learn how the works of an American classical composer developed into a signature American sound drawing from his Jewish roots, modernism and American folk music.
Mon, Apr 14	12:00 P.M.	Now Hear This: Chopin's Polish Heart NH Explore (11.2) Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin's life, his Polish roots, and his journey to Paris taking a closer look at the composer's musical evolution and his deep connection to his homeland while living in France.
Mon, Apr 14	1:00 P.M.	The Magic of Nureyev NH Explore (11.2) An incredible 89 curtain calls provide an enduring testament to the ballet history that was written at the Vienna State Opera on October 15, 1964.
Tue, Apr 15	3:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Chopin's Polish Heart NH Explore (11.2) Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin's life, his Polish roots, and his journey to Paris taking a closer look at the composer's musical evolution and his deep connection to his homeland while living in France.
Fri, Apr 18	9:00 P.M.	Now Hear This: Boccherini: Night Music NHPBS (11.1) Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini's deep love for the city and learn how his iconic "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid" was inspired by his time in Spain, blending history and the pulse of the streets.
Fri, Apr 18	10:00 P.M.	The Magic of Spirituals NHPBS (11.1) Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and more.
Sat, Apr 19	1:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Boccherini: Night Music NHPBS (11.1) Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini's deep love for the city and learn how his iconic "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid" was inspired by his time in Spain, blending history and the pulse of the streets.
Sat, Apr 19	2:00 A.M.	The Magic of Spirituals NHPBS (11.1) Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and more.
Mon, Apr 21	3:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Boccherini: Night Music NHPBS (11.1) Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini's deep love for the city and learn how his iconic "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid" was inspired by his time in Spain, blending history and the pulse of the streets.
Mon, Apr 21	4:00 A.M.	The Magic of Spirituals NHPBS (11.1) Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and more.
Mon, Apr 21	11:00 A.M.	Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony NH Explore (11.2) Recorded in July 2022, Bernstein protege Marin Alsop conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bernstein's "Kaddish" Symphony at the Ravinia Festival.
Mon, Apr 21	12:00 P.M.	Now Hear This: Boccherini: Night Music NH Explore (11.2) Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini's deep love for the city and learn how his iconic "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid" was inspired by his time in Spain, blending history and the pulse of the streets.
Mon, Apr 21	1:00 P.M.	The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry NH Explore (11.2) Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil in a tribute to its architect.
Mon, Apr 21	2:30 P.M.	Now Hear This: Copland: Dean of American Music NH Explore (11.2) Learn how the works of an American classical composer developed into a signature American sound drawing from his Jewish roots, modernism and American folk music.
Tue, Apr 22	3:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Boccherini: Night Music NH Explore (11.2) Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini's deep love for the city and learn how his iconic "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid" was inspired by his time in Spain, blending history and the pulse of the streets.
Fri, Apr 25	9:00 P.M.	Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn NHPBS (11.1) Follow Rachmaninoff's journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution.
Sat, Apr 26	1:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn NHPBS (11.1) Follow Rachmaninoff's journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution.
Mon, Apr 28	3:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn NHPBS (11.1) Follow Rachmaninoff's journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution.
Mon, Apr 28	11:30 A.M.	Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn NH Explore (11.2) Follow Rachmaninoff's journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution.
Tue, Apr 29	3:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn NH Explore (11.2) Follow Rachmaninoff's journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution.
Tue, May 6	3:00 A.M.	Now Hear This: Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar NH Explore (11.2) Agustin Barrios was born and raised in rural Paraguay, far from the world's artistic capitals, and brought up on folk music.