Arts and Music

Great Performances

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.

Schedule

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    Great Performances

    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Friday
    May 1

    1 Hour

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    Great Performances

    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Friday
    May 1

    1 Hour

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Saturday
    May 2

    1 Hour 01 Minute

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    Great Performances

    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Saturday
    May 2

    1 Hour

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    The Composer Is Yoo

    Saturday
    May 2

    59 Minutes

    Scott Yoo's journey composing a piece of music for the first time; Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces and tests his work in progress.
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    Great Performances

    The Composer Is Yoo

    Saturday
    May 2

    1 Hour

    Scott Yoo's journey composing a piece of music for the first time; Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces and tests his work in progress.
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    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    Great Performances

    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    Great Performances

    The Composer Is Yoo

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Scott Yoo's journey composing a piece of music for the first time; Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces and tests his work in progress.
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    Great Performances

    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    Great Performances

    The Composer Is Yoo

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Scott Yoo's journey composing a piece of music for the first time; Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces and tests his work in progress.
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    Great Performances

    Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
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    Great Performances: The Composer Is Yoo: TVSS: Iconic

    Great Performances

    The Composer Is Yoo

    Monday
    May 4

    1 Hour

    Scott Yoo's journey composing a piece of music for the first time; Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces and tests his work in progress.
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    Great Performances

    Suffs

    Friday
    May 8

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    The story of the American suffragist movement and the friendships, heartbreak and action that brought women together and tore them apart.
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    Great Performances

    Suffs

    Friday
    May 8

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    The story of the American suffragist movement and the friendships, heartbreak and action that brought women together and tore them apart.
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    Great Performances

    Suffs

    Saturday
    May 9

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    The story of the American suffragist movement and the friendships, heartbreak and action that brought women together and tore them apart.
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    Great Performances

    Suffs

    Saturday
    May 9

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    The story of the American suffragist movement and the friendships, heartbreak and action that brought women together and tore them apart.
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    Great Performances

    Suffs

    Monday
    May 11

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    The story of the American suffragist movement and the friendships, heartbreak and action that brought women together and tore them apart.
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    Great Performances

    Suffs

    Monday
    May 11

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    The story of the American suffragist movement and the friendships, heartbreak and action that brought women together and tore them apart.
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    Great Performances

    Irving Berlin's Top Hat

    Friday
    May 15

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    Based on the 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, "Top Hat" features dazzling choreography and period sets, with an Irving Berlin score featuring "Cheek to Cheek," "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and "Puttin' on the Ritz."

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