Meet the Composer
Peabody Award-winning podcast that takes listeners into the minds of the composers making some of the most innovative and breathtakingly beautiful music today.Podcasts
Paul Simons Curious Mind
Published: July 10, 2017, 4 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 5 seconds
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's 'Clouds Forming Over Mount Baker'
Published: June 12, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 47 seconds
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Bryce Dessner's 'Wires,' Performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain
Published: May 22, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 56 seconds
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New Music Fight Club
Published: May 15, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds
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Henry Threadgills Zooid, Live at the Village Vanguard
Published: May 8, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 24 seconds
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Henry Threadgill: Dirt, and More Dirt
Published: May 1, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 48 seconds
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Bonus Track: John Adams' 'Coast,' Unplugged
Published: March 21, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 28 seconds
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Splitting Adams: John Adams' Chamber Symphonies
Published: March 20, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 27 seconds
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Bonus Track: Pauline Oliveros' 'Tuning Meditation'
Published: March 16, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 2 seconds
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The Performer: Part Two, Pauline
Published: March 14, 2017, 4 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 15 seconds
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Bonus Track: JACK Quartet Performs Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 9
Published: March 7, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 42 seconds
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The Performer: Part One
Published: March 6, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 17 seconds
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From the Vaults, Part Five: Meet the Composer With Leonard Bernstein
Published: March 3, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 23 seconds
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From the Vaults, Part Four: Meet the Composer With Libby Larsen
Published: March 2, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 56 seconds
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From the Vaults, Part Three: Meet the Composer With Otto Luening
Published: March 1, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 13 seconds
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From the Vaults, Part Two: Meet the Composer With John Cage
Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds
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From the Vaults, Part One: Meet the Composer With Tim Page
Published: Feb. 27, 2017, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 46 seconds
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Kickstart Season Three of Meet the Composer
Published: May 10, 2016, 4 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds
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Download: 'Viola Concerto: Part II' by Nico Muhly
Published: Dec. 28, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 2 seconds
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Nico Muhly: Community Theater
Published: Dec. 11, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 39 seconds
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Download: Anna Thorvaldsdottir's 'Scape' Performed by Pianist Cory Smythe
Published: Nov. 24, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Composing Is Second Nature
Published: Nov. 9, 2015, 5 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 56 seconds
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Download: The Lost Movement of Ingram Marshall's String Quartet, "Voces Resonae"
Published: Oct. 13, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 15 seconds
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Ingram Marshall: A Connecticut Hippie In California
Published: Oct. 5, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 40 seconds
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Download: LPR Live Preview and 'Memory Pieces' by David Lang
Published: Aug. 26, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds
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Download: Kaija Saariaho's 'Light and Matter' from the Library of Congress
Published: Aug. 11, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 51 seconds
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Kaija Saariaho: Ears Open
Published: July 30, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 40 seconds
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Bonus Track: 'Stringsongs' by Meredith Monk
Published: July 14, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 37 seconds
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Meredith Monk: Creation as Spiritual Practice
Published: June 30, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 50 seconds
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Announcing Season Two of Meet the Composer
Published: April 7, 2015, 4 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 6 seconds
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Bonus Track: 'Intercepting a Shivery Light' by Marcos Balter
Published: Nov. 12, 2014, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 46 seconds
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Marcos Balter: Failure Is an Option
Published: Oct. 30, 2014, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 12 seconds
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Bonus Track: 'Its Motion Keeps' by Caroline Shaw
Published: Oct. 14, 2014, 4 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds
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Caroline Shaw Lives Life Beautifully
Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 4 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 38 seconds
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Bonus Track: Excerpts from The Hunger by Donnacha Dennehy
Published: Sept. 9, 2014, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 2 seconds
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Donnacha Dennehy: Composing With Frequency
Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 4 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds
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Andrew Norman: Better Living Through Architecture
Published: July 29, 2014, 4 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 3 seconds
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Bonus Track: The Wind in High Places by John Luther Adams
Published: July 7, 2014, 4 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 15 seconds
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Bonus Track: Meet the Composer Launch Party and Concert
Published: July 1, 2014, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 53 seconds
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John Luther Adams: Bad Decisions and Finding Home
Published: June 24, 2014, 4 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 48 seconds
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