The premiere of Kate Soper's Telephone. Performed by Kate Soper and the Parker Quartet.

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The premiere of Vijay Iyer's Room for Ghosts. Performed by Vijay Iyer and the Parker Quartet.

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The premiere of Oscar Bettison's all keens and slow airs... . Performed by the Parker Quartet.

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As the creative journey comes to an end, we hear reflections on genre, and hear why these pieces defy categorization.

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The composers rehearse or prepare for rehearsal with the Parker Quartet, and the pieces start to come to life.

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The composers are deep in the work: writing, rewriting, tinkering with the myriad details that make the piece what it is, and what it will be. But what guides their decisions about how to shape the piece, or what direction to take it in?

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To navigate the terrain of classical music, you need some trail markers, and that’s where form comes in. It’s the underlying structure of the way things happen in music. Composers today don’t always want to follow the age-old rules of form. How do our composers think about form as they work on their pieces?

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Mission: Commission takes us into the inner worlds of our three composers so you can understand more about the real people making the music. We go deeper in understanding how each composer thinks as they document their process through audio diaries–sometimes words, sometimes music, sometimes both.

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An introduction to our composers—Oscar Bettison, Vijay Iyer, and Kate Soper—as they begin their creative journey to compose a new piece of classical music in 6 weeks for Mission: Commission. 

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How does classical music actually get made? In season 2, the podcast follows the creative journey of three world-class composers, Oscar Bettison, Vijay Iyer, and Kate Soper, as they compose new works and unpack their creative process in real time. Over a period of 6 weeks, listen as the very first ideas and notes grow and evolve into vibrant new pieces of music. Hosted by Melissa Smey, Artistic Director of Miller Theatre at Columbia University in New York.

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