Martian Gardens Episode 1272

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1272Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsSeptember 11, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAY Benjamin Boretz: Group VariationsOpen Space 60Group Variations/Partita/One on OneOpen Space/2026Ensemble NOMAD, conductor: Norio Sato; composition years: 1964-1967; time: 14:44 SET ONEFlorence Price: Piano Sonata in E Minor: Mvt. 1. Andante-AllegroPiano Sonata and Other […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1271

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1271Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsAugust 31, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONESusan Narucki & Kirsten Ashley Wiest: Come Sempre (R. Hirs)New Music for Two voices (various composers)New Focus Recordings/2026soprano: Susan Narucki; coloratura soprano: Kirsten Ashley Wiest; recorded at Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, University of California […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1270

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1270Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsAugust 20, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYJoseph Franklin: Elasticity (The Horror of the Avant-Garde(s), Movement I)The Horror of the Avant-Garde(s)New Focus Recordings/2026piano soloist: Marc Hannaford; flutes: Satoshi Takeishi, Laila Engle; clarinets: Luke Carbon; oboe, cor anglais: Jasper Ly; double-bell trumpet: […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1269

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1269Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsAugust 9, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEPortland Percussion Group: The Fabric of Form (La Trama de la Forma) (A. Viñao)Patterns & Form, Part IIIPatterns & Form (various composers)New Focus Recordings/2026piano: Yoko Greeney; Portland Percussion Group (Garrett Arney, Jonathan Brown, Brian […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1268

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1268Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJuly 27, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYNoah Creshevsky: Free Speech60 x 60 2006-2007 (various artists)Vox Novus/2008voice, text: Chris Mann (“Any Questions”); clarinet samples: Al Margolis; trombone samples: Monique Buzzarte; composition year: 2006; time: 1:00 SINGLE PLAYRoger Reynolds: Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1267

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1267Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJuly 16, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYUrsula Mamlok: BreezesI. Slow (2:24)II. ♩ = ca. 52 (2:54)Ursula Mamlok Volume VBridge Records/2016Musicians of the Spectrum Concerts, Berlin (clarinet: Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer; violin: Alexander Sitkovetsky; viola: Hartmut Rhode; cello: Jens Peter […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1266

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1266Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJuly 3, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEDiego Tedesco: Capriccio Varietas New Focus Recordings/2026(for violin and 13 instruments); violin: Miranda Cuckson; Composers Conference Ensemble, conductor: James Baker; recorded at Wellesley College, June 22, 2017; composition year: 2016; time: 10:15 Miranda Cuckson […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1265

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1265Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJune 25, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEEric Chasalow: Third Piano Trio: Rock Hill Variations …arching, reaching, breathlessNew Focus Recordings/2026violin: Clara Lyon; cello: Hannah Collins; piano: Steven Beck; recorded at Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; composition year: 2022; time: […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1264

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1264Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJune 8, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONETejendra Narayan Majumdar & Tanmoy Bose: Raga Ahiri (trad.)Drut Gat in TintalRaga Ahiri/Raga BhairaviIndia Archive Music/2001sarod: Tejendra Narayan Majumdar; tabla: Tanmoy Bose; time: 10:54 Robert Morris: Carnatic String Quartet, Mvt. IIICarnatic String QuartetNew World […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1263

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1263Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsMay 28, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYRobert Morris: Carnatic String Quartet, Mvt. I Carnatic String QuartetNew World Records/2026Momenta Quartet (violin: Emilie-Anne Gendron; violin: Alax Shiozaki; viola: Stephanie Griffin; cello: Michael Haas); recorded at Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, […]