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Martian Gardens Episode 1251
Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs
Amherst, Massachusetts
January 5, 2026
Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com

Hour 1

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Rick Baitz: River of January
a. Part 1 (6:21)
b. Part 2 (2:53)
c. Part 3 (4:43)
River of January
Neuma Records/2024
flutes: Erin Lesser; violin: Jennifer Choi; cello: Yves Dhar; percussion: David Cossin; Geoffrey Burlson: Yamaha DX7; synthesizer programming: Rick Baitz; recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon, New York; composition year: 1991; total time: 13:39

SET ONE
Ken Ueno: Phase Patterns of Likeness Slightly Off
Wavelengths
Neuma Records/2026
The Up:Strike Project (percussion: Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Matthew Lau, Samuel Chan; Bevis Ng); recorded at Sheung Wan Civic Center, Hong Kong, July 22, 2024; composition year: 2023; time: 14:00

Stuart Saunders Smith: Wind in the Channel
Wind in the Channel
O.O. Discs/1997
tenor recorder, voice, percussion: Julia Whybron; recorded at Studio 508, University of Maryland Baltimore County; composition year: 1994; time: 5:03

SET TWO
Matthew Burtner: Crab Flutes
Soundscapes of Restoration
Music, Sonification, & Field Recordings
Ravello Records/2023
field recordings, crab burrows, Virginia coast: Matthew Burtner; amplified flute: Kelly Sulick; composition year: 2023; time: 5:31

Manuel Zurria: Canon (A. Demoč )
Again & Again (various composers)
ANTS Records/2020
(for four alto flutes) alto flutes: Manuel Zurria; recorded at MZ @FUN’OM Studios, Rome; composer: Adrián Demoč; composition year: 2017; time: 3:55

Morton Feldman: The Straits of Magellan
Intermediate Music — Feldman Edition, Volume 4
Mode Records/2001
(for ensemble); The Turfan Ensemble (flute: Thaddeus Watson; horn: John Stobart; trumpet: William Forman; amplified guitar: Volker Höh; harp: Maria Strange; piano: Philipp Vandré; contrabass: Johannes Nied); directors: Phillipp Vandré, Thaddeus Watson; recorded at HR-Sendesaal, Frankfurt; 1996, 1997; composition year: 1961; time: 5:11

Aldo Clamenti: luCiAno BErio
Works with Flutes
Mode Records/2010
flute: Roberto Fabbriciani; recorded at Laboratorio di Acustica Musicale e Architettonica, April 2005; composition year: 1995; time: 3:54

Hour 2

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J.K. Randall: …such words as it were vain to close…*
Open Space 40 — bab-jkr-erb**
Open Space/2019
piano: Lana Anikina Suran; composition year: 1977; time: 16:39
*dedicated to Godfrey Winham
**Benjamin A. Boretz, James K. Randall, Elaine R. Barkin

SET THREE
Godfrey Winham: NP (Two pieces for synthesized sound)*
a. NP I (1:23)
b. NP II (1:27)
Computer Generations (various artists)
CRI/1978
(computer music); realized at the Godfrey Winham Laboratory, Princeton University, 1972; total time: 2:51

Stephanie Lamprea + Alistair MacDonald: The Fury of the Beautiful Bones (E. Chasalow)
Ecstatic Visions (various composers)
Neuma Records/2026
soprano: Stephanie Lamprea; electronics: Alistair MacDonald; recorded at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland, Glasgow, April-July, 2025; text: Anne Sexton; composer: Eric Chasalow; The Furies composition year: 1984; time: 4:08

Eric Chasalow: The Fury of Hating Eyes
Over the Edge
New World Records/1993
(for soprano and electronics); soprano: Christine Schadeberg; electronic tape generated at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center; text: Anne Sexton; composition year: 1984; time: 3:58

Sylvia Smith: Thinking About Anne Sexton (S.S. Smith)
The Year Begins to be Ripe (Smith-Cage-Erickson)
11 West Records/2009
vibraphone: Ayano Kataoka; speaking voice: Sylvia Smith; recorded at the University of Maryland Baltimore County; composer (music/text): Stuart Saunders Smith; composition year: 2000; time: 3:48

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Natasha Barrett: Viva la Selva! (Long Live the Jungle!)
Isostasie
empreintes DIGITALes/2002
stereo fixed medium; sound sources: animal vocalizations recorded by Barrett and company in the Central American rainforest, 1999; realized at the electroacoustic studio of the Music Conservatory, Tromsø, Norway; premiered in Oslo, October 2, 1999; time: 17:28

Hour 3

SET FOUR
Iannis Xenakis: Mycenae Alpha
CCMIX Paris — Xenakis/UPIC/Continuum (various artists)
Mode Records/2001
UPIC* computer music system: Iannis Xenakis; realized at the Centre d’Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales (CEMAMu), Paris, 1978; time: 10:00
*Unité Polyagogique Informatique CEMAMu

Lucas Werenkraut Degradación Irreversible
Degradación Irreversible
Lucas Werenkraut’s Bandcamp/2025
TRoneitor homemade synthesizer: Lucas Werenkraut; recorded in Buenos Aires, 2018; time: 5:17

Dúo TRoneitor: Deja que ocurra (M.A. Rodriguez)
Let it happen
Residencia TRoneitor (various composers)
Dúo TRoneitor/2025
voice, radio: Natalia Cappa; TRoneitor modular synthesizer, voice: Lucas Werenkraut; recorded in Buenos Aires; composer: Marcelo A. Rodriguez; time: 6:27

SET FIVE
Jorge Sad Levi: Cognitive Rebirth
Cognitive Rebirth
Jorge Sad Levi’s Bandcamp/2025
synthesizer, computer: Jorge Sad Levi; recorded in Buenos Aires, 2025; time: 9:19

Patti Cudd: Cyanotypes (E. Lillios)
Cyanotypes
Neuma Records/2026
(for vibraphone and electronics); vibraphone: Patti Cudd; recorded at Anderson Center, Red Wing, Minnesota, 2025; composer: Elainie Lillios; composition year: 2025; time: 10:14

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Gunther Schuller: Three Small Adventures
Fred Hersch: Chorninho Picante
Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba (various artists)
Bridge Records/2009
marimba: Jack Van Geem; Zeltsman Marimba Fest, Inc.; times: Schuller, 4:02; Hersch, 2:22

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