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Martian Gardens Episode 1274
Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs
Amherst, Massachusetts
September 29, 2026
Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com
Radio: WXOJ, Valley Free Radio, Northampton, MA
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HOUR I
SET ONE
Benjamin Boretz: Partita
a. Prelude (2:26)
b. Gavotte (1:38)
c. Allemande (1:22)
d. Capriccio (1:55)
Open Space 60
Group Variations/Partita/One on One
Open Space/2026
piano: Michael Fowler; composition year: 1955; time: 7:41
Paul Lansky: Partita I & II
I. Preambulum (3:47)
II. Allemande (4:52)
Notes to Self
Bridge Records/2013
guitar: David Starobin; percussion: Mari Yoshinaga; recorded at Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, July 2012; selections time: 8:39
SET TWO
Arie Shapira: Partita for Two Violins
Different Compositions 1967-2003
Arie Shapira/2005
violins: Hadas Fabrikant, Taly Goldberg; recorded at Hecht Auditorium, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, December 2, 2003; composition year: 1974; time: 9:27
James Lyon: Sonata in E for Violin Alone (A. Spalding) (selections)
a. Moderato e Can Fantasia (6:12)
b. Allegro (4:05)
Turning (various composers)
Neuma Records/2026
violin: James Lyon; composer: Albert Spalding; composition year: 1948; selections time: 10:17
SET THREE
Donald Pirone: Andantino (K. Rathaus)
Piano Sonata No. IV, Movement II
Karol Rathaus — Piano Sonata No. IV, Op. 58
New Focus Recordings/2026
piano: Donald Pirone; recorded at LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College, CUNY, 2011; composer: Karol Rathaus; composition year: 1946; selection time: 6:50
Florence Price: Andante
Piano Sonata in E Minor, Movement II
Piano Sonata and other Works
Navona Records/2026
piano: Michael Clark; recorded at JMG Studios, Houston, Texas, August 29-31, 2025; composition year: 1932; selection time: 5:57
Ursula Mamlok: Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 2 (selections)
a. Sculpture I (2:13)
b. Love Songs of the Two Pigeons (0:56)
Ursula Mamlok, Volume 2
Bridge Records/2010
piano: Garrick Ohlsson; recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, December 27, 2007; compositions years: a. 1965; b. 1991, revised 1993; total selections time: 3:11
HOUR II
SET FOUR
Jin Hi Kim: No World Improvisation
The Jin Hi Kim Collection
Neuma Records/2026
English horn, mukhaveena: Joseph Celli; komungo: Jin Hi Kim; didgeridoo: Adam Plack; djembe: Mor Thiam; recorded in New York City, 1994; composition year: 1994; time: 6:40
Ricardo Dal Farra: Ashram
Desde El Otro Lado (various artists)
Electroacoustic Music from Latin America
O.O. Discs/1998
electroacoustic music (sound source: mukhaveena): Ricardo Dal Farra; mukhaveena (Indian double reed instrument): Joseph Celli; composition year: 1991; time: 9:20
Craig Pepples: 12-Tone Play
String Quartet #2, Movement I
Opens Space 61 (Pepples, Friedl)
Open Space/2026
violins: Darragh Morgan, David Alberman; viola: Matt Jones; cello: Tim McGill; recorded at Potton Hall, Saxmoundham, Suffolk, UK, October 16 & 17, 2025; composition year: 2024; selection time: 2:01
SET FIVE
Extradition Ensemble: Jewish Prayer as 12-Tone Tune (P. Corner)
Extradition Plays Corner, Parte II
Extradition’s Bandcamp/2026
members of the Extradition Ensemble; composer: Philip Corner; time: 3:51
Malcolm Goldstein: Autumn
The Seasons: Vermont
Extradition’s Bandcamp/2026
(for magnetic tape collage and ensemble); Extradition Ensemble; time: 12:37
SET SIX
Paul Lansky: Partita III & IV
III. Pavane (4:39)
IV. Gigue (4:55)
Notes to Self
Bridge Records/2013
guitar: David Starobin; percussion: Mari Yoshinaga; recorded at Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, July 2012; selections time: 9:34
Henry Cowell: Reel No. 2
Dancing With Henry
New Discoveries in the Music of Henry Cowell
Mode Records/2001
California Parallèle Ensemble, conductor: Nicole Paiement; recorded at the recital hall at the University of California, Santa Cruz, January 2000; composition year: 1934; time: 3:31
HOUR III
SET SEVEN
James Dashow: Soundings in Pure Duration No. 7
Soundings in Pure Duration, Vol. 2
Ravello Records/2022
(for alto saxophone and octophonic electronic sounds); alto saxophone: Enzo Filipetti; composed and recorded at the composer’s studio 2014-2017; time: 11:09
Karl Korte: Demiola
Extensions
A Retrospective of Electro-Acoustic Compositions
Centaur Records/1998
(for solo bassoon and tape, sound sources: bassoon, Korte’s voice, Fairlight computer); bassoon: Kristin Wolfe Jensen; recorded at the University of Texas, Austin; composition year: 1984; time: 10:28
SINGLE PLAY
Åke Parmerud: Raw
Bruit noir
empreintes DIGITALes/2022
(24-channel fixed medium, sound source: Skrewell software synthesizer); recorded at the composer’s studio, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013; premiered at the GEIGERs Aprilfest, April 13, 2013; time: 17:33
SINGLE PLAY
If, Bwana: Mal Air
33 Birds Went
Pogus Productions/1995
vocals: Ellen Christi; bass clarinet: Brian Charles; percussion: Kevin Sparkle; synthesizers: Al Margolis; recorded at PASS Studios, New York City; time: 9:30
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