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Martian Gardens Episode 1276
Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs
Amherst, Massachusetts
October TBA, 2026
Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com
Radio: WXOJ, Valley Free Radio, Northampton, MA
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HOUR I
SINGLE PLAY
Elizabeth Brown: Just Visible in the Distance
a. Section I (7:08)
Slowly toward the north — Glimpse — A Halo for ADDA —
Harmony, no protagonist — Slowly toward the north
b. Section II (8:23)
Through a barren landscape — Harmony — Respite — Aria —
Harmony, no protagonist
New Americana: String Quartets for the 21st Century (various composers)
New World Records/2026
Momenta Quartet (violins: Emilie-Anne Gendron, Alex Shiozaki; viola: Stephanie Griffin; cello: Michael Haas); recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon, New York, March 18, 2022; composition year: 2013; time: 15:31
SET ONE
–: Circa, Op. 309 (A. Mashayekhi)
Meditation — Tomorrow
Solo Flute Music of Alireza Mashayekhi
Neuma Records/2026
flute: Kelariz Keshavarz; recorded at Moeser Auditorium, University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, December 2025; time: 4:51
Lindsey Goodman: Slovakia (T. Beal)
Transporting Bright (various composers)
Navona Records/2025
(for flute and fixed medium); flute: Lindsey Goodman; recorded at PearlArts Movement & Sound, Braddock, Pennsylvania, October 20, 2023; composer: Tom Beal; time: 4:23
Anne La Berge: Indeed
Blow
Frog Peak Music/1994
(for solo flute) flute: Anne La Berge; recorded at STEIM (Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music), Amsterdam; composition year: 1984; time: 4:42
Bun-Ching Lam: -/=
a. – (solo) (2:52)
b. = (duo) (2:57)
Americans in Rome
Music by Fellows of the American Academy in Rome
Bridge Records/2008
flute: Patti Monson; composition year: 1977; total time: 5:49
SET TWO
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
Jennifer Higdon: Celestial Blue (from Dance Card)
Project W
Works by Diverse Women Composers
Çedille Records/2019
Chicago Sinfonietta, conductor: Mei-Ann Chen; Project W recorded at Wentz Hall, Naperville, Illinois; September 2017 – March 2018; composition year: 2015; time: 7:55
HOUR II
SET THREE
Schanzer/Speach Duo: Improvisation (Jenkins/Schanzer/Speach)
Live in Brooklyn 1992-2002
Neuma Records/2026
violin: Leroy Jenkins; guitar: Jeffrey Schanzer; piano: Bernadette Speach; recorded at LaFayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, March 7, 1997; time: 9:23
Leroy Jenkins’ Driftwood: To Run (Vivace ♩ = 168)
The Art of Improvisations
Mutable Music/2005
pipa: Min Xiao Fen; piano: Denman Maroney; percussion: Rich O’Donnell; violin: Leroy Jenkins; recorded at the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Chicago, October 8, 2004; time: 5:02
SET FOUR
Denman Maroney Quintet: Iteratio
Umwelt
Neuma Records/2025
piano, compositions: Denman Maroney; soprano saxophone, alto saxophone: Guillaume Orti; tenor saxophones, b-flat clarinet: Robin Fincker; bass: Scott Walton; drums: Samuel Silvant; recorded at La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, June 19-20, 2025; time: 4:16
Tom Hamilton: Crimson Sterling Mvt. III
Pieces for Kohn/Formal & Informal Music
Kvist Records/2009
ARP 2500 synthesizer: Tom Hamilton; percussion: Rich O’Donnell; wind instruments: JD Parran; recorded at Technisonic Studios, St. Louis, 1977; time: 9:23
Matthew Burtner: Ecoacoustic Quintets: No. 3, Stone (Sand)
Six Ecoacoustic Quintets/Avian Telemetry
Ravello Records/2020
The Furman University Percussion Ensemble (Stephen Bevels, Nick Bruce, Hannah Carlson, Justin Lamb, Rebecca McDaniel, Ryan Patterson, Emily Salgado; percussion soloist: Omar Carmenates); instrumentation: sand panels, sand blocks, assorted stones, fixed media electronic playback; recorded at Daniel Recital Hall, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, January 28-29, 2015; composition year: 2009; time: 6:09
John Cage: Composition for Three Voices
A Cage of Saxophones 2
Mode Records/2006
soprano saxophone: Ulrich Krieger; accordion: Gerald Scherer; cello: Ulrich Maiss; recorded at RBB/SFB, Berlin, March 12, 2003; composition year: 1934; time: 5:02
SINGLE PLAY
George Crumb: Kronos-Kryptos IV
Appalachian Echoes (Look Homeward, Angel) (For Ann Crumb, in memoriam)ú
Complete Crumb Edition Volume 21
Bridge Records/2024
(Four Tableaux for Percussion Quintet); Curtis Institute of Music Ensemble 20/21 (percussion 1: Yoonseo Kang; percussion 2: Tae McLoughlin; percussion 3: Andrew Malonis; percussion 4: Hamza Able; percussion 5: Griffin Harrison); recorded at Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, March 26, 2022; composition year: 2020; time: 9:04
HOUR III
SET FIVE
Robert Normandeau: Raíl
Mélancolie
empreintes DIGITALes/2021
(multichannel fixed medium); recorded at the composer’s studio, Montreal; premiered at the Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, Lisbon, for Dias de Música Electroacústica (DME) seminars; composition years: 2018-2021; time: 10:25
Arie Shapira: The Train
The Kastner Trial
Electronic Opera in 13 Scenes
Soundcloud/1992
performers: Gil Alon, Arit Carmush-Shiloach, Zachi Har-Nevo, Dana Shapira, Ronit Sheffi; composition years: 1990-1993; time: 5:42
SET SIX
Guy Barash/Cornelius DuFallo: Minutes (selections)
a. Minute 1 (1:06)
b. Minute 2 (1:04)
Minutes
New Focus Recordings/2026
electronics: Guy Barash; violin: Cornelius DuFallo; time: 2:10
Joan La Barbara: October Music — Star Showers and Extraterrestrials
Voice is the Original Instrument — Early Works
Lovely Music, Ltd./2003
extended vocals, tapes: Joan La Barbara; premiered at The American Center for Students and Artists, Paris, France, October 1980; time: 14:16
SET SEVEN
Philip Perkins: Blues for Mr. P.
At the Other End of the Day — (Improvisations 2005 -2008)
Fun Music/2008
sounds, tapes, recordings: Philip Perkins; recorded at the composer’s studio, San Francisco; time: 5:08
Brian Belet: Sufficient Trouble (selections)
a. Difference (No Doubt it Queues) (1:03)
b. An Abstract (Difference [Queues]) (1:06)
Sufficient Trouble
Compositions for computer, live instruments, and voice
Ravello Records/2017
for computer-processed voice, composition year: 1997; selections time: 2:09
David Hicks: Derivative Music: Games
Open Space 51 (Hicks/Pepples)
Open Space/2022
software design, computer music, realization: David Hicks; composition year: 2016; time: 9:34
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