Martian Gardens Episode 1254

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1254Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsFebruary 2, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYGerard Pape: Strange Emergence Le Purgatoire/Purgatory NEOS Music/2024 (for electric viola and ensemble of 8 electric violas); electric violas: Maurizio Barbetti; composition year: 2019; time: 18:02 SET ONEEnsemble Dal Niente: Flux (G. Lewis)Portrait RE […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1253

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1253Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJanuary 25, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEMusicians of Marrakesh: ʾĀda (trad.)The Music of Islām – Volume SixAl-Maghrib, Gnāwa Music, Marrakesh, MoroccoCelestial Harmonies/1997vocals and percussion: Marchane Abdelkbir Lechhab; Hamzaoui Ahmed; Kharmouss Mahdjoub; studio recording: Marrakesh, Morocco; time: 9:25 Richard Carrick: l’Algérie […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1252

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1252Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJanuary 14, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEHarry Partch: The Letter A Depression Message from a Hobo FriendThe Wayward — Music of Harry Partch Vol. 4Bridge Records/2025intoning narrator: John Schneider; PARTCH Ensemble; recorded at Disney Hall/REDCAT, Los Angeles, June 18, 2023; […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1251

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1251Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJanuary 5, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYRick Baitz: River of Januarya. Part 1 (6:21)b. Part 2 (2:53)c. Part 3 (4:43)River of January Neuma Records/2024flutes: Erin Lesser; violin: Jennifer Choi; cello: Yves Dhar; percussion: David Cossin; Geoffrey Burlson: Yamaha DX7; synthesizer […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1250

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1250Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsDecember 28, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEAhn Trio: Concerto for Piano Trio and Percussion (K. Bunch)Ahn-Plugged (various composers)EMI/2000Ahn Trio (piano: Lucia Ahn; violin: Angella Ahn; cello: Maria Ahn); percussion: Matthew Gold; recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1249

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1249Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsDecember 17, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEHarry Partch: Ulysses at the EdgeA Minor Adventure in RhythmThe WaywardThe Music of Harry Partch Vol. 4Bridge Records/2025PARTCH Ensemble, director: John Schneider; instruments on Ulysses: trumpet, baritone saxophone, boo, bass marimba, cloud chamber bowls, […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1248

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1248Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsDecember 7, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEPhilip Blackburn: In Praise of CloudsAnother IntensityNeuma Records/2025electronics: Philip Blackburn; chorus: Abingdon school choir, 1978 (revised 2025), recorded at Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, UK; composition year: 2025; time: 9:24 Susan Botti: Listen, It’s SnowingListen, It’s SnowingComposer’s Recordings, […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1247

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1247Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsNovember 26, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONERussell Platt: Sunday VariationsMountain Interval Songs and Chamber Music of Russell PlattBridge Records/2025bassoon: Peter Kolkay; recorded at Samurai Hotel, Mountain Interval recorded Astoria, Queens, April 2 and November 8, 2024; Sunda Variations composition year: […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1246

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1246Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsNovember 17, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE LAYHaydée Schvartz: Music by Arvo PärtVariationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka a. 1:10b. 1:04c. 0:57d. 0:29e. 0:21f. 0:33g. Für Alina (1:43)New Piano Music from Europe and the Americas (various composers)Mode Records/1993piano: Haydée Schvartz; recorded at […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1245

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1245Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsNovember 7, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYThe Crossing: Zealot Canticles (selections) (L. McLoskey)a. The dog in dogma (2:13)b. I am right, you are dead (6:03)c. I shall place werepe on every tongue (2:14)Zealot Canticles — An Oratorio for ToleranceInnova Recordings/2018The […]

Martian Gardens

Modern classical and experimental music

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