LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1166Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 10, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYJohn Luther Adams: Three High Placesa. Above Sunset Pass (5:09)b. The Wind at Maclaren Summit (4:39)c. Looking Toward Hope (5:42)The Darkness and Scattered LightCold Blue Music/2023double bass: […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1165Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 3, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYVoxnova: Red Rock (P. Dusapin)In the Sky I am Walking — 9 Native American SongsWorks of Stockhausen & DusapinMode Records/1998vocal quartet and Native American percussion (drum, rattle): […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1164Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsAugust 25, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYGeorge Crumb: selections from Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)a. Nocturnal Sounds (The Awakening) (5:44)*b. Music of the Starry Night (11:56)**Complete Crumb Edition Volume 4Bridge Records/2001(for […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1163Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsAugust 13, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEArie Shapira: Off PianoComposing Israel (various artists)The First Three GenerationsNeuma Records/2023piano, amplified voice: Michael Tal; recorded at the New Music from Israel concert, 1987; composition year: 1984; […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1162Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsAugust 6, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONERobert Scott Thompson: Serenade of the Night SkyCircle and Shadow — Volume OneAucourant Records/2023piano, electronics: RST; recorded at the composer’s studio, 2023; time: 6:00 George Crumb: selections […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1161Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJuly 30, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONERichard Festinger: After BlueI. Allegro con brio (5:32)II. Adagio Fantastico (7:44)III. Allegro Capriccioso (3:37)Chamber MusicBridge Records/2008The New Millennium Ensemble (flute, piccolo: Tara Helen O’Connor; clarinet, bass clarinet: […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1160Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJuly 23 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEEugene O’Brien: A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island*Algebra of NightNew Focus Recordings/2023(for voice and piano quartet); mezzo soprano: Deanne Meek; 21st Century […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1159Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJuly 16 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYElliott Carter: Piano ConcertoI. 10:23II. 13:00Music of Elliott Carter, Volume 9Bridge Records/2013piano: Charles Rosen; Basel Sinfonietta, conductor: Joel Smirnoff; recorded at Stadtcasino, Basel, Switzerland, April 3, 2001; […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1158Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJuly 6, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYRoger Reynolds: Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being)For A ReasonNeuma Records/2023(for low female voice, piano, and electronic processing); voice, piano: Liz Pearse; text: Milan Kundera; computer […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1157Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJune 25, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEJohn Liberatore: A Very Star-like StartCatch SomewhereNew Focus Recordings/2023The Zohn Collective (flute: Molly Barth; oboe: Andrew Nogal; clarinet: Sammy Lesnick; percussion: Paul Vaillancourt; piano: Daniel Pesca; violin: […]

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