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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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1156Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJune 18, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYKaija Saariaho: Laterna MagicaD’om le vrai sens/Laterna Magica/Leino SongsOndine Oy/2011(for large orchestra); Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Sakari Oramo; recorded at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, May 31-June 1, […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1154Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJune 11, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEPierre Schaeffer: Variations sur une flûte mexicaine (from Les incunables)L’Œuvre Musicale (Schaeffer/Henry)Electronic Music Foundation/1998 (orig. INA-GRM/1990)musique concrète: Pierre Schaeffer; recorded at Studio d’Essai, Paris, Radio France; composition […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1154Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJune 4, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEJulia Werntz: Five Vignettes From the Garden by the Seaa. The Sea Changes in the Afternoon (1:31)b. Magpies Fly in the Trees (1:55)c. We Eat Figs (1:49)d. […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1153Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsMay 28, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYHarold Meltzer: Beautiful Ohioa. Small Frogs Killed on the Highway (3:03)b. Little Marble Boy (3:05)c. Beautiful Ohio (3:22)d. Caprice (2:52)e. Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio (3:28)Songs […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1152Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsMay 21, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEMichael Byron: Music of Steady Light IIIHalcyon DaysCold Blue Music/2023William Winant Percussion Group (marimbas, xylophones, glockenspiels, vibraphones); recorded at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland, January 2022; […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1151Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsMay 13, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYLee Weisert: Recesses I, Part 1RecessesNew Focus Recordings/2023modular synthesis: Allen Anderson; violin: Nicholas DiEugenio; electronics: Jonathan Kirk; vocals: Melissa Martin; saxophone: Matthew McClure; electronics, guitar, percussion, piano: […]

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