LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1140Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsFebruary 16-19, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEMichael Byron: Music of Every NightHalcyon DaysCold Blue Music/2023(for maracas and marimbas); percussion: William Winant; recorded at Architecture studios, Los Angeles, June 2022; composition year: 1974; time: […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1139Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsFebruary 7-9, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYValerie Coleman: Shotgun HousesI. ShotGun Houses (5:21)II. Grand Ave. (5:38)III. Rome 1960 (6:35)American Stories (various composers)Çedille Records/2022Pacifica Quartet (violins: Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman; viola: Mark Holloway; cello: […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1138Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJanuary 29-31, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEJohn Cage: Bird Cage, Part 2Bird CageElectronic Music Foundation/2000(for two-channels of tape [sound sources: caged birds, bird cages, and conversation among John Cage, David Tudor, Joel Chaddabe, […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1137Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJanuary 22, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYGalan Trio: Attempting to Conjure Joy (K. Steen)KinesisNeuma Records/2023piano: Petros Bouras; violin: Babis Karasavvidis; cello: Marina Kolovou; recorded at Antart Sounds, Athens, Greece, November 2021, April 2022; […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1136Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJanuary 14, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEDavid Hicks: Fractal Logic: After Compositions VIIIOpen Space 53 (Pepples/Hicks)Open Space/2023MIDI piano: David Hicks; composition year: 2019; time: 12:47 Barry Lewis: selections from Curves and Jarsa. Wisps […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1135Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsJanuary 7, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYBrian Belet: Three by Fivea. Two Short Fugues (4:09)b. More Questions (Still Unanswered) (4:49)c. Fugal Reflections (4:44)Brass Tacks (various artists)Navona Records/2022Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Brass Quintet (trumpet: Roman […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1134Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsDecember 27-29, 2022Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEWalter Zimmermann: Dialogue des deux RosesVocesMode Records/2022(for two sopranos, mezzo-soprano; countertenor, two baritones, and cello); Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (sopranos: Angelika Luz, Christina Landshamer; mezzo-soprano: Truike van der […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1133Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsDecember 19, 2022Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEThe Crossing: selections from Carols After a Plaguea. Alone Together (M. J. Leach) (3:43)b. Prelude : Adam (D. Nally) (1:53)c. Interlude 11: Eve (D. Nally) (0:49)d. Exodus […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1132Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsDecember 14-15, 2022Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYOlivia De Prato: May you dream of rainbows in magical lands (H.Y. Kim)I, A.M. (various artists)Artist Mother Project — New Works for Violin and ElectronicsNew World Records/2022(for violin […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1131Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsDecember 10, 2022Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”)Hour 1 SET ONEArvo Pärt: a. Estonian Lullaby (2:08)b. Christmas Lullaby (2:27)Adam’s LamentECM New Series/2012Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste; recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn, May […]

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