LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1086Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsNovember 21, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEGeorge Crumb: selections from Metamorphoses (Book I)*Ten Fantasy-Pieces (after celebrated paintings) for amplified pianoa. Contes barbares (Paul Gaugin) (4:10)b. Clowns at Night (Marc Chagall (3:59)c. Nocturne Blue and Gold […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1085Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsNovember 14, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYGeorge Crumb: selections from Metamorphoses (Book I)Ten Fantasy-Pieces (after celebrated paintings) for amplified pianoa. Black Prince (Paul Klee) (5:07)b. Goldfish (Paul Klee) (2:48)c. Crows Over the Wheatfield […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1084Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsNovember 6, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYHilda Parades: Cotidales Listen How They Talk — Chamber Music 1998-2001Mode Records/2008(for piano and string quartet); piano: Ian Pace; The Arditti Quartet (violins: Irvine Arditti, Grame Jennings; […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1083Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 30, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYRoger Reynolds: selections from Piano Etudes, Book I: Originsa. Web (4:03)b. Fixities (7:22)c. Barrage (4:04)Piano Etudes — Books I and IIMode Records/2021piano: Eric Huebner; recorded at the Conrad Prebys […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1082Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 20, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYErik Satie: Les bords de l’IlissusSocrate + MelodiesFactory Classical/1990(for small orchestra); Music Projects London, conductor: Richard Bernas; sopranos: Eileen Hulse, Patricia Rosario, Susan Bickley; text: Plato, Phaedrus; […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1081Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 13, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEJohn Cage: selections from Cheap ImitationI. 7:58II. 8:18The Works for Piano IIMode Records/2021piano: Aki Takahashi; flute, piccolo: Margaret Lancaster; glockenspiel: David Shivley; recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mt. […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1080Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 5, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEJohn Cage: Cheap Imitation, Mvt. IIIWorks for Piano II — Cage/FeldmanCheap Imitation and other worksMode Records/2021piano: Aki Takahashi; recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon, New York, July […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1079Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 26, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEJohn Cage: selections from Cheap ImitationI. 7:19II. 7:48Works for Piano II — Cage/FeldmanCheap Imitation and other worksMode Records/2021piano: Aki Takahashi; recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon, New […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1078Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 19, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYIngram Marshall: WoodstoneSeptember CanonsNew World Records/2009The Berkeley Gamelan, director: Daniel Schmidt; recorded in Berkeley, 1981; composition year: 1981; time: 17:28 SINGLE PLAYBenjamin Boretz: DowntimeOpen Space 48 (Forshee/Boretz)Open […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1077Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsSeptember 12, 2021Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYLeo Sowerby: Comes Autumn TimeOrgan Music by Frank Ferko and Leo SowerbyÇedille Records/2021organ: David Schrader; recorded at St. Ita’s Catholic Church, August 2020; composition year: 1916; time: […]

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