LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1144Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsMarch 18, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEJohn Bruce Yeh: Spirit for Solo Clarinet* (S. Ran)Chicago Clarinet Classics (various composers)Çedille Records/2023clarinet: John Bruce Yeh; recorded in Chicago, winter 2022; composer: Shulamit Ran; composition year: […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1143Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsMarch 11, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEHarold Meltzer: Bride of the Islanda. Réveille (3:19)b. Sugar Loaf (2:57)c. Thistles (2:55)d. Hay (5:21)Songs and StructuresBridge Records/2018tenor: Paul Appleby; piano: Natalia Katyukova; texts: Ted Hughes; composition […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1142Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsMarch 4, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONERobert Gross: Variations on a Theme by Stefan Wolpe (Theme, 1-3)a. Theme: Stately (0:57)b. Variation 1: Frenetically (2:14)c. Variation 2: Easily (4:21)d. Variation 3: Savagely (1:20)Variations on […]

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LISTEN HERE — ANCHOR.FM PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1141Recorded at Max’s home studio,Amherst, MassachusettsFebruary 25, 2023Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYDavid Post: Concertino á Cinque for Clarinet and String Quarteta. Allegro Giocoso (8:54)b. Adagio Ma Non Troppo (8:05)c. Allegro Gusto (8:25)Concertino á Cinque & Piano QuintetBridge Records/2023Martinů Quartet […]

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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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