MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1249

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1249Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsDecember 17, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEHarry Partch: Ulysses at the EdgeA Minor Adventure in RhythmThe WaywardThe Music of Harry Partch Vol. 4Bridge Records/2025PARTCH Ensemble, director: John Schneider; instruments on Ulysses: trumpet, baritone saxophone, boo, bass marimba, cloud chamber bowls, […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1247

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1247Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsNovember 26, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONERussell Platt: Sunday VariationsMountain Interval Songs and Chamber Music of Russell PlattBridge Records/2025bassoon: Peter Kolkay; recorded at Samurai Hotel, Mountain Interval recorded Astoria, Queens, April 2 and November 8, 2024; Sunda Variations composition year: […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1246

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1246Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsNovember 17, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE LAYHaydée Schvartz: Music by Arvo PärtVariationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka a. 1:10b. 1:04c. 0:57d. 0:29e. 0:21f. 0:33g. Für Alina (1:43)New Piano Music from Europe and the Americas (various composers)Mode Records/1993piano: Haydée Schvartz; recorded at […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1245

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1245Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsNovember 7, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYThe Crossing: Zealot Canticles (selections) (L. McLoskey)a. The dog in dogma (2:13)b. I am right, you are dead (6:03)c. I shall place werepe on every tongue (2:14)Zealot Canticles — An Oratorio for ToleranceInnova Recordings/2018The […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1244

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1244Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 26, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEEunmi Ko + CAMP: Ursus maritimus (H. Hitchen)12 Views on Life (various composers)Neuma Records/2024piano: Eunmi Ko; recorded at the University of South Florida, Tampa; composer: Han Hitchen; composition year: 2020; time: 4:36 David […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1242

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1242Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs Amherst, MassachusettsOctober 6, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEGamelan Son of Lion: Telling Time (M. Frasconi)Sonogram (various composers)Innova Recordings/2009(for gamelan and glass instruments); Gamelan Son of Lion performers: Barbara Benary, David Demnitz, Miguel Frasconi, Daniel Goode, Patrick Grant, Lisa Karrer, Jody Kruskal, Laura […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1233

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1233Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs, Amherst, MassachusettsJuly 21, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYUrsula Mamlok: Stray Birds (selections)III. Very Airy (0:53)IV. In a Melancholy Mood (2:27)V. Still, With Utmost Simplicity (5:02)Music of Ursula Mamlok, Volume 3Bridge Records/2011soprano: Phyllis Bryn-Julson; flute: Harvey Solberger; cello: Fred Sherry; text: Rabindranath Tagore, Stray […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1229

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1229Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs, Amherst, MassachusettsJune 12, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEPhilip Perkins: Mbeer WhatThirteen Feet Nine Incheslive recordings of computer-driven electrosonic works 2023-25Artifact Recordings/2025sounds. processing, engineering: Philip Perkins; time: 3:51 Mark Applebaum: Integrity (from Sum=Parts)56 1/2 FT.Innova Recordings/2005percussion: Elyssa Shalla, Justin DeHart; piano: […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1220

LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1221Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsDecember 23, 2024 Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) (Hour 3 postponed due to software failure) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYDavid Starobin: Four Stevens (M. Starobin) (selections)III. Winter (The Snow Man) (3:39)IV. Spring (Not Ideas About the Thing But the Thing […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1217

LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1217Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsNovember 26, 2024 (files to be uploaded) Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SET ONEKarl Kohn: TernariesI. Moderato (3:40)II. Largo (4:07)III. Adagio Molto (4:56)EncountersComplete Works for FluteBridge Records/2022(for flute and piano); flute: Rachel Rudich; piano: Karl […]

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