Martian Gardens Episode 1272

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1272Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsSeptember 12, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.comRadio: WXOJ, Valley Free Radio, Northampton, MAOther stations via Global Community Radio Hour 1 SINGLE PLAY Benjamin Boretz: Group VariationsOpen Space 60Group Variations/Partita/One on OneOpen Space/2026Ensemble NOMAD, conductor: Norio Sato; composition years: 1964-1967; time: 14:44 SET ONEFlorence Price: […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1271

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1271Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsAugust 31, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONESusan Narucki & Kirsten Ashley Wiest: Come Sempre (R. Hirs)New Music for Two voices (various composers)New Focus Recordings/2026soprano: Susan Narucki; coloratura soprano: Kirsten Ashley Wiest; recorded at Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, University of California […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1270

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1270Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsAugust 20, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYJoseph Franklin: Elasticity (The Horror of the Avant-Garde(s), Movement I)The Horror of the Avant-Garde(s)New Focus Recordings/2026piano soloist: Marc Hannaford; flutes: Satoshi Takeishi, Laila Engle; clarinets: Luke Carbon; oboe, cor anglais: Jasper Ly; double-bell trumpet: […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1269

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1269Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsAugust 9, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEPortland Percussion Group: The Fabric of Form (La Trama de la Forma) (A. Viñao)Patterns & Form, Part IIIPatterns & Form (various composers)New Focus Recordings/2026piano: Yoko Greeney; Portland Percussion Group (Garrett Arney, Jonathan Brown, Brian […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1268

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1268Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJuly 27, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYNoah Creshevsky: Free Speech60 x 60 2006-2007 (various artists)Vox Novus/2008voice, text: Chris Mann (“Any Questions”); clarinet samples: Al Margolis; trombone samples: Monique Buzzarte; composition year: 2006; time: 1:00 SINGLE PLAYRoger Reynolds: Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1267

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1267Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJuly 16, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYUrsula Mamlok: BreezesI. Slow (2:24)II. ♩ = ca. 52 (2:54)Ursula Mamlok Volume VBridge Records/2016Musicians of the Spectrum Concerts, Berlin (clarinet: Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer; violin: Alexander Sitkovetsky; viola: Hartmut Rhode; cello: Jens Peter […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1266

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1266Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJuly 3, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEDiego Tedesco: Capriccio Varietas New Focus Recordings/2026(for violin and 13 instruments); violin: Miranda Cuckson; Composers Conference Ensemble, conductor: James Baker; recorded at Wellesley College, June 22, 2017; composition year: 2016; time: 10:15 Miranda Cuckson […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1260

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1260Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsApril 23, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYMeredith Monk: Overture and Men’s ConclaveDolmen MusicECM New Series/1981voices: Meredith Monk, Andrea Goodman, Monica Solem, Julius Eastman, Robert Een, Paul Longland; cello: Robert Een; percussion: Julius Eastman; recorded at Hometown Studios, New York City, […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1259

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1259Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsApril 14, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYSean Noonan: The Drummer of Tedworth (selections)a. Féth Fiata (1:48)b. Drunken Landlady’s Lawsuit with an Unlicensed Vagrant (7:34)The Drummer of TedworthNeuma Records/2026percussion, voice: Sean Noonan; The London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Jack Sheen; recorded January 18, […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1257

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1257Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsSometime in March, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYSean Noonan: The Drummer of Tedworth (selections)a. Not I Eating Makeup in a Pool of Ketchup (6:18)b. The Pterodactyls have Landed (6:20)The Drummer of Tedworth Neuma Records/2026percussion, voice: Sean Noonan; The London Symphony […]

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