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 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 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 1256

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1256Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsMarch 4, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEMiguel Del Aguila: Pacific Serenade I. Cantando, sempliceII. Recitando, molto rubatoExchange — Latin America [various artists]CRI/2000Pacific Serenade Ensemble (clarinet: Gary Gray; violins: Miwako Watanabe, Connie Kupta; viola: Simon Oswell; viola: David Speltz); recorded at the […]

Martian Gardens Episode 1255

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1255Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsFebruary 11, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEJoseph Celli & Jin Hi Kim: Valentine AshesNo World (Trio) Improvisations O.O. Discs/1992violin: Malcolm Goldstein; komungo: Jin Hi Kim; oboe: Joseph Celli; time: 10:40 Elliott Carter: Finally a Valentine (Poems of Louis Zukofsky III)Elliott […]

MARTIAN GARDENS EPISODE 1252

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1252Recorded at Max’s Shabby DigsAmherst, MassachusettsJanuary 14, 2026Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SET ONEHarry Partch: The Letter A Depression Message from a Hobo FriendThe Wayward — Music of Harry Partch Vol. 4Bridge Records/2025intoning narrator: John Schneider; PARTCH Ensemble; recorded at Disney Hall/REDCAT, Los Angeles, June 18, 2023; […]

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