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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 […]

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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 […]

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Martian Gardens Episode 1232

MIXCLOUD PODCAST: CLICK HERE TO LISTENMartian Gardens Episode 1232Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs, Amherst, MassachusettsJuly 11, 2025Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYGeorge Crumb: Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) (selections)I. Nocturnal Sounds (The Awakening) (5:44)*II. Wanderer-Fantasy (4:51)**III. The Advent (7:13)***Complete Crumb Edition Volume 4Bridge Records/2001(for two amplified pianos and percussion); Quattro Mani (pianos: Susan […]

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Martian Gardens Episode 1219

LISTEN HERE — SPOTIFY PODCASTMartian Gardens Episode 1219Recorded at Max’s Shabby Digs,Amherst, MassachusettsDecember 14, 2024 (files to be uploaded)Contact Max Shea: martiangardensmax@gmail.com (or just leave a comment below)Radio4All archive (search “Martian Gardens”) Hour 1 SINGLE PLAYEdward Smaldone: Beauty of Innuendo What No One Else Sees…New Focus Recordings/2024Brno Philharmonic, conductor: Mikel Toms; title: Wallace Stevens, Thirteen Ways of Looking […]

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