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 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 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 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; […]

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 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 […]

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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