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"We have music that’s both inspired by space, but is also literally in space!" says pianist Daniel Anastasio, from Agarita. The group plays a free show at the Witte Museum on June 18.

Composer Ethan Wickman draws on his personal experience traveling and studying with musicians in Crete, Turkey, and elsewhere to create a stunning fusion of classical and world music in the ensemble Viatorum. Hear their sounds at the link, as performed live on KPAC 88.3 FM.

Kerrville-born cellist Audrey Jellett is one fourth of the New York-based quartet Ensemble Nerina. She's bringing her musical friends to her hometown for a concert this Saturday.

What happens when 400 harmonica players get together in San Antonio? One heck of a jam session, that's what. Check out this segment from KPAC's Classical Connections featuring some unique arrangements of classical and folk melodies for harmonica and piano.

For their fall season opener, San Antonio's Olmos Ensemble shared three delightful pieces by relatively unknown German composers, and one big Texas premiere by Michael Ippolito, who teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos. Listen to the whole program at the link.

As presented by The Orchestra San Antonio on Oct. 1, "The Lights Are Going Out" is a concert-length meditation on war, memory, and the fragility of peace. Hear the concert at the link.

On Nov. 22, the Children's Chorus of San Antonio performs an inspirational program about "the light within" us, at Trinity Baptist Church. Hear the students sing a preview in our studio at the link.

This weekend's program with Camerata San Antonio brings quintets by two composers who fought the Soviet regime through hidden themes in their music.

SPORTS/ELVIS: ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S PLAYOFFS AND RON OFFERS PREDICTIONS. AND SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE "PANTHER," A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BLACK PANTHER MOVEMENT OF THE 1960'S.

2: Former homeless man and writer, LARS EIGHNER (EYE-ner). He's written an account of his time on the streets with his dog, "Travels with Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets," (St, Martin's Press).