Performance Saturday
Saturdays, 7 p.m.
Each Saturday night, Texas Public Radio takes you to the stages of San Antonio and South Texas to hear the best in live classical music performance. Performance Saturday features both new and archive recordings from local and regional ensembles as well as touring performers making their way through South Texas. When available, interviews with the artists provide additional context and insight into the performances and the music.
Following the 'concert' broadcast, host Nathan Cone shares music selections from the KPAC library, focusing on new releases.
Broadcast made possible by MACSA - Musical Arts Center of San Antonio.
Latest Episodes
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Sandbox Percussion brought plenty of fun things to bang on at their concert in San Antonio last February. Catch the amazing sounds at this link! -
We’re honored that award-winning young pianist Ellen Foreman chose to give her senior recital here at Texas Public Radio’s Malú and Carlos Alvarez Theater. Hear her amazing performance at the link!
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This concert recording from April, 2023 features Camerata San Antonio showcasing great string quartets by Beethoven and Mozart, and championing the relatively unheard sounds of Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz.
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Even if heavy metal wasn't on their program titled "Concert Maid-en Iron," CMI shared music of emotional weight.
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This concert, 'The Apotheosis of Dance,' was performed in December 2022 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts and features four pieces notable for their dance rhythms.
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Cellist Boris Andrianov and guitarist Dimitri Illarionov were in good spirits despite the inconvenience of no air conditioning on a hot spring night in San Antonio! Hear their Musical Bridges Around the World concert program at the link.
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In 2022, pianist Yunchan Lim, age 18, became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Hear his early round performances on this edition of Performance Saturday.
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At this concert recorded in February, 2023, Camerata San Antonio was joined by clarinetist Ilya Shterenberg for two trios by Bartók and Beethoven. The show also features a lovely melody by William Grant Still, "Mother and Child."
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Pianist Leonardo Colafelice, bronze medal winner at the 2020 Gurwitz competition, returned to San Antonio in March, 2023 for a recital that leaned heavily on Franz Liszt's operatic paraphrases.
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