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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Pianist Yedam Kim traveled from Paris to San Antonio to perform a Mother's Day recital on May 8, 2022. The program included music by Domenico Scarlatti, Claude Debussy, and a delightful arrangement of "Bohemian Rhapsody!" -
San Antonio native Jillian Kouzel returned to perform with the Heart of Texas Concert Band in 2021. “I wouldn’t have ever guessed in high school that eight years later, I would be a featured soloist!”
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Organist Damin Spritzer shares a program of dizzying orchestral grandeur in this recital, recorded March 22, 2022 as part of the Tuesday Musical Club's Artist Series.
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Talented students from area middle and high schools were featured in January as part of TPR's annual talent showcase, "Inspired By KPAC." See the performances here and listen to KPAC 88.3 FM on Saturday, January 26 at 7 p.m. for the program.
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“I always want to do my part to sing not just the great literature from Brahms and Strauss and Schumann, but also... to share the Black experience as well," says mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis. Hear her full recital at the link.
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When TPR made the call to perform at our studios for our fifth annual Open Mic Night, co-hosted with SOLI Chamber Ensemble, we weren’t disappointed with the outpouring of talent and creativity.
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"I love neon... the rose is a Texas rose," explains composer Nathan Felix about the title of his latest work, "Black Neon Rose," inspired by American impressionist painters.
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"I think sometimes it's good to play with what we have as the existing standards of classical music and try to reinvent them a little bit for today's age," says pianist and composer Samuel Gaskin.
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Like their civilian colleagues, the 40-50 musicians that make up the Lackland AFB-based U.S. Air Force Band of the West have been performing their duties…
