Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” form the through-line of this program recorded in June, 2025. Interspersed between the variations are selections from Erik Satie, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, and Thomas Adès.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote over 1,000 pieces of music, but modern symphony audiences rarely get to hear his work. The San Antonio Philharmonic this weekend teams up with two choral ensembles to present Bach's "Easter Oratorio."

This weekend, Jan. 10-12, Camerata San Antonio performs a special arrangement of J.S. Bach's 'Goldberg Variations' live in concert. The piece was famously inspired by a Russian count who needed music for company at night. The group stopped by KPAC 88.3 FM to perform an excerpt live on-air, which you can hear at the link!

Two stellar performers and a hand-built harpsichord by San Antonio's Gerald Self make for sparkling sounds in this concert presented by the San Antonio Chamber Music Society.

Poet Amanda Gorman and German cellist Jan Vogler combine poetry and Bach's cello suites at New York's Carnegie Hall to share the "lows and highs" of human experience.

Classical guitarists can rock out, too. Hear a searing, joyful performance of Bach at its most shred-worthy and satisfying.

For most artists, 2020 was a year of forced isolation and few opportunities. But Dan Tepfer, a jazz pianist and composer, had a busy year, partly thanks to his technological acumen.

"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.

The lautenwerck, an instrument like a lute and a harpsichord, almost went extinct in the 19th century, but forensic musicologists are bringing it back to life.

This Sunday at 2 p.m., cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform live on the radio, a special broadcast for Memorial Day weekend. Yo-Yo Ma proposed this special…