Performance Saturday
Saturdays, 7 p.m. on KPAC 88.3 FM
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 and Audio Geeks.
Latest Episodes
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29-year-old Aristo Sham played Bach, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff on his way to the top prize at this year's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Recorded live in Fort Worth, see and hear his amazing artistry at the link. -
Vitaly Starikov, silver medalist at the 2025 Cliburn, says that when he's on stage, he's not thinking about the competition. In fact, he's having fun, performing for an appreciative audience. Hear the joy in his performance in this special program featuring highlights from his early rounds. -
Beginning this week through August 16, we’ll listen together to some of the great early-round performances from this year’s Cliburn Competition. featuring the three Finalists: Evren Ozel, Vitaly Starikov, and Aristo Sham. -
The quartet says they approach “the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly established.” This concert for the San Antonio Chamber Music Society was recorded on May 4, 2025. -
"Nothing short of wonderful," said tenor Josh Corey about his time in San Antonio performing and learning with CMI and Opera San Antonio. Hear beautiful melodies by Mozart, Robert Schumann, Claudio Monteverdi and more in this concert recorded on June 21, 2025. -
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. -
On Friday, June 13, young performers from the Classical Music Institute and Opera San Antonio joined together to perform some beautifully arranged vocal works at San Francesco di Paola Church. Hear the full recital at the link. -
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Texas native Christopher Guzman earned the very first ever MACSA Artist Award in 1999. Now a sought-after concert pianist and professor at Northwestern University, Guzman returned to TPR on May 10 for a recital at the TPR studio. -
"The spirit of the Junior Tuesday Musical Club community is one of communion and artistic nurturing," says violinist Nancy Zhou. She was one of six former members to perform at a gala recital on March 16, 2025 at Christ Episcopal Church. Hear the full program, and see video of the concert at the link.
