NEWS ROUNDUP, October 16, 2025 The San Antonio Philharmonic is inviting music lovers to its second Classics concert of the 2025-26 season: “Beyond Borders,” conducted by music director Jeffrey Kahane. The person who will take you across those borders is Cuban-American cellist, Tommy Mesa, who will play a composition by Cuban composer Tania Leon and the world premiere of “Mirage” …

NEWS ROUNDUP, October 9, 2025 As usual, let’s start with music. The San Antonio Chamber Music Society is bringing a famed chamber ensembleto us: the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble which is known for its precision, warmth and expressive depth. It’s one of the world’s leading chamber orchestras.The program includes works by Schubert, Francaix and British …

Is Chamber music your favorite music? “Favorite” is always too tricky to say when it comes to these things, because there are days when a symphony, or cantata, or solo instrument, or chorus, move me like nothing else. But in general in the genre of classical music, chamber music is my favorite music to perform because of the deep conversation …

Guadalupe River Floods- July 4, 2025                                     In angry tribulation the waters will tremble and rise”                                             Gabriela Mistral – God Wills It The sorrow of the world gathered over Texas and let go.Guadalupe riverbanks trembled.A clearing of souls left bodies in tree limbs to spread sorrow, The river weptchildren from their bedswith rocks and pebblestumbled so wildly they landedon upside down …

NEWS ROUNDUP, Oct. 1, 2025 Camerata San Antonio will perform its Romantic Rhapsody in both San Antonio and Kerrville this weekend, featuring the music of Dvorak, Liszt, and Schumann. “It’s a complete emotional journey, says the press release, from the exhilarating energy of Liszt to the profound power od Dvorak” (Oct. 3 at 4 p.m.; First Presbyterian Church in Kerrville; …

                                                  Gauguin’s Paradise (Riders on the Beach, 1902 ) By LITA MARIE BONCIOLINI Pink sand defines the sceneMore than the six horses,bronzed natives riding bareback,legs snug against the muscled sides. or the white capped green wavessuspended in a unison of motionjust before they dissolve with a soft furyon the blush shore. The threatening sky hovers overthe skittish horses, a yellowslicker …

NEWS ROUNDUP, September 25, 2025 The music scene is alive and well!The always active AGARITA Chamber Players will present the concert“Beethoven: A life in Quartets,” a journey through Beethoven’s genius across three creative eras. Agarita’s program reveals how Beethoven reinvented the string quartet, and redefined the possibilities of music itself. (Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m.; The Agarita Loft, 724 S. …

Poetry Monday Culinary  CommandmentBy Alejandra Sanchez Alaniz Everyone will invite you into your homethe vecinos said ‘pasale Rosita’ as she cookedtoritlillas a mano frijoles y salsitaEver since Grandma could rememberpulling up a stool up to the stove.Tale telling about her mother Rosauraa Zacatecana revolucion widow. The rosary carryingSanto Nino & San Juan devoutwore invisible adelita bullets across her chest. La …

A POEM By Alejandra Sanchez AlanizEveryone will invite you into your homethe vecinos said ‘pasale Rosita’ as she cookedtoritlillas a mano frijoles y salsitaEver since Grandma could rememberpulling up a stool up to the stove.Tale telling about her mother Rosauraa Zacatecana revolucion widow. The rosary carryingSanto Nino & San Juan devoutwore invisible adelita bullets across her chest. La Teflon Dona …

NEWS ROUNDUP, September 18, 2025 Let’s start with music. The San Antonio Philharmonic is launching its 2025-26 Classics Seasonwith Classics 1 which will include Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, led by music director Jeffrey Kahane and featuring guest pianist Daniela Liebman. The program begins with Rodriguez’s “Tlaloc,” a vivid tribute to the Aztec rain god, performed by Liebman. This will be followed …