"The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Music"

September 21, 2012
The Fall Season of cultural events opens this weekend with concerts by both the San Bernardino Symphonny and the Redlands Symphony on Saturday evening.
Maestro Frank Fetta will be conduction the San Bernardino Syamphony with a musical journey down the Volga River. Entitled "Russian Roulade". The program will open with Glinka's overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla. Also on the program are Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rocco Theme" and Rachmaninoff's "Symphony No. 2". The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts, 562 W. Fourth Street in San Bernardino. For more information you can call 909-381-5388 or on the wen, www.sanbernardinosymphony.org. The concert will be repeated on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Lake Arrowhead at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, 27627 Rim of the World Drive.
The Redlands Symphony will open its season with two concerti. One concerto is by Bartok and the second is the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1. The symphony performs at the Chapel on the University of Redlands Campus. Maestro Jon Robertson, celebrating his 30th year as the conductor of the Redlands Symphony will be giving a preconcert talk in the Chapel. The concert will begin at 8 p.m.. For additional information you can call 909-748-8018 or ww.redlanssymphony.com
If you are not really a fan of classical music, the Riverside Mariachi Festival will open at 6 p.m. this evening. It will continue though Saturday at Fairmount Park, 2601 Fairmount Blvd. For more information visit www.riversideca.gov/park_rec/