Once again, the end of the performing-arts season in Fresno is approaching, and while I will enjoy having more nights and weekends free, I will also miss the frenzy of activity as people have to pick between competing events.

You have one more chance to listen to the Fresno Philharmonic, which concludes its 2007-08 season with one more performance this afternoon (2:30 p.m. Sunday) at the Saroyan Theatre. My colleague George Warren reviews the performance in this morning's Bee.

I went to Saturday night's concert, which I enjoyed. It wasn't my favorite of the season -- I think I'd vote for the January concert featuring pianist Valentina Lisitsa -- and isn't necessarily the event you'd take a first-time Philharmonic-goer to -- but it's a rousing conclusion. Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" is the kind of choral piece that can grow on you: perhaps not as beefy and rousing as some of the choral spectaculars we've heard from the Philharmonic in the past, but something that builds. The Copland symphony -- with its clear, open tones that somehow evoke the promise and sweep of America -- was also a delight.