From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

The Long Bay Symphony concludes its 2021 Classical Series with From the Sublime to the Ridiculous , a program serving up pieces in a fascinating variety of styles featuring narrators/singers Shannon Kessler Dooley and Jeffrey Jones. From Romantic opera composer Richard Wagner’s unique miniature work, Siegfried Idyll (a musical tribute to the birth of his son), to Façade , an edgy yet charming setting by Sir William Walton of Dame Edith Sitwell’s humorously outrageous poetry. Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas weaves a wild pastiche of motives from native folk tunes in Ocho por Radio , while Gustav Mahler wonderfully conveys the essence of the German folk spirit in his song settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn.