Episode Synopsis "From the Sublime to the Ridiculous (Pre-Concert Lecture)"

Music Director Charles Evans discusses the program for the Long Bay Symphony's final Classical Series concert of 2021, From the Sublime to the Ridiculous (presented on April 18, 2021). A program serving up pieces in a fascinating variety of styles, from Romantic opera composer Richard Wagner’s unique miniature work, Siegfried Idyll, to Façade by Sir William Walton of Dame Edith Sitwell’s humorously outrageous poetry and other entertaining selections.

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