Reading Symphony Orchestra rides emotional roller-coaster

May 15 was an evening of variations at the Santander Performing Arts Center, as the Reading Symphony Orchestra performed three pieces that embrace the variety and nuances of emotion.

Guest conductor Caleb Young was water on stage, conducting with great fluidity and incredible deftness. The first piece of the night was Ralph Vaughn Williams’ “Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lasarus,’” variations of an English folk song.